Updates on Patrick Sharp, Kevin Bieksa, Cam Talbot and Kevin Shattenkirk.
Latest on Patrick Sharp.
Blackhawks still shopping Patrick Sharp.
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Mark Lazerus reports Blackhawks winger Patrick Sharp remains the focus of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals entering Day Two of the 2015 NHL Draft. The Blackhawks’ “initial asking price for Sharp was very high — a first-round pick, a defenseman and a prospect.” He remains very much in play. Kris Versteeg and Bryan Bickell are also available as the Blackhawks try to shed salary.
TRIBLIVE.COM: Jason Mackey reports the Pittsburgh Penguins have been linked to Sharp, Toronto’s Phil Kessel, Carolina’s Jeff Skinner, St. Louis’ T.J. Oshie and even New York Rangers’ pending UFA Martin St. Louis. Mackey claims there’s little willingness by Rutherford to move one of his promising young defensemen like Olli Maatta or Derrick Pouliot.
POST-GAZETTE.COM: Dave Molinari also notes the Penguins have been linked to Sharp, Kessel, Skinner and Oshie. “Consistently, they’re after our young defensemen,” Rutherford said of the teams he’s spoken with. “It’s been that way for a long time, and continues to be.”
SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Blackhawks obviously have to lower their asking price if they hope to move Sharp. Remains to be seen if he goes today or later in the summer. I suspect the ‘Hawks hope to move him as soon as possible to take advantage of the opportunity while teams still have available cap space. As for the Penguins, if they want to land a scoring winger like Sharp or the others, it could cost them one of those young blueliners.
No Bieksa for the Sharks?
THE VANCOUVER SUN: Iain MacIntyre cites reports claiming trade talks between the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks regarding Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa have broken down. It’s believed the Canucks sought a pair of second-round picks for Bieksa, but they’re denying that’s the case. Canucks GM Jim Benning is still hoping to trade one of his goalies (Eddie Lack or Jacob Markstrom) for a second-round pick.
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: Curtis Pashelka suggests this doesn’t mean a deal for Bieksa to the Sharks is totally dead, citing the blueliner’s willingness to waive his no-trade clause to go to San Jose. It’s also rumored Bieksa seeks a four-year contract extension worth around $4.5 million annually. Bieska is eligible next summer for UFA status.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: But will the Sharks invest that much for that long in a 34-year-old defenseman who appeared to decline last season? Not a wise decision if they do.
Update on Cam Talbot.
NEW YORK POST: Larry Brooks reports the Calgary Flames have serious interest in New York Rangers backup Cam Talbot and intend to submit a bid today. The Florida Panthers have apparently offered up forward Jimmy Hayes, brother of Rangers forward Kevin Hayes, for Talbot in a package offer. The Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks remain interested.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Pat Leonard reports the Stars, Sharks and Edmonton Oilers are now the favorites to land Talbot when the second day of the draft begins.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Talbot was widely assumed to be the first domino to drop in the goalie market leading into the draft, but it was instead Robin Lehner, dealt by the Senators to the Sabres, who moved first. It’s believed the Rangers seek draft picks, so Talbot could get dealt before or during the second round for a second round pick.
Shattenkirk on the trade block?
EDMONTON JOURNAL: David Staples cites a report from colleague Jim Matheson claiming St Louis Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk might be available, citing the high salary being taken up by other Blues defensemen Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Shattenkirk’s earning $4.25 million annually for the next two seasons, but is also coming off an all-star performance this season. My guess is the Blues are willing to listen to offers but I have my doubts they’re seriously thinking of moving him.
what Sweeney and Neely said at the end of this past season ………we want to get faster,bigger, stronger, and more physical?
I think it sucks for Bruins fans this past few years. Seguin Boychuck Hamilton and Lucic all gone for another goalie (not quite sure why when you have a great starter) Eriksson Smith and some middle of the pack picks. Thats rough.
We all thought the Broones would used their traded assets and move up to the top 5. Keep it up, they may earn a top five pick next season!
Gotta love what the Sabres did yesterday, tough to argue with their team down the middle, on defense and now in goal. Tim Murray, Mr Straight Forward -“Buffalo drafts Jack Eichel”.
The Blues need to make some moves – they have already committed to their coaches for next season, no changes there. So any changes have to come from the players.
Keep this up the Broones may earn a top 5 pick next season.
Blues need to make moves, they have already committed to their coaches next season, any changes have to come from the players. I still say they need to move Backes.
