The Tampa Bay Lightning will re-sign center Steven Stamkos to an eight-year, $68 million contract. SPECTOR’S NOTE: The annual average salary is $8.5 million, considerably less than what Stamkos could’ve received on the open market. It’s believed the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres were prepared to offer up over $10 million per season on […]
The Edmonton Oilers have traded left wing Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Adam Larsson. SPECTOR’S NOTE: The summer’s first blockbuster deal is complete and to say it’s a surprise is an understatement. The Devils get a high-scoring left winger while the Oilers land a defenseman who could address their need for […]
The Montreal Canadiens traded defenseman P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators in exchange for blueliner Shea Weber. SPECTOR’S NOTE: Scarcely minutes after the hockey world heard the Edmonton Oilers dealt Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Adam Larsson, the Canadiens trumped that by shipping Subban to the Predators for Weber. This move […]
The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed defenseman Seth Jones to a six-year, $34.2 million contract. SPECTOR’S NOTE: Jones, 21, will earn an average annual salary of $5.4 million. That’s a substantial raise over his entry-level average cap hit (minus bonuses) of $925K. Acquired midway through 2015-16 from the Nashville Predators, the Jackets see Jones as […]
Lucic to the Oilers? Nugent-Hopkins to the Devils? Bruins to send offer sheet to Trouba? Check out the latest in your NHL rumor mill. Latest Oilers speculation. TSN 1040 (via TODAY’S SLAPSHOT): Bob McKenzie claims Edmonton is now a hot ticket for some players, citing the drafting last year of Connor McDavid, the Oilers new […]
Latest on Steven Stamkos, Ben Bishop, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jonathan Bernier & more in your NHL rumor mill. Stamkos, Bishop, Shattenkirk and Bernier. TSN 1040 (via TODAY’S SLAPSHOT): Pierre LeBrun believes “Detroit, Buffalo, Toronto, potentially Vancouver, Montreal, Boston” will be among the clubs interested in bidding for Steven Stamkos on the open market on July 1. […]
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 […]
The latest on Steven Stamkos, Milan Lucic, Loui Eriksson, Kevin Shattenkirk & more in your post-NHL draft rumor roundup. Post-NHL Draft rumors and speculation. OTTAWA SUN: Bruce Garrioch reports it seems all but certain Steven Stamkos has played his final game with the Tampa Bay Lightning. While there’s talk the Lightning are offering an eight-year […]
Notable trades in Day 2 of the 2016 NHL draft will be listed here. Analysis will appear later today in my Soapbox section. TSN’s Bob McKenzie reports the Florida Panthers trade defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and the 33rd overall pick in the 2016 NHL draft (from Vancouver) to the Buffalo Sabres for blueliner Mark Pysyk and […]
Updates on Steven Stamkos, Kevin Shattenkirk, Ben Bishop and many more in your NHL rumor mill. Stamkos, Shattenkirk, Bishop, Reimer. TSN: Pierre LeBrun reports Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, a pending unrestricted free agent, can now speak with other clubs. However, Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said all avenues remain open to re-sign him. He […]