In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Montreal Canadiens made news because reports surfaced the team has reached an agreement with goaltender Carey Price to waive his no-move clause and be exposed to the Seattle Kraken during the NHL Expansion Draft. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues have elected not to protect forward Vladimir Tarasenko and Gabriel
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The Los Angeles Kings had a miserable 2019-20 season, posting a record of 29-35-6. This left LA in second-to-last place in the Western Conference and 27th in the league. Despite this record, LA had an eight-game winning streak at the end of the season and has a promising future due to their deep prospect pool.
It’s hard to be part of an NHL franchise that’s in a rebuild. The team loses more games than they win, fans stop showing up, and there is less of a buzz around the arena and the city. Luckily for the Los Angeles Kings, the ping pong balls fell the right way at last Friday’s
Will Jonathan Quick stay or will he go? Josh Cooper of The Athletic: The numbers improved slightly this season but Jonathan Quick remains trade bait. Will he get traded come the trade deadline? Players like Marc-Andre Fleury posting similar 5-on-5 numbers helps the chances a little. However, does it move the needle enough? Quick competes
Decisions leading up to the trade deadline for the Avalanche Mike Chambers of the Denver Post (mailbag): How Colorado plays over the next ten games will determine what they will do for the trade deadline. A big move for a top-six forward or a defenseman remains unlikely. On the other hand, a depth forward or
Sunday night’s National Hockey League schedule only had two games, but we saw a vintage performance from one of the best in the game. In St. Louis, a forward learned the hard way not to take a run at the goaltender. Plus, we have our Week in Review catching you up on all things goaltending.
Scouting the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins Shawn Hutcheon: Teams listed to scout last night’s Bruins-Penguins game include the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames, and the New York Islanders. Dennis Bernstein: Kings had Mark Osborne at the game. He’s
On Halloween’s Eve, the Los Angeles Kings hosted its Pacific Division rival in the Vancouver Canucks. The game featured many successful and failed power plays, milestones reached and hundreds of fans in costumes. Most importantly, the same issues the team has been dealing with all season are still lingering. Here are a few takeaways from
NHL Trade bait board Frank Seravalli of TSN: Contract talks between the New Jersey Devils and Taylor Hall are believed to be mostly positive, but he did make the comments about the fans booing them. Chris Kreider could help the St. Louis Blues fill the loss of Vladimir Tarasenko. The Calgary Flames have defensemen Travis
The trade rumor mill has grown quiet through most of the first month of this NHL season. That’s due to all of this summer’s notable restricted free agents being re-signed in the weeks before the season opener. Of the six trades that went down since Oct. 3, only three involved NHL regulars. The first move saw the
Hurricanes kicking tires on Ho-Sang, Puljujarvi, and others TSN: Pierre LeBrun said the Carolina Hurricanes are looking for another top-nine forward. Since their deal with the Anaheim Ducks (Justin Faulk) fell through, they’ve continued their search to fill a hole. “One of them is Josh Ho-Sang in the New York Islanders organization. Talk about a
In today’s edition of NHL Rumors, we look at the Edmonton Oilers’ potential interest in Taylor Hall and the Carolina Hurricanes’ desire to bring in a top-nine forward. Plus, what are the Los Angeles Kings going to do with Jonathan Quick, and is Rasmus Ristolainen content as a Buffalo Sabre? Related: NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Capitals,
It wouldn’t be easy for the LA Kings to move Jonathan Quick Lisa Dillman and Josh Cooper of The Athletic: Through two games Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick has a 7.17 goals-against average and a .750 save percentage. Given Quick’s injury history, moving his $5.8 million salary cap hit for another three years would
The best month of the calendar year has finally arrived for hockey fans: October. For Los Angeles Kings fans, this means everything that has transpired during the team’s offseason will be put to the test. After a forgettable 2018-19 season, it was clear that major steps needed to be taken in order to restore the
So much for the Los Angeles Kings depends on a healthy, happy Jonathan Quick. If his health issues are not a thing of the past, the Kings appear equipped to handle the fallout. With Matt Millar joining Bill Ranford as the organization’s goaltending gurus who have a history of making goalies better, and with Jack
The Los Angeles Kings have had game-changing goalkeepers in the team’s history, including Rogie Vachon, Kelly Hrudey and Jonathan Quick. But who came closest to mastering the dubious act of becoming a great backup netminder? Who played the meanest second fiddle and complemented an exceptional No. 1 goaltender? What Kings goalie duos register as the
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news on the Philadelphia Flyers and how close they are to singing Travis Konecny, the Florida Panthers who may run with a couple of inexperienced backup goaltenders, plus updates on the Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche. Flyers to Sign Konecny Right Away? The Courier
Home NHL Rumors NHL Rumors: Torey Krug, Calgary Flames, and Jonathan Quick Is Torey Krug getting traded? Oh hell no! Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey Now: An NHL executive was asked whether there was any trade chatter with Torey Krug. The simple answer was NO! Here is a bit more from Don Sweeney, Boston Bruins