Gotta love the Sabres moves and Tim Murray’s draft delivery – “Buffalo drafts Jack Eichel”. Don’t mince any words Tim!
The only move to be made by Armstrong is to clean out his desk after another ONE AND DONE NEXT SPRING. There will be a SPRING CLEANING in St.Louis and I cannot wait until the whole “DALLAS HOOD” IS GONE!!!!! It will take until spring for Tom Stillman the owner to finally wake up after 4 consectutive $30M losses and the team on the brink of bankruptcy!!!!!
Wow i didn’t expect any of this lol. Lehner goes for what I thought Lack would, and vice versa. talbot may not even get the 2nd unless it is for next years draft. Hamilton dealt to Calgary. Many GM’s peed off at the price thinking they could of offered a bit more and wine the deal. REINHART is an Oiler! wow, great move by Edmonton. Buffalo not unexpectedly quite active but doing a great job. Fun times,
Talbot to Edmonton, Hagelin to the Ducks.
That really sucks. Hagelin will be missed!
The first thing I thought of when I heard this was “Oh NYR4LIFE is not going to be happy”
Sorry dude, but I am very happy about this.
Oiler fan or Ducks?
Oilers!
That deal doesn’t really bother me. I’d say it was ill advised considering they do not have a NHL capable back up. But, it is what it is. The Hagelin deal is killing me…..Etem…Really? He’ll look awesome in Hartford I suppose. Dubinsky, Callahan, Anisimov and now Hagelin? Who’s next McDonagh, Girardi, Staal?
Not a bad return for Talbot though. I don’t think it will be hard for them to get another back up. Lol maybe make a deal with Boston for Jones or Subban. These goalie trades are crazy. haha
I don’t think his return was bad at all. I just don’t think this was the time to move a guy they know can handle the job (for the moment.) They should have waited until the deadline. If Lundqvist were to go down, I’m not sure Subban would be the guy anyone would be comfortable with handling the job. They also need someone who can lighten Lundqvist load either way. He can’t be expected to play 65-70 + post season games and stay healthy.
@NYR4LIFE
The thing is that Slats always seems to have players to come in and take there place. Now I don’t know Etem to well, but from what I have heard he will be a good 2nd line player who is comparable to Hagelin in speed. He just need to add some muscle.
With Etem, I smell bust. The guy hasn’t found his way outside of the AHL. Today, even if his speed is close to Hagelins, he is a poor mans version of Hagelin.
IMO, It’s time for Cigar to go away and let Jeff Gorton take the wheel. This “Lifetime contract” Sather has is BS!
NYR4Life, I’d agree that Etem is no Hagelin – Hagelin has proven he can wheel and score in the NHL. I think Etem will do so, too, but he hasn’t proven it.
That said, it’s largely about cap management. If Etem might have Hagelin’s scoring potential but at half the cost as an RFA due to previous lack of success, that’s probably the risk-reward Sather is going for.
Not saying it’s good or bad (I like Hagelin), but I can see it being a good deal under the cap system, too.
Larry Brooks stole the words right out of my mouth!!!
“Almost literally, the 23-year-old Etem is a poor man’s Hagelin — not quite as fast, not quite as skilled, not quite as hockey-wise, not as accomplished, and (and this is the crux of the matter) not nearly as expensive.”
Rangers paying for Sather’s bad moves. another dumb deal by Tomato face.
Hagelin a tough loss to handle. you can’t teach speed.
Rangers seem to lose good 3rd liners every season when they become RFA/UFA… Boyle, Prust, Pouliet, etc
My biggest concern is….Who eats up his PK time? I’m guessing Miller or Fast?
Ok everyone toss out your predictions. As from what I am seeing happening, I’d believe anything. At this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if Kessel is traded for Spezza. hahahaah. I kid.
Hahaha that would be amazing!
Hamilton and Reinhart traded for mid first rounders and some seconds meanwhile the Leaf sat there doing nothing even though they are in desperate need of good young D men to rebuild with. Shanny must have been too busy eating potatoe chips to notice these deals were on the table. Typical Toronto rebuild.
Funny to hear Babcock wanted to pick a Dman 4th over all but didn’t have the clout Hunter did with Shanny. He’s probably already wishing he didn’t make the move to the Leafs.
The B’s get a great return for an aging Lucic and somehow it’s impossible to move either Kessel or Phaneuf. Obviously Shanahan has overvalued these guys or they would be gone. The market is the market so you take what you can get because offers aren’t going to get any better.
