With the NHL free-agent frenzy now past, find out what’s next for the New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets in your NHL rumor mill. ISLANDERS NEWSDAY: Arthur Staple recently reported it appears New York Islanders GM Garth Snow is done free-agent shopping this summer. The club has around $5 million in salary-cap room […]
The NHL’s unrestricted free agent market opens today. Check out all the latest speculation over which teams are interested in which players and more. SPECTOR’S NOTE: Today’s rumor links are presented largely without comment. I’ll keep a running tally of the notable free-agent signings and trades in my News section,with a roundup of the top […]
Latest on Stamkos Okposo, Eriksson, Shattenkirk and more in your NHL rumor mill. Stamkos tops list of this summer’s NHL UFAs. USA TODAY: Steven Stamkos, Milan Lucic, Loui Eriksson, David Backes and Kyle Okposo top Kevin Allen’s ranking of this summer’s top NHL UFAs. Andrew Ladd, Mikkel Boedker, Troy Brouwer, Jason Demers and Frans Nielsen […]
Latest on Subban, Stamkos, Bishop, Shattenkirk, Fowler, Nash and more in your NHL rumor mill. Subban, Stamkos, Bishop MONTREAL GAZETTE: Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin shot down speculation he was on the verge of trading defenseman P.K. Subban. “I never shopped P.K. Subban,” Bergevin said to open a press conference Thursday night. “I never had, I’m not […]
Award winners, Las Vegas awarded expansion franchise, Panthers re-sign Yandle & more in your NHL morning coffee headlines. NHL.COM: Patrick Kane became the first American player to win the Hart Trophy in NHL history. He already won the Art Ross trophy as the league’s leading scorer. Kane also won the Ted Lindsay Award as league […]
Latest on Derek Stepan, Nick Foligno, Kevin Shattenkirk, Nick Bjugstad and more in your Sunday NHL rumor roundup. Updates on Stepan, Foligno, Shattenkirk, Vanek, Bjugstad and more. OTTAWA SUN: Bruce Garrioch reports Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving, who has the sixth overall pick in the upcoming NHL draft, wants to move up into the top […]
Latest on Evgeni Malkin, Rick Nash, Kari Lehtonen, Jimmy Howard and more in your NHL rumor mill. Malkin and Howard on the move this summer? SPORTSNET: Nick Kypreos believes Evgeni Malkin is playing his final games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, suggesting he could be traded this summer. Kypreos believes there couldn’t be a better […]
Latest on the Lightning, Islanders, Hurricanes, Red Wings and Canucks in your NHL rumor mill. What next for the Lightning? ESPN.COM: Craig Custance believes the Tampa Bay Lightning must settle the Steven Stamkos situation, re-sign Nikita Kucherov to a long-term contract and consider trading goalie Ben Bishop while keeping left wing Jonathan Drouin. Regarding Stamkos, […]
Penguins advance to the Stanley Cup Final, Chris Phillips retires & more in this morning’s collection of NHL headlines. TRIBLIVE.COM/TAMPA BAY TIMES: For the first time since 2009, the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to the Stanley Cup Final. Rookie forward Bryan Rust scored both of his club’s goals in a 2-1 victory over the […]
Penguins defeat Lightning, GMs of the year nominees announced and more in this morning’s collection of notable NHL headlines. TRIBLIVE.COM/TAMPA BAY TIMES: The “HBK Line” (Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Phil Kessel) came through again as the Pittsburgh Penguins skated to a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference […]