NHL Rumors: Sabres Buyout Window, Broeser Wants $7 Million, And The Blackhawks And Perlini
Will the Sabres use their second buyout window? Lance Lysowski: The Buffalo Sabres now have another buyout window that will be opening up. GM Jason Botterill usually doesn’t like to go that round, but thinks that forward Vladimir Sobotka could…
NHL Rumors: The Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs
Trade option for the Bruins to clear some space Evan Marinofsky of CLNS: The Boston Bruins have about $7.29 million in salary cap space and still need to re-sign RFAs Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo. Defenseman Torey Krug is eligible…
Quick Hits: Sabres Avoid Arbitration, Hill Accepts Qualifying Offer, And The Wild’s GM Search Could Take A Month
Sabres and Ullmark avoid arbitration Lance Lysowski: The Buffalo Sabres and Linus Ullmark avoided salary arbitration and signed a one-year contract for $1.325 million. Cap Friendly: The Sabres now have a buyout window that will open in a couple of…
NHL Rumors: Remaining UFAs, Kevin Shattenkirk, and the Tampa Bay Lightning
Some remaining UFAs Sean Leahy of NBC Sports: Looking at some of the remaining free agents. Players who will retire or sign with their ‘home’ team: Niklas Kronwall (DET), Justin Williams (CAR), Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (SJ). Potential PTOs:…
Quick Hits: Arbitration Offerings and Askings, Green on Eriksson, and The Flames Buyout Stone
Salary arbitration offerings and askings Elliotte Friedman: The Buffalo Sabres have offered Jake McCabe $1.95 million and McCabe asked for $4.3 million. Updated: Paul Hamilton: The Sabres and McCabe avoid arbitration and agree on a two-year deal with an AAV…
NHL Rumors: Oilers and Puljujarvi … Bruins, McAvoy and Carlo
Puljujarvi not backing down “I want a new start with some other team.” Jouni Nieminen: Jesse Puljujarvi to a Kaleva Newspaper while at a charity hockey game in Oulu: “I want a new start with some other team. Playing in…
NHL Rumors: Flames, Rangers, Red Wings and Wild
Flames might be interested in a defenseman Jim Matheson: Have heard that the Calgary Flames could have some interest in right-handed defenseman Alex Petrovic. Rangers still have trade options for more cap space Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: Brendan…
NHL Rumors: The Minnesota Wild and Philadelphia Flyers
Wild have interview two GM candidates already Michael Russo of The Athletic: Sources have said that the Minnesota Wild have already interviewed Ron Hextall and Peter Chiarelli for their vacant GM position. The Wild still plan on interviewing more candidates…
Quick Hits: Retiring AHLers, Promotions and Hirings, Players Signings and Buyouts
Retiring AHLers Patrick Williams: Some notable players who retired from the AHL this offseason. F Michael Bournival (SYR) G Peter Budaj (ONT) D Chris Butler (SA) F Colin Greening (TOR) F Wade Megan (GR) F Travis Morin (TEX) D Jaime…
NHL Rumors: Wild GM Candidates … Buffalo Sabres Notes on Gusev, Gardiner and Ristolainen
Some Minnesota Wild GM candidates Michael Russo: The Minnesota Wild didn’t end up meeting with Ron Hextall yesterday about their general manager opening. Sources did say that they are close to setting up an initial interview though. Dave Schwartz: Other…
NHL News: The New York Rangers Will Buyout The Final Two Years Of Kevin Shattenkirk’s Contract
The New York Rangers will be buying out the final two years of defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk’s contract. After much confusion, the Rangers second buyout window did not open until 12:01 am today. Pavel Buchnevich’s contract technically wasn’t filed until Saturday…
NHL News: The Colorado Avalanche Lock Up Samuel Girard For Seven Years
The Colorado Avalanche signed defenseman Samuel Girard to a seven-year, $35 million contract extension – a $5 million salary cap hit. He has one year left on his entry-level contract. The 21-year old Girard was draft 47th overall in the…
