With the ouster of Patrick Marleau as Sharks captain, Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News feels that Dan Boyle will be next in line for the C. Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe writes that its best for Patrick Kane to move on from the cab incident. Though Messier’s heart belongs in [...]
From Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Citizen: The Edmonton Oilers are pulling out of the Dany Heatley sweepstakes. General manager Steve Tambellini was expected make that announcement in a conference call with journalists later Friday. Heatley, the disgruntled Ottawa Senators forward, twice refused to waive his no-trade clause to complete a trade that would have [...]
From the Globe & Mail: The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Wayne Primeau from the Calgary Flames for defenceman Anton Stralman and forward Colin Stuart, the teams announced Monday. The Leafs will also receive a second-round draft pick in 2011 while Calgary will take a seventh-round pick in 2012. Read the story here. I have [...]
From TSN.ca: The Colorado Avalanche have traded Ryan Smyth to the Los Angeles Kings for defencemen Kyle Quincey, Tom Preissing and a fifth-round pick. Read the full story here. After losing out on several big UFA’s this week, the Kings finally make a splash and acquire Captain Canada, who at 33 isn’t getting any younger, [...]
What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: NHL The Thrashers have signed Nikolai Antropov to a 4 year, $16 million contract. As well, the team also re-signed Chris Thorburn. A lot of cash to be throwing at Antropov but really not out of line with the ridiculous spending we’ve already seen the past day [...]
Martin Havlat’s agent is reporting on Twitter that his client has signed a 6 year, $30 million contract with the Minnesota Wild. Obviously, that results in a team cap hit of $5 million per season over the course of the contract. Once again, I am rather blown away by the term here. Six years for [...]
Flames fans have to be ecstatic with today’s news of Jay Bouwmeester signing with the Flames for 5 years, at $6.5 million cap hit per season. Think about it for a second. The Flames now possess a defense corps that includes Jay Bouwmeester, Dion Phaneuf and Robyn Regehr. Never mind the fact that all three [...]
From the Star Tribune (Hat Tip: IC reader Dan S.) Todd Richards will be the second coach in Wild history, multiple sources around the NHL tell the Star Tribune. Sources say an official offer has been made, negotiations are underway and a news conference could come as early as Tuesday to introduce Richards, an assistant [...]