It was great return for Lucic, but they did also have to eat half his salary. I feel like that might be the sticking point for the Leafs at the moment, particularly with Kessel.
(Side note: If I were the Leafs, I wouldn’t retain much/any salary with Kessel, either. Decent chance he goes on to score 35+ again next year. Maybe trade him, but hold salary? Nah.)
I don’t think the leafs can move kessel without holding salary? maybe but seeing the lucic deal holding salary its just the way the nhl is going yes ror trade didn’t involve salary held back but I don’t see kessel accepting a trade to a team with that isn’t a contender and have room to fit him, also the length of the contract wont help him being moved
What got me was, after drafting a 160-lb F, seeing him trade away 2 picks in the first round – players ranked by consensus of various scouting bureaus and other sources as being among the 30 best – to get 4 picks ranked anywhere from about 38 to 66. I know they need to re-stock their farm system, but come on! Was that Hunter’s input?
I didn’t understand that either? I really wish they had of drafted provorov instead of marner I think he will be top dman in the nhl
BigBear I agree. Trade down a couple spots and take Provorov. Did anyone notice he looks like a full grown man next to all those kids not to mention the word from his former coaches was that he is most “coachable player” in the draft.
What do you expect from a rookie President pretending he’s a GM. The cluster F@#$ known as MLSE continues.
Thank god they paid Babcock all that money so they could ignore his opinion about drafting a D man. lol
Lol looking at the leafs d now you would have thought they go for a dman? Not saying marner won’t be good but they also picked 2 other smaller players with the next 2 picks? Your right with the inexperience it might of showed a little in the draft but you never know how they will turn out
and have you seen what their drafting? They are literally drafting the cast of The Smurphs they past on sprong, Bittner, Harkins for a guy they could’ve had in the 3rd and 4th rounds this draft has gone from having so much potential to epic disappointment. I don’t think they drafted anyone that weighs more then Marner, or taller lol wow. And watching teams make deals and possibly spending their cap tells me we’re stuck with phanuef and kessel for another year. A wasted opportunity in year of a deep draft and crap Ufa class.
totally agree leeemon!
You really couldn’t make a bad pick at 4, but I’m glad we got Marner. I was less than impressed with the rest of Hunter’s picks though, I think they went a little too far with smallish players in the first couple of rounds. It also felt like they were sitting on their hands waiting for people to approach them. If they’re going to tear down this roster they need to be more aggressive. I understand waiting for a better deal for Kessel, but how is Bozak still on this team? If we start next season with the same team I’m gonna be pissed.
I totally agree I feel at this point that we’re going in with the same team, Cause now its to late for this year. why make a trade now when we don’t know what the landscapes going to be for next year. heck you might even be able to come back to Arizona and make a deal that brings back strome and a 1st just sayin. But I really feel like this was a missed opportunity. Well I guess all we can do is hope for a crack at Austin Mathews next year lol
I agree with the smaller players too durt! bozak I would have thought got a pick but I guess not? lol and Matthews would be great lemon!! lol
Aging Lucic? He just turned 27…typcal Toronto draft? They had the second most picks going into today. Marncin is just 23 much better already than the Granbergs McWilliams or Holzers of the world and was picked up for a bust that was playing in the ECHL he will fit in nicely with Rielly Gardiner Percy and Loov giving them 5 pretty decent D all under the age of 24…all in all pretty good start, not fantastic but atleast there were no bad moves (like Ross or Biggs)…and not saying they all turn out to be superstars but I think Hunter has a bit of a track record in recognizing NHL caliber players. Complain complain complain
Shticky
Surprised to hear you disagree since you have been whining about how you think Shanny is an idiot for not having a GM. Then again all you do is contradict yourself constantly.
I feel vindicated knowing I said trade Kessel when he had one year left on his old contract and there was rumblings about him wanting $8M. I do remember saying its a bad contract when they signed his new agreement but you thought it was a great contract. I also said Phaneufs is a bad contract and to trade him but again you thought is was a good deal. I told you the Leafs would not make the playoffs again with Phaneuf, Kessel and Bozak leading the team and you disagreed. I also told you Babcock would be coaching the leafs a year before it happened. You said zero chance.
You have such a brutal track record it’s actually embarrassing considering how much you argue with people on this site. Lol
Wow.
I personally like to move on after a short period of time but it sounds like you’ve been harbouring this grudge against someone else for quite some time.I dont always agree with some of the posts I read and I have had discussions with a few in the past but we move on.
