The team is reportedly asking for a first-round pick plus something else, a source told The Athletic's Scott Powers.
Hartman is in his second full season with the Blackhawks in which he's scored eight goals and 25 points in 57 games, including a five-point game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first game of the season.
He's six points back of his career high of 31 set last season over 76 games.
The news comes after Price missed practice on Wednesday when he began suffering from concussion symptoms, just one day removed from taking a shot to the head during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the team recalled goaltender Charlie Lindgren from the American Hockey League on an emergency basis.
The news comes after Price missed practice to undergo treatment a day after taking a shot to the head during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
The team on Wednesday recalled netminder Charlie Lindgren from the Laval Rocket of the AHL on an emergency basis.
Price has gone 15-22-6 this season with a 2.98 GAA and a .904 save percentage.
In the third running of theScore's NHL Player Power Rankings, editor Craig Hagerman orders the top players from around the league this season - with extra consideration given to their performances this month.
Scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in the NHL and Ovechkin continues to prove he's among the best at it.
The Washington Capitals captain still tops the league in the category with 34 and is on pace to finish with 48, so it's not out of the question he could hit the 50-goal mark for the eighth time in his career.
Regardless, he's already matched his goal total from last season and is four points back of last season's output.
While he might rank slightly behind his two Pittsburgh Penguins teammates on this list, Kessel's stellar season certainly shouldn't be overlooked.
The 30-year-old is having by far his most productive year since being dealt from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He's four points away from hitting last season's total of 70, and his 24 goals are just two shy of his 2016 tally.
Kessel has been arguably the team MVP this season, seeming to find great chemistry with Evgeni Malkin, and is just another reason you can't ever count out the Penguins.
The NHL is a better place when Stamkos is healthy, just not for opposing goaltenders.
The Tampa Bay Lightning captain is enjoying his most productive season since the 2011-12 campaign when he put up 60 goals and 97 points. He won't hit nearly the same amount of goals this season, but with 67 points in 58 games, he is on pace for 94, the third-highest total of his career.
It pays to have the likely Art Ross Trophy winner playing on your wing, particularly when he's fully fit.
If you're not convinced the Nashville Predators are a legitimate Stanley Cup contender, consider the facts: the club has arguably the best defense corps and one of the best netminders going.
Rinne has been a stud this season after putting up respectable numbers last year. The 35-year-old has recorded just two fewer wins in 42 games than he did in 61 appearances last term.
He's rocking a .925 save percentage - good enough for sixth league-wide - and ranks second in shutouts with five and ninth in goals-against average with a 2.36 mark.
Gaudreau may have fallen from his peak at No. 1 on this list, but you'd better believe he's still lighting it up.
With an assist against the Predators on Thursday night, Gaudreau pushed his current point streak to eight games. He's now just 10 points off his career high of 78, set back during the 2015-16 season
The Calgary Flames are hanging on to a playoff spot but will need more of this kind of production from Gaudreau if they are to stay there.
Crosby jumped out of the gate this season with 10 points in eight games, before hitting a slight lull between mid-October and into early November when he put up just three points in 11 outings.
Then he erupted.
Recently, Crosby's been his usual dangerous self, especially since the calendar flipped. In the New Year, Sid has gone pointless just three times in 19 games, while tallying a whopping 31 points in that span.
Kucherov refuses to concede his lead on the NHL points race.
The Lightning sniper has held the baton for the better part of the season and with a five-game point streak that has yielded 10 points, it seems he doesn't plan on giving up his spot.
In the meantime, he is now just nine points back of the career-high 85 set last season and is on pace to conclude the year with 107.
Move over Stamkos and Kucherov, as the title of "best line in hockey" has been re-awarded to the trio in Boston. Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak have been electric for the better part of two months, and Bergeron has been the best of the three.
His offense has been off the chart and he remains as steady in his own end as ever, as well as one of the best faceoff men in the league.
If his current pace keeps up, he should easily surpass his career high of 32 goals and could very well become the first player since Sergei Fedorov in 1994 to win both the Selke Trophy and the Hart Trophy in the same season.
1. Evgeni Malkin
Previously unranked
GP
G
A
P
P/PG
5-on-5 CF%
55
32
34
66
1.20
51.51
Malkin vaults into first place largely thanks to a monstrous January.
The 31-year-old went off for 12 goals and 19 points in 12 games and followed that up with another six goals and eight points in three outings in the first week of February.
The scoring onslaught has pushed Malkin into a share of fourth in the Art Ross Trophy race, 10 points back of Kucherov for the league lead. His production has also helped the Penguins jump back into a playoff spot, where they will soon begin their quest for a third straight Stanley Cup.
Honorable Mentions
Taylor Hall- Hall has put up a 16-game point streak and is quietly starting to enter the Hart Trophy conversation. His 60 points in 52 games are already more than the 53 he put up all of last season, and with four more goals, he'll surpass his personal best scoring tally of 27.
Claude Giroux- Like Hall, Giroux has already eclipsed last season's production. His 66 points in 57 games have him on pace to set a new career best above the 93 set back during the 2011-12 season.
Tuukka Rask - Rask will most certainly be in the Vezina Trophy conversation at the end of the year, barring a major collapse. The 30-year-old has gone 23-9-4 in 37 games and sits comfortably with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage. If Bergeron wasn't playing so well, it could be argued he's been the team's MVP this season.
If the Toronto Maple Leafs do indeed meet the Tampa Bay Lightning in the postseason, they'll take solace in knowing they can hang with the best team in the league.
