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
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Taylor Hall helps address Arizona’s biggest flaws The Arizona Coyotes are a very good team. They are deep up front, excellent defensively, and Darcy Kuemper and Antti Raanta quietly make up one of the league’s best goaltending tandems in the league. *The* best if you’re looking at the save percentage leaders this season. What the
After several weeks of conjecture, the New Jersey Devils did what everyone expected and traded winger Taylor Hall. The return for the former Hart Trophy winner – three prospects, a conditional first-round pick in 2020 and a conditional third in 20201 – drew lukewarm reviews from fans and pundits. However, Devils general manager Ray Shero
Oilers and Kassian to talk extension Sportsnet: The Edmonton Oilers plan on meeting with Zack Kassian‘s rep to discuss a contract extension according to Elliotte Friedman. “He’s happy there, the Oilers are happy with him and I believe that the Oilers and Kassian are going to sit down in the near future to see if
Philadelphia Flyers, their early success and now what? Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post (mailbag): A hot start has Philadelphia fans clamoring for more. Not many expect them to bottom out and if they did, then big changes would occur. It becomes more of a question about what the Flyers are looking for. Most speculate defensemen
The Wild could host the 2021 NHL Winter Classic and play the… Greg Wyshynski: The Athletic reported that the 2021 NHL Winter Classic could be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field. ESPN has learned that their opponents could be one of the Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, or the Winnipeg Jets.
Kings and Toffoli not talking Dennis Bernstein: From knowledge there have been no contract extensions talks between the Los Angeles Kings and pending UFA Tyler Toffoli. Sabres talking to Flames and Penguins? WGR 550: Elliotte Friedman on WGR 550 on the Buffalo Sabres: “I don’t think much has changed on the trade fronts. I think
Tyler Toffoli is an NHL veteran playing in his eighth season. He has spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Kings, but this could be his last campaign with the organization. He was selected by the Kings in the second round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He was a steal in the 47th
Roman Josi contract fallout for Nashville Adam Vingan of The Athletic: As the dust settles from the Roman Josi extension, one thing becomes clear. David Poile does not have too many tough decisions to make in the next couple of years. The Nashville Predators’ window expands a bit more compared to other teams with most
The Boston Bruins are rolling and are considered buyers again. Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey NOW: Boston’s general manager, Don Sweeney, looks to upgrade whenever he can. Even though Boston has opened the season red hot, there will always be areas to improve. One of the bigger-named players on the Boston radar is Tyler Toffoli. Toffoli
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
Hall’s agent and Devils GM to meet tomorrow Mike Morreale of NHL.com: Taylor Hall said that his agent Darren Ferris will meet with New Jersey Devils GM Ray Shero this week while they are out West. Ferris and Shero haven’t had a face-to-face meeting since training camp. “I know they’re supposed to meet, but I’m
In today’s NHL rumor rundown there is news the Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres are shopping defensemen, there is more from Elliotte Friedman on the Dustin Byfuglien drama, and what’s going on with the Los Angeles Kings? Finally, there is word from the closest source to Jesse Puljujarvi about how he’d feel about coming back
Toffoli healthy scratched and could get moved eventually Lisa Dillman of The Athletic: Los Angeles Kings coach Todd McLellan may forward Tyler Toffoli a healthy scratch on Wednesday. Toffoli is a pending UFA with a $4.6 million salary cap hit and has only scored three goals, with two assists in 12 games. Dennis Bernstein of
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
Babcock safe Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman said that Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock’s position is safe. “It was one of those weeks in Toronto,” Friedman said Saturday during the Headlines segment of Hockey Night in Canada, as the Maple Leafs lost for a third time in their past four games. “I didn’t get a
CALGARY — Drew Doughty scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. The Kings collected their first win of the season after falling 6-5 in their season-opener to the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Doughty scored a power-play goal 50 seconds into overtime. Drew
The 2019-20 NHL regular season is now underway. As fans settle in for another season of hockey action, they’ll also keep an eye on the rumor mill to determine which players could become NHL trade candidates. Earlier this week, we examined this season’s Eastern Conference NHL trade candidates. Here’s a look at those in the