Sometimes we agree, sometimes we disagree, move on.
lol since you kept your post booked marked about your inside soirse telling you about Babxcock to Toronto for over a year in desperation to prove yourself right go back through thos3 svaved posts and show me any that I was whining about not having a GM? I couldd actual careless and have said it to more than 1 or 2 people on here that I am pretty confident with Dubas and Hunter.and I still dont mind Kessel or Phaneuf and their contracts….ehh phaneuf might ne a mill over paid but i dont think that its outrageous..
Bravo for the over dramatic post tho…lol
I do remember Schticky defending the fact the Leafs have no GM against one of my comments regarding it.
Marncin was the 6/7 defenceman in Edmonton and Edmonton`s defence was actually worse than Toronto`s. They tried to give him away at the trading deadline and failed. The Boy can`t skate
He better option on the bottom pairing and skates better than McWilliam Robidas Granberg imo thought he plaued pretty well the end of the year in Edmonton. age wise fits pretty well with the others in the system.
I like what’s happening so far for the Leafs. They added draft picks and used them to add skilled forwards and prospects on defence. These so-called smurfs are 18 years old – check back in a couple of years. As for trading the core, where’s the problem? If they get decent offers, make the deal. If they don’t, let’s see what they can do under Babcock. There’s always the trade deadline when they can load up again on picks and prospects. The universe is unfolding as it should. Relax!
I think the Maple Leaf draft is completely under Dubas’s control (if that is how his name is spelt). I read an article a while back, maybe a year or two ago. It put up a good argument that multiple draft picks will garner a solid NHL player more often than a single better draft pick. The article used stats and all kinds of analytics to prove a late 2nd and 3rd was better than a late 1rst for instance.
The Leafs took their 24, traded for two picks, one the 29 they traded again for two. Thus changing 1 pick into 3 picks. Analytics are all good and “what not” but I hope the leafs don’t solely rely on them. It sure does look that way in this draft. Time will tell if it works out. There are always statistical outliers.
Jeez when the New England Patriots move back in the draft and get extra picks they call Belichick a genius and when Dumas and the Leafs do it you complain …. So people on this site love to be negative ….. If you don’t support the Buds go find a new team and complain about them … This rebuild will take more then one draft So get on board or get out !
the pats win championships tho!!
Eklund on Hockey Buzz states that the Leafs owe Kessel 4 million on July 1rst. I never knew this. If that is true it lights a light bulb over my head as to why Kessel isn’t traded. It reminds of the Heatley deal where the Sens owed a big sum on a particular date. After the sum was paid they had no problems trading him. Once the Leafs pay Kessel the 4 million it won’t take long for them to find a suitor.
Lyle can you substantiate that.
I did hear Kessel is owed a bonus on that date too. From a much more relaible source. In fact it’s an E5 lol
On another note. Did everyone see how many players Edmonton had to trade from their core top 6 guys. They pick up Talbot, Reinhart and Gryba. Move out Marincin. Their Net seems secure, their back end although young is bigger and more skilled with the addition of Reinhart and hopefully Nurse and Klefbom. Gryba is solid depth who brings basic brute force. But over all they revamped their back end nicely and add McDavid into all this.
Oh and they traded 0 players form their core and still have free agency to bring in a veteran D man if desired to help these young guys out.
They didn’t have to move a player like Hall, RNH, Eberle…..But they still did not address a true top 2 d-man either. Reinhart has potential….. Gryba wasn’t a top 4 guy in Ottawa. My argument was they have to give up a Hall, RNH or Eberle if they want a TRUE #1-2 d-man. They didn’t get that, and I don’t know that I see a difference in their D right now…Today.
IMO they should have gone all out for Hamilton. ALL OUT!
On a side note, Wasn’t Talbot the pretty much last guy behind Lack, Lehner, Anderson etc. You thought would be a good fit in Edmonton? It’s amazing how much a players value suddenly increases the moment they take off a Ranger jersey! LOL….I KEED, I KEED!
I never said that NYR4life. What I said is I do not know much of Talbot so I don’t value him as high as others. But I do understand the concensus value of a player. I preferred Lack and don’t care for Lehner at this point. Lehner got the best return. Go figure. If I was a GM I would of targeted Lack or Jones. The only reason why was because I knew more of them. I said that over and over. But everyone else likes Talbot, so we see how that goes. I still think Anderson would of been the best choice. You don’t always get your best choice. But in the end you don’t have to trade away your core to improve the team.
