The NHL is under its annual roster freeze until 12:01 am ET on Dec. 28. After that, teams will be able to engage in trade activity. Despite the recent Taylor Hall trade, most deals involving significant players tend to take place in the month leading up to the annual late February trade deadline. However, several
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Interested in Kovalchuk includes… Boston Hockey Now: Teams that are interested in Ilya Kovalchuk include the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Florida Panthers. Bob McKenzie: The Bruins don’t appear to be interested in signing Kovalchuk. Rumor roundup for Friedman’s thoughts Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider
Maple Leafs will have to depth decisions/options next month James Mirtle of The Athletic: The recently formed Toronto Maple Leafs third line of Ilya Mikheyev–Alexander Kerfoot–Pierre Engvall has shown some good chemistry together. Trevor Moore is close to returning and it may not be easy to crack the top-nine. Then there is Andreas Johnsson, who
Canadiens scouting the Blackhawks Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago: The Montreal Canadiens have been heavily scouting the Chicago Blackhawks as well as their AHL in Rockford. Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin has scouted Blackhawks this season – including this past Sunday – and has been seen at Rockford games. The Canadiens are believed to looking
LAS VEGAS — Erik Gustafsson scored his first goal of the season, Corey Crawford made 39 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Vegas 5-3 on Wednesday night for their first victory over the Golden Knights. Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers) Patrick Kane, Calvin de Haan, Kirby Dach and Dylan Strome
The Sharks have several areas that need fixing Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News: The San Jose Sharks have lost five in a row and are 4-10-1 on the season. They’ve been outscored 22-8 in their past five games. Defenseman Radim Simek could return on Tuesday which will help with their depth but he won’t
Craig Custance of The Athletic: One agent notes that some of these RFAs signing big extensions early, it may limit the money that would be available for the group of pending UFAs. Some players will still get paid, but others may not. “I think some guys will be overplaying their hands. It’ll be interesting,” said
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