The Maple Leafs beat the Lightning 4-3 on Monday night in a contest forward Nazem Kadri deemed a "measuring-stick game" earlier in the day, according to TSN's Mark Masters.
After getting blanked by the Lightning last month, the Maple Leafs entered Monday having won three straight games and seven of their last eight. And the timing couldn't have been better for the club - who has been playing some of its best hockey of the season - to test its mettle against the No. 1-ranked team in the standings.
"Of course, you want to play your best against the best teams," goalie Frederik Andersen said postgame. "These are fun games to be a part of and obviously it's great coming out with two points."
As for Auston Matthews - who finished the night with three assists - Monday felt like just another game since he expects his club to compete with any opponent.
"It's just another win," said Matthews. "We expect to win every night, doesn't matter who you play. Obviously, when you play the best team in the league you've got to bring your A-game, so I thought we played well tonight."
With the win on Monday the Maple Leafs now sit six points back of the Lightning - who have two games in-hand on Toronto. Meanwhile, the season series sits tied at one game apiece with two more head-to-head battles before the season is out.
The 28-year-old put up his fifth 40-plus-save game of the 2017-18 campaign Wednesday in a 3-2 shootout win over the Nashville Predators. The outing - along with Andersen's overall strong play - has people talking about a potential Vezina Trophy nomination, including teammate Tyler Bozak.
"You watch the game versus Nashville and you can just show them that tape and that should put him in the conversation right there," Tyler Bozak said, according to TSN's Mark Masters.
Meanwhile, the soft-spoken Dane was asked last week about possibly winning a Vezina someday, and he was blunt in his response.
"Of course," Andersen said, according to The Athletic's Jonas Siegel. "We've seen stretches of what I can do and I think it's something that I obviously strive to be better and be in that top-goalie conversation."
Andersen sits ninth in the NHL in save percentage (.922), is tied for fourth in shutouts (four), while leading all goalies in shots against and saves.
The NHL trade deadline is now under three weeks away, but still the league awaits its first big-name move.
One of the bigger stars on the chopping block is Ottawa Senators forward Mike Hoffman. As a premier shooter, a deal for Hoffman could very well bring back the biggest return of any player on the Senators roster. (It's important to note general manager Pierre Dorion has gone on record saying he wants captain Erik Karlsson with the club for life, and he doesn't plan to move Derick Brassard.)
However, it appears the Senators could be wavering on whether to deal Hoffman for one main reason: he and Matt Duchene have formed great chemistry over the last few weeks, as TSN's Darren Dreger noted on Tuesday's "Insider Trading" segment.
Hoffman and Duchene have been the bright lights for a team that, despite wins in three of the last four games, looks primed for a top-10 pick in the draft. The two have combined for 11 points in their last four games and after a slow start following his arrival from the Colorado Avalanche, Duchene looks to be hitting his stride.
Over his last 14 games, Duchene has 14 points, thanks largely to his rapport with Hoffman. Meanwhile, since joining the Sens, Duchene has 20 points, 10 of which Hoffman has contributed to in some way.
There's no question the idea the duo continuing to fire on all cylinders is intriguing, but the fact of the matter is the potential benefits of a deal ahead of the trade deadline outweigh those of keeping him.
Given Hoffman's offensive potential, there is no question he will be a sought-after trade target and could command a hefty haul.
In the same "Insider Trading" segment, Bob McKenzie suggested the asking price for New York Rangers forward Rick Nash could be a first-round draft pick, a high-end prospect, and another draft pick or lesser player.
That seems like a high ask, but the Sens would likely want a similarly large return for Hoffman. While Nash certainly plays a heavier game than Hoffman, the Senators winger has been much more productive over the last two years, tallying 69 goals and 156 points in 204 games compared to Nash's 53 goals and 99 points in 180 games. That works out to a points per game average of 0.76 for Hoffman to Nash's 0.55, making the former the better fit for a club looking to add an offensive punch heading into the postseason.
A Hoffman deal also makes sense in the much-publicized case of Karlsson's next contract. As has been well documented, the two-time Norris Trophy-winner will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of next season and is eligible for a contract extension on July 1 of this year.
As it stands, the Senators will have just over $35 million to spend for the 2019-20 season - when Karlsson becomes a free agent - but that's with just nine players signed to contracts.
Karlsson could command a Connor McDavid-like contract in the ballpark of $12.5 million per season, or potentially higher. That would give the Senators roughly $23 million to get 10 guys signed - good luck, Dorion. So it makes sense to try and free up some money if they can, and with Hoffman on the books for another two years at $5.187 million per season, dealing him would be a way to release some cash.
It's understandable to want to keep Hoffman in the fold. The 28-year-old has a remarkable shot - one he's used to score more goals than any other Sens player over the last four seasons - and he still looks to have another gear to hit.
But with the team now locked in 29th in the overall standings, it's evident the team is in need of some retooling. With that, the Senators would be better off cashing in on Hoffman for draft picks and prospects to help jump-start their pending rebuild.
Andersen was forced to leave Monday's game against the Anaheim Ducks after being hit in the head by the skate of Corey Perry. Curtis McElhinney entered in relief and turned away 15 of 16 shots in the Maple Leafs' 7-4 victory.
While Babcock remains optimistic, he noted that he had not discussed Andersen's status with the team's medical staff.
Frederik Andersen on whether he’ll play for #Leafs tomorrow vs. Nashville: “We’ll see.”
Andersen has arguably been the club's most valuable player this season. He's registered a .921 save percentage, a 2.66 goals-against average, and four shutouts, all while facing more shots than any other netminder.