I still don’t know why you insist they get a top D man. They have Nurse and Klefbom. They need to fill it in. They don’t need to make the playoffs this year. They need to improve, then decide on the direction. Oh and I never said Gryba was any good. I only said he is depth and brings brute force. Ask Eller.
So Nurse, Klefbom, and Reinhart are ALL going to come along? What are the odds of that happening? ….I mean really, not from a fan perspective. The odds of ANY 1st round draft pick going on to a successful career on any level are near that of a coin flip, 60/40.
But from the way people talk here it’s almost like every prospect has a 90/10 chance of making it to super stardom.
Oh and it is funny how you start to devalue Talbot once he joins another team. weird huh.
How did I “devalue” Talbot? LOL!!!!
Their D is goi g to be awful, for a wile I think, Nurse will need to develop still, Reinhart Im not sold on being anymore than a second pairing guy at best and Gryba is more of the same that they already have in Ferrance Nikitin Fayne… I think they will be better obviously with coaching but I am not sure with that D that Talbot makes much of a difference…it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
ED isnt done. They may go after a Mike Green in FA. They are better today then last week but still need work.
I think Talbot will surprise you. He had a high SV% in NY and he needs a good year as he wishes to be a FA after. ( I believe NYR would have got more in their deal if Talbot or whoever hadnt mentioned this )
Talbot did well in front of a good team in the Rangers. i am curious to see how he will fair in front of a team where “D” has stood more for dysfunction.
Lack, Lehner, Talbot – wonder which of these guys will trive more in their new surroundings? Talbot is a UFA next summer, Lehner is under team control for several more seasons.
Lehner had the same team in front of him as Anderson and Hammond. Yet his numbers were MUCH different than either guy. I believe the Sabres got taken on this deal.
NYR – that was my assessment when I heard the deal. Totally taken and by a division rival no less! Nice Tim helped his uncle out and gave him a #1 to boot.
Yes Schticky you are right. It will struggle for awhile. But Nurse, Klefbom and Reinhart are 3 stud young D. Gryba isn’t young 27. He isn’t good by any means in NHL standards but can be a vet to help. Like I said before they still have free agency.
I like what the Oilers are doing. I think most people get confused with what I say as they think I am thinking they will be stanley contenders next year. I hope they will be. I think they can push for the playoffs. But they have improved. I don’t see them picking 1rst again.
Until Edmonton gets some two way forwards to stop other teams top lines they are going nowhere.
They also need some grit.
Should have made a better deal for Lucic and Hamilton.
That two way forward is RNH. But until McDavid takes over the top spot he will be asked to carry the offense.
Go back and find where anyone from the leafs has said they will be tearing down the roster, it doesn’t exist. The media has reported this to the point that it has become accepted though it has never been said. They will not trade their best players if they don’t think the return is there, nor should they.
1 playoffs( shortened season) the last decade something needs to change and when babcock saying ” tough” years ahead most think rebuild lol I just think with the deepest draft in years trade some of the kessel,bozak,lupul,phaneuf guys for some picks and young talent to get things started! the core just isn’t good enough plain and simple changes need to be made
I guess you don’t see any connection between “tear down” and “scorched earth” – read Cathal Kelly’s column in the Feb 12, 2105 Globe & Mail – and then extrapolate from there. Seems to me like plans for a complete overhaul.
That was followed a few days later by Kevin Cawthra’s “SportsRant” blog where he wrote “When I saw “scorched earth” in a headline last week, I figured it was another Michael Bay movie featuring lots of explosions. Boy was I wrong, but the irony is there though, Am I right? So about that “scorched earth” headline, Brendan Shanahan, and his management team got the okay from MLSE for a “scorched earth” rebuild of the team and roster. The rebuilding plan didn’t include Phil Kessel in their plans or captain Dion Phaneuf.”
Never saw that refuted anywhere by anyone connected with MLSE
I didn’t realize Kelly worked for the leaves. Plus he used to work for the star so is there for a socialist. The board did give permission to make any moves that they wanted, this does not translate to scorched earth regardless of the headline you saw. Also evidenced by the lack of trades they have made so far. I am not saying they don’t need to make changes, I just don’t think that it will be as dramatic as everyone seems to think. They said the other day that they are not trading away the entire roster, the people still expect that.
“Also evidenced by the lack of trades they have made so far.”
