Ristolainen had been in the rumor mill WGR 550: Buffalo Sabres GM Jason Botterill on defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen: “We need top-four guys that can handle several different things on the blue line. He certainly has his faults, but we like what he does with his matchups. It’s our job to surround him with enough talent
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report this ad Vegas Golden Knights’ Mark Stone has never won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league’s best defensive forward. He’s never even been a finalist, although he has received votes for the last four seasons, finishing as high as sixth in 2016-17. In the 2018-19 season, Stone was a part of a
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,
report this ad In today’s NHL rumor rundown there are some predictions coming out of Vegas as far as who might be staying or going with the Golden Knights, why the team decided to promote Kelly McCrimmon to the position of GM and what the Oilers will do next. There is also news coming out
Vegas Golden Knights who are staying and who could be on the move Jesse Granger of The Athletic: Looking at the Vegas Golden Knights from players who aren’t going anywhere to players who won’t be back. The Untouchables – Mark Stone, Marc-Andre Fleury, Shea Theodore, Max Pacioretty and Nate Schmidt. Likely sticking around – Alex
Dubas has authority too… John Shannon: Multiple sources have confirmed that Kyle Dubas has the authority to fire coach Mike Babcock and he doesn’t need to get approval from the Board. KHL … possibly one coming and one going Kevin McGran: KHL free agent forward Ilya Mikheyev is leaning towards either the Toronto Maple Leafs
Oilers waiting to ask for permission to speak with McCrimmon Darren Dreger: The Edmonton Oilers will give the Vegas Golden Knights and Kelly McCrimmon some time before they ask for permission to speak with McCrimmon about their vacant GM position. No reason to worry about Skinner yet John Wawrow: Have been told that there is
report this ad There are few, if any, sports broadcasters who will ever match colorful Bay Area legend Bill King. King had some of sports most memorable calls in some of sports most stunning moments. So I’ll borrow from him to describe the San Jose Sharks comeback win over the Vegas Golden knights. “The most
report this ad Once upon a time, the Vegas Golden Knights were up three games to one over the San Jose Sharks and were headed to California, looking to close out their biggest rivals, in front of their own fans. Two games later, the series is tied and the Sharks have the Golden Knights on
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
The Ottawa Senators have traded forward Mark Stone to the Vegas Golden Knights for Erik Brannstrom, Oscar Lindberg and a 2020 2nd round pick (Dallas). The 26-year old Stone was drafted 178th overall in the 6th round of the 2010 draft by the Ottawa Senators. The 19-year old Brannstrom was drafted 15th overall in the
report this ad SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mark Stone scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play created by a penalty that negated an apparent San Jose goal and the Vegas Golden Knights responded after blowing a three-goal lead in the first period to beat the Sharks 5-3 on Friday night to tie their playoff
Image from the Vancouver Giants Gusev looking to join the Golden Knights Igor Eronko: Heard that Nikita Gusev is looking to join the Vegas Golden Knights for their playoffs. Darren Dreger: Gusev’s KHL contract runs through the end of April. His agent JP Barry, CAA Sports and his Russian agent are working on getting his
The Tampa Bay Lightning faced little adversity in the regular season on the way to a record-tying 62 wins and the most points in a season in 23 years. That all changed as fast as the Lightning squandered a three-goal lead before losing 4-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of their first-round
report this ad Although his numbers don’t jump off the score sheet, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is an integral member of the Vegas Golden Knights. Over the past two seasons, Bellemare has been one of the most reliable constants for the Golden Knights, serving as an assistant captain since their inception. As an impending Unrestricted Free Agent
LOS ANGELES — Ilya Kovalchuk had two goals, Dustin Brown had two assists and the last-place Los Angeles Kings closed the season with a 5-2 victory over the playoff-bound Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night. Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles while Jeff Carter and Matt Roy also had goals.
Schuldt to narrow down list Michael Russo: St. Cloud State Jimmy Schuldt will meet with his agent on today to get a list down to five or six. There are lots of teams interested, with the Minnesota Wild being of them. After they shrink the list, they will talk to each team a little more