Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times: After Chicago Blackhawks placed defensemen Calvin de Haan and Brent Seabrook on the LTIR, it gives them a projected $12.8 million in salary cap space for the rest of the season. Their cap hits will be back on the books for next season, but it gives them options for
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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
Not a full rebuild for the Devils, but more moves could be coming Michael Dwyer of NJ.com: The New Jersey Devils won’t be going to into full rebuild after the trading Taylor Hall to the Arizona Coyotes. Hall’s trade is a sign that GM Ray Shero’s original plan wasn’t working and needed to be adjusted.
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
The New Jersey Devils may still be holding out hope to try and turn around the 2019-20 season. But things are looking bleak, as they sit at 9-16-5 on the season and haven’t won a game since American Thanksgiving. Interim head coach Alain Nasreddine has a tall task ahead of him, and it’ll only get harder as
Some forward trade options for the Islanders Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Islanders should be in the New Jersey Devils Taylor Hall sweepstakes. The cost would be high as the Devils could ask for Noah Dobson as part of the package. If the Islanders feel the asking price is too high for
The New Jersey Devils were not as active on defense as they were at forward this offseason. But they did make a significant addition when they traded for P.K. Subban on the second day of the NHL Entry Draft. They also re-signed restricted free agents Mirco Mueller and Connor Carrick to short-term deals. P.K. Subban