OK, now you’re revealed yourself to be just another “my team can do no wrong” flag-waver. Has it ever occurred to you that they haven’t made any trades so far simply because a) they overvalue what they are offering; b) no one else wants the bodies that skated them into a 27th-place finish or c) the others simply can’t afford to take on those long-term multi-million $ contracts? Or are you going to claim it’s “prudence” on the part of management who have suddenly come to the conclusion that, with a new magician on board (Saint Babcock) he can turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse.
Never once did I say they can do no wrong, obviously there are major issues with this team. All I was saying was that I don’t think it is going to be as dramatic changes everyone seems to think. They do not need to get rid of players if they don’t get a good return, it doesn’t make any sense to just dump people. On this site they can’t win, if they trade everyone they won’t get a good enough return, if the key players they are wrong to keep them. If someone who is a fan like myself says that they don’t think that everyone will be traded then what I really mean obviously is that the team is perfect and everything is great. I will admit that personally I don’t think they trade away everyone, there is some talent on this team. The argument that everyone has to go to change the culture doesn’t make sense, when Burke came in they got rid of every player to change the culture, it is the same as it was then. I think Babcock is a move in the right direction, you keep what you can salvage and think is valuable, you don’t get rid of people for the sake of getting rid of people. If you take that to mean that I don’t think they can do any wrong, then fine, you can read it like that.
By the way, look at the tone of your message and tell me that you aren’t negative about Toronto because you hate Toronto. I don’t recall you referring to Bobcock in a negative way when he was working for Detroit. I also enjoy that you refute my idea that the press is exaggerating the rebuild by citing a newspaper article. That is how I like myirony served my friend.
As much as I think the media in this town has too much influence over the general opinion of this team, management has done nothing to discourage the “scorched earth” article, and have been talking about major changes to the culture and personnel of this team since the end of the season. You don’t change the culture of this team by tinkering with role players and keeping the core intact. So yes, they have promised major changes, even if the rebuild was implied.
Its still only June. Lots of time for change still, and the majority of what has been said in every interview by every member of the staff is this is going to take time and wont be done over night. I am pretty sure there will be more change by October, 4 months from now, and it may not be the worst idea to see how some 8f the important pieces (weather its going forward with the team or leaving in trades) respond to the new coachimg staff. Right now their value couldnt be much lower.
I agree that some of it will take time Shticky, expensive contracts with term aren’t easy to trade even with a good player. And even though I think this cast of players had no character or heart or gelled as a team, I really do think we have some good individual players that could’ve been moved, and I’m just disappointed they didn’t. With all the previous talk of “major change” and now the new message of “don’t be surprised if we bring everyone back” the tone of the message has been changed. They very well could be just posturing themselves to look less desperate to trade, or maybe they really are over valuing their assets. I’d like to be optimistic but I don’t have the same trust in a rookie management group as you do. Youre right that it’s still early, but the fact they couldn’t move at least one core player scares me.
I agree durt with the deepest draft someone should have been moved for picks I think they are over valuing a bit
How did I refer to Babcock in a negative way? I – like most others – think he’s a damned good coach. Just not a miracle worker. He left a far better roster in Detroit than he’ll see in Toronto in the foreseeable future. THAT’S what I said.
Haggerty to Chicago for Raanta……I was hoping NY would take a peek at Haggerty this year….but……I guess it fills the back up need cheaply.
Pronger is now a proud member of the Yotes. I’m glad there is a cap in place and rules to keep teams from circumventing it! SMH!!!!
lol…teams like the Leafs and Flyers are the reason for the cap no?
Hey, Don’t leave out Redden and his 6.5 million dollar AHL contract. But they at least remedied that from happening anymore!
I just think it’s time for a “soft cap”. Let the spenders spend!!!!
NYR4life for commissioner!
Yes, NYR can be commissioner as long as he agrees to give us in Hamilton our Rangers back….ah, we’ll settle for an expansion team or even the ‘yotes.
The one letter lines that take up 3/4s of the page makes thos really rough to read through.
From good source Chicago wanted Tinordi, De La Rose and 2nd round 2016 for sharp. Canadiens declined.
Apparently Habs are offering 2nd round and 3rd of 2016
Hawks are going to get stuck with the guys they want to get rid of. This weekend would have been a good weekend to shed salary, opportunity lost for Bowman and co.
SHARKS MIGHT AS WELL END UP BRINGING NABOKOV OUT OF RETIREMENT! They have nobody else now. Bring Vernon out of retirement, too! We’re basically down to nobody really.