© Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports Flames still need to create some cap space, could look to move Michael Frolik Kent Wilson of The Athletic: The Calgary Flames still need to re-sign restricted free agents Matthew Tkachuk and Andrew Mangiapane. They’ll likely need to clear out $5 million in salary-cap space to do so. Moving defenseman
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© Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports Notes on Barrie, Tanev and Labanc Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Now Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie could be looking for $8 million per season on his next deal. The Colorado Avalanche weren’t going to go that high for him. Barrie is sixth overall in scoring for defensemen the past
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: The Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs © John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports The Buffalo Sabres have a little more flexibility after signing Johansson Lance Lysowski: The Buffalo Sabres gained some flexibility after signing forward Marcus Johansson. They have around $6.6 million in salary cap space and could revisit
The lower-than-projected salary cap for the NHL’s 2019-20 season ($81.5 million) recently forced several teams to make cost-cutting deals. With the frenzy from the opening day of the free-agent market faded, a handful of clubs remain uncomfortably close to the cap. Some could be forced to free up more dollars via the trade market. Here’s
© Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports The Senators getting calls to move or down in the draft Wayne Scanlan of Sportsnet: The Ottawa Senators are armed with plenty of draft picks this year and over the next few years – 28 picks in the next three seasons. They have seven picks in the first three rounds
report this ad We are less than a week away from the NHL Entry Draft and the rumors surrounding the Montreal Canadiens are starting to heat up. Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has proven he is not afraid to pull the trigger on a big trade near the draft. Given the Habs’ need to improve,
© James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports The 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver is fast approaching. The opening round will be on Friday, June 21 with the remaining six rounds held the following day. Most of the focus will be on where this year’s top prospects end up among the 31 NHL franchises. However, the draft
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Top 20 Trade Candidates … Top 30 Free Agents © James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports Top 20 NHL trade candidates Craig Custance of The Athletic: Looking at the top 20 NHL trade candidates a couple of weeks away from the NHL draft. 1. Jacob Trouba – Jets2. P.K. Subban
Eric Francis of Sportsnet: It may not be a crazy idea that someone will try to offer sheet Calgary Flames forward Sam Bennett. Bennett is arbitration eligible and requires a $2.14 million offer from the Flames. The Flames currently have about $14.5 million in cap space and fellow RFA Matthew Tkachuk could eat up between
The Canadiens desperately need a top-four defenseman Eric Engels of Sportsnet: The Montreal Canadiens desperately need another top-four defenseman – one that is left-handed and can play on the power play. It’s something that GM Marc Bergevin may need to overpay for. At the top of the free agent list is Toronto Maple Leafs pending
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,