The many landing spots for Jacob Trouba? Murat Ates of The Athletic: Jacob Trouba’s numbers lend themselves to a possible trade around the NHL Draft. What return could he fetch? That depends on the destination. A 50-point season only increased his potential trade value. Winnipeg needs a top-four defenseman or top-six center ideally. Here are
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Lavoie on the Canucks Sportsnet 650: Renaud Lavoie on the Vancouver Canucks: “If the price is right, yes something will happen. But I don’t see the #Canucks making a splash for the sake of it. They could be 1 defenseman away from doing some damage. Those defensemen will probably be available.” Sharks pending UFAs Karlsson
31 Thoughts rumor roundup Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Sources are saying that Ralph Krueger is climbing on the Buffalo Sabres list of potential coaching candidates. It’s believed that Jacques Martin is out. Dave Tippet may be more destined to the Edmonton Oilers. John Shannon reported that Todd Richards is out. The Ottawa Senators are looking
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ opening-round exit from the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs sparked speculation of possible roster changes. All options short of trading captain Sidney Crosby and goaltender Matt Murray are reportedly under consideration. Phil Kessel and Kris Letang are the notables most often mentioned as possible trade candidates. Of late, however, center Evgeni Malkin also
The Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, and Winnipeg Jets entered the 2019 NHL playoffs as Stanley Cup hopefuls. Instead, they were eliminated from the opening round. Over the offseason, their respective general managers face the difficult prospect of maintaining contending rosters with limited salary-cap space. With over $69.3 million invested in 20 players,
Mitch Marner, Mike Babcock, and the Toronto Maple Leafs Jonas Siegel of The Athletic: Mitch Marner contract talk presents as a contentious topic. Marner possesses much leverage tallying 94 points last season and an expectation of even high next year. Kyle Dubas knows this and playmakers like him are rare. Marner established himself as an
Goldobin plans on staying with the Canucks Rick Dhaliwal: The agent for Vancouver Canucks forward Nikolay Goldobin said that he didn’t sign with a KHL and that he plans on going back to the Canucks. Blue Jackets are one of the teams interested in a Finnish defenseman Aaron Portzline: The Columbus Blue Jackets are one
Winnipeg Jets — Who Stays, Who Goes Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Unfortunately, Winnipeg exited early after a six-game series loss to St. Louis. The Jets played below average since the All-Star Break as some would argue this was coming. Now, with some players facing contract decisions, the summer will be contentious, to say
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Trouba and Cheveldayoff not offering up much on his pending free agent status Mike McIntyre: Winnipeg Jets pending restricted free agent defenseman Jacob Trouba on if he is wanting to sign a long-term deal with the Jets: “Same answer as always. I’ll figure it out once things get going in the summer, what’s best and
Mikheyev getting NHL interest Andrew Zadarnowski: Sport-Express reporting that 24-year old KHL forward Ilya Mikheyev will be signing with the Vegas Golden Knights. Igor Eronko: The Golden Knights are interested in Mikheyev but he has other NHL offers as well. Mikheyev is a “Speedy versatile RW with a heavy wrist-shot who loves to dangle and