From not going anywhere to on the move for the Vancouver Canucks Thomas Drance and Harman Dayal of The Athletic: Looking at who will be staying and who could be on the move this offseason for the Vancouver Canucks. Returning for sure – Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller, Alex Edler, Tyler Myers
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One of the Carolina Hurricanes’ biggest strengths lies within their defense. Their squad is stacked on the back end and will be for years to come. Yet, quality depth scoring on offense was a shortcoming last season. With such a good core of defenders, should the club subtract from defense to address their lack of
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at a potential draft prospect and consider who else the Maple Leafs might trade if the organization’s goal is to clear salary-cap space. Finally, I’ll look at a new post about an old rumor that Alex Pietrangelo might be coming to
Frank Seravalli of TSN: Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine has scored 138 goals over the past four seasons, good for seventh most over that span. He’s not a lock to be traded this offseason, but his name is on the trade bait board. The Jets have some big holes to fill, so Laine and Nikolaj
Would Alex Pietrangelo be interested in a short-term deal if he tests free agency? Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet: St. Louis Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is the top pending unrestricted free agent this offseason. Pietrangelo when asked if he could see himself putting on a different jersey next season. “Lots of guys do it. I hope
James Mirtle: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas: “I don’t think this is going to be it for us.” James Mirtle: Dubas on the first-round pick they acquired: “We’re open to moving it if the right deal came along for someone that could help us.” Mark Masters: Dubas on the extra cap space: “You can
A mutual interest between Boudreau and Maple Leafs James Mirtle of The Athletic: In the past few months, the Toronto Maple Leafs asked the Minnesota Wild permission to speak with Bruce Boudreau. There hasn’t been a formal interview. Boudreau heard about the Leafs interest and people close to Boudreau say he’s intrigued. Darren Dreger: Bruce
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Believe that no matter what happened in the playoffs this year, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas would give his big four forwards – Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares and William Nylander – one more season together. From understanding Dubas’ promise to Nylander to not trade him was just immediately
Potential trade targets for the Ducks Eric Stephens of The Athletic: If backup goaltender Ryan Miller retires or the Ducks want to go a different direction, they could be in the market for a low-cost veteran goalie this offseason. The Anaheim Ducks on paper don’t have a lot of salary cap space available but would get
Can the Maple Leafs fit in another big contract? Dermott and Mikheyev need new deals James Mirtle of The Athletic: (mailbag) The flattening of the salary cap may lower the price of what it might take to sign pending free agent defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. It might take $8.5 million to sign him. For the Toronto
Some realistic and blockbuster trade targets for the Buffalo Sabres John Vogl of The Athletic: The Buffalo Sabres have just 10 players under contract for next season. New GM Kevyn Adams has eight restricted free agents to deal with, but he’ll have some cap space to possibly get creative with. There are many teams this
No progress on Hall talks, but they may have a starting point TSN: Darren Dreger when asked if there is any progress on contract extension talks between the Arizona Coyotes and Taylor Hall. “No I wouldn’t say there is progress. It all stems from a meeting, a dinner if you will, last week involving Xavier
Trade options for the Detroit Red Wings Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News: The Detroit Red Wings have $46.2 million committed to 11 players for next season. They’ll have to make some decisions on their 12 restricted free agents. Some will be back and they’ll have salary cap space available to make trades with cap-strapped
The Maple Leafs might have to move out one or two $2 to $4 million players this offseason Kevin McGrann of the Toronto Star: The flat salary cap is not going to do the Toronto Maple Leafs any favors over the next three years. They’ll have $3.7 million in cap space heading into the offseason
Matt Larkin of The Hockey News: Looking at the top five teams who will be hurt most by the flat NHL salary cap of $81.5 million. 1. Tampa Bay Lightning – $5.33 million in projected salary cap space with 15 players under contract. They have two key restricted free agents in center Anthony Cirelli and
Blackhawks looking to get younger Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times: The Chicago Blackhawks plan on trying to “innovate and change some things” from how they’ve operated in past offseasons according to GM Stan Bowman. In the past offseasons, they’ve replaced aging players with equally aging free agents. So, look for the Blackhawks to try
Rory Boylen of Sportsnet: Looking at a potential trade candidate for each team in the Eastern Conference. Boston Bruins – Nick Ritchie – They may not be able to fit him long-term with Torey Krug needing a new deal, and after next season Tuukka Rask, Jaroslav Halak, Brandon Carlo and Ondrej Kase. Buffalo Sabres –
The Devils have salary cap space they can use to their advantage this offseason Corey Masisak of The Athletic: The New Jersey Devils are once again this offseason in a position to possibly take advantage of teams that need to shed some salary. After signing their main free agents, the Devils could still have around