The puck dropped Saturday in Edmonton’s Rogers Place and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena for the pandemic-delayed 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. There is an unusual air to the games without live audiences and with social distancing protocols in place. And amidst all of that, there is also the peaceful but very present uprising against social and racial
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Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Believe that the Arizona Coyotes’ initial offer to pending UFA Taylor Hall was a five-year deal with a $7.25 million AAV. That won’t be their final offer. Also, believe that situation is very important to Hall. While the Coyotes re-signing Hall remains an option, it’s hard to see the Peter Chiarelli
Trading Cirelli or Sergachev is a last resort for Lightning Joe Smith of The Athletic: (mailbag) Teams like the Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres would be interested in restricted free agent center Anthony Cirelli IF the Tampa Bay Lightning had to trade one of their RFAs. Mikhail Sergachev would also get a lot of interest.
Evason’s interim tag removed … Wild open to talking to pending free agents Minnesota Wild: The Minnesota Wild have removed the interim tag from head coach Dean Evason. Jessi Pierce: The Wild and Evason agree to a two-year contract extension. Sarah McLellan of the Star-Tribune: Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin isn’t opposed to starting talking
DeBrusk on free agency … Could he become trade bait if Krug re-signed? Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports: Boston Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk is a pending restricted free agent and has averaged 20 goals and 40 points in his first three seasons in the NHL. DeBrusk on his pending free agency. “Obviously that’s going to
Brodin doesn’t make much sense for the Rangers Larry Brooks of the NY Post: (mailbag) On the question of the New York Rangers trading a defenseman like K’Andre Miller and a draft pick for Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin. doesn’t think it makes sense for the Rangers to trade for someone that is a year
Chris Tanev hopes he can remain in Vancouver Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet: Vancouver Canucks defenseman Chris Tanev has remained in Vancouver since the league shut down. Tanev is a pending unrestricted free agent and may fall in line behind Jacob Markstrom and Tyler Toffoli on the Canucks offseason re-signing priority list. “You have to deal
Sorokin and Kaprizov won’t be staying in the KHL Aivis Kalnins: There had been a rumor going around that Ilya Sorokin (Islanders) and Kirill Kaprizov (Wild) would be remaining the KHL. There is no truth to the rumors as both players intend to sign their entry-level contracts. The Los Angeles Kings will have some cap
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news on the Minnesota Wild being told that one of their newly signed prospects won’t be allowed to play. The Toronto Maple Leafs have questions about trades and free agents and in Boston, Tuukka Rask shoots down retirement rumors. NHL Won’t Let Kaprizov Play According to Michael Russo
Rory Boylen of Sportsnet: Looking at a potential trade candidate for each team in the Western Conference. Anaheim Ducks – Adam Henrique – Carries a $6 million cap hit through 2023-24. The centerman could interest some teams. Arizona Coyotes – Derek Stepan – The Coyotes may need to clear some cap space for their free
The Minnesota Wild have two first-round drafts pick in the upcoming 2020 NHL Draft, 11th and 25th overall. This is a phenomenal opportunity for the team to secure top talent for their relatively weak prospect pool. General manager Bill Guerin has his hands full with his team in a bit of a predicament. Offensively, the
Available coaches and potential coaching vacancies Dan Rosen of NHL.com: (mailbag) Available coaches include Peter Laviolette, Bruce Boudreau, Gerard Gallant, Guy Boucher and Mike Babcock. The New Jersey Devils have interviewed Gallant already. The Devils, Minnesota Wild, Calgary Flames, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks currently have interim coaches. Coaches that could be let go
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news on the Tampa Bay Lightning likely unwillingness to re-sign Cory Conacher and where he’ll wind up as a result. The Minnesota Wild are interested in signing the KHL’s third-leading scorer, but they can’t do so quite yet. Finally, the Chicago Blackhawks are working on a deal with
Stamkos would be ready if the season gets going again Joe Smith of the Athletic: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos had core muscle surgery back in early March, and according to a video on the team’s twitter account, he could be ready to rejoin the team whenever the season gets underway. “With the timing
It could be a buyers market this offseason for goaltenders Harman Dayal of The Athletic: One agent said back in January that if Jacob Markstrom was his client he should be after a five-year deal. One source said that it’s going to be a buyers market this offseason. This would give the Canucks a bit
Kings will be looking for a Dman John Hoven: This offseason the Los Angeles Kings could be the market for a free agent left-handed defenseman. Devils interview Gallant TSN: Pierre LeBrun says the New Jersey Devils are the only team to conduct a coaching interview since the NHL paused their season according to his sources.
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, one scribe asks if the Vegas Golden Knights might consider keeping Robin Lehner and moving on from Marc-Andre Fleury. Speaking of goaltenders, have the Calgary Flames lost confidence in David Rittich? And, if the NHL condenses their playoff format, what cities might they be looking at to host games? Golden
Entry-level deal coming for Romanov Andrew Zadarnowski: A Russian business site is reporting that the Montreal Canadiens will be signing defenseman Alexander Romanov to an entry-level contract after April 30th. He won’t be signing a contract extension with CSKA. CSKA will retain his KHL rights. Not easy for GM to extend players right now …
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