The Arizona Coyotes avoided the RFA meltdown BUT….. Craig Morgan of The Athletic: John Chayka avoided the logjam by signing players like Christian Dvorak, Jacob Chychrun, and Nick Schmaltz to longer deals early in the process. This was to avoid the logjam. “I don’t think it was being clairvoyant or anything like that,” said Chayka,
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The Niklas Kronwall indecision in the decision… From Abel To Yzerman (Paul Kukla and George Malik): As August rolls along, it has become clear that Niklas Kronwall will take his sweet time in any decision made. The information has been scarce at best on the defenseman. George Malik scanned the Swedish newspapers exhaustively and not
Rasmus Ristolainen wants out from under the scrutiny of the Buffalo Sabres. And why wouldn’t he? Where will he go, and could the Detroit Red Wings be a dark horse candidate? Ristolainen and the Sabres have had a rocky relationship since the team drafted him eighth overall in 2013. And as great of a player
Jusso Valimaki Tears ACL; Calgary Flames Regroup Scott Cruickshank of The Athletic: Calgary deals with a devastating blow to their defense as Jusso Valimaki tore his ACL. This means Valimaki may miss the entire 2019-20 season or a good portion of it. Worse, Jusso Valimaki will have to wait for surgery as he is over
Home NHL Trades NHL Trade: Lightning Trade Adam Erne To The Red Wings © Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded restricted free agent forward Adam Erne to the Detroit Red Wings for a 2020 4th round pick. The 24-year old Erne was drafted 33rd overall in the 2nd round of the
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Offer Sheets, Justin Williams, Calgary Flames, and the Detroit Red… An offer sheet as the regular season approaches? Adrian Dater: It shouldn’t be a big shock if there is an RFA offer sheet signing closer to the regular season. During the offseason teams can go over the salary cap
© Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports Flames might be interested in a defenseman Jim Matheson: Have heard that the Calgary Flames could have some interest in right-handed defenseman Alex Petrovic. Rangers still have trade options for more cap space Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: Brendan Smith and Marc Staal had been buyout options for the
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Top 10 ‘untradeable’ NHL contracts Ken Campbell of The Hockey News: The ‘bad’ contracts of Milan Lucic, James Neal, and David Clarkson have been traded over the past week or so. Taking a look at the top 10 contracts that have four or more seasons remaining that may be untradeable.
During the end of last season, the Detroit Red Wings’ top line of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, and Anthony Mantha worked wonders, all achieving career highs in 2018-19. On paper, the top line of Bertuzzi-Larkin-Manthaseems to be a lock. They’ve played together multiple times in the past and seem to have each other’s styles figured
Home NHL Rumors NHL Rumors: Milan Lucic, Jesse Puljujarvi, Mike Smith, and more The moving of Milan Lucic? Ed Duhatschek of The Athletic: With Michael Ferland signing in Vancouver last week, Milan Lucic’s chances of going home shrunk to all but zero. A Milan Lucic for James Neal swap makes some sense for both teams
Canucks knew weeks ago Luongo could be retiring TSN Radio Vancouver: Pierre LeBrun on TSN 1040 on Roberto Luongo retiring and the cap recapture the Vancouver Canucks are now facing. “I know that (Luongo’s) camp reached out to warn the #canucks weeks ago that this was a possibility, so Vancouver could plan around it. But
© Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Columbus Blue Jackets on Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Matt Duchene Aaron Portzline of The Athletic: The questions never go away but Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky. Even Matt Duchene wants $9.5 million to $10 million AAV to stay in Columbus. The inevitability of Bobrovsky and Panarin leaving expects to
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report this ad It’s officially the offseason, which means the Detroit Red Wings are a few short days away from selecting another cornerstone player for their rebuild. The 2019 NHL Draft will certainly be unique. Steve Yzerman is now in charge and comes to Detroit with an excellent track record when it comes to the
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Asking price to acquire and sign Jacob Trouba won’t be cheap Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Rangers and New York Islanders are among the teams aggressively going after Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba. The New Jersey Devils are also interested. The cost to acquire Trouba is
report this ad In today’s News & Notes, Erik Karlsson has undergone groin surgery, Pavel Datsyuk has signed a new contract in the KHL and the Vancouver Canucks won’t be moving the 10th overall selection. Related: NHL News & Notes: Bruins, Predators & More Karlsson Undergoes Groin Surgery As many expected would be the case,
report this ad In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news on the Detroit Red Wings and what they’ll do in terms of cleaning house, the San Jose Sharks are working on a long-term deal with Erik Karlsson and do the Edmonton Oilers have interest in a Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman? And, will the Blue
© James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports Sabres need some scoring, Hurricanes talked to Faulk, nothing imminent with Trouba, Coyotes could be looking at Duchene Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: The Buffalo Sabres have kicked tires on Minnesota Wild winger Jason Zucker. wonders if the Nashville Predators would offer up forward Kyle Turris at a reduced rate