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NHL Rumors and Speculation
It’s expected the NHL will respond to the provincial governments today, however, it’s believed the league has approval to move forward with the season in all 7 Canadian cities.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) December 24, 2020
- Ryan S. Clark (The Athletic): According to Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien Brisbois, there was interest in Tyler Johnson from up to three teams after the playoffs ended.
- “When we came back to Tampa after the playoffs and I started calling teams back, two of them, it just didn’t work for them anymore,” BriseBois said. “Then, a third team still had interest but did not have sufficient cap space. We looked jointly at getting a third party to broker the deal and eat some of the cap space and move Tyler to that specific team. It was just so expensive that ended up being not feasible.”
- James Mirtle (The Athletic): Believes that it might make sense if the Vegas Golden Knights swap Max Pacioretty and his $7M/yr contract for organizational depth.
- Rory Boylen (Sportsnet): Has six bold predictions for the North Division this season,
- Frederik Andersen will have a career year and re-sign in Toronto.
- Calgary will finish first in the division.
- Montreal will go the farthest in the playoffs.
- Connor McDavid will hit 100pts.
- It will be the highest scoring division.
- The Senators will not finish last.
- Shug McSween (NHLtraderumors.me): Believes a David Savard (CBJ) for James Van Riemsdyk (PHI) trade could be in the works.
- “If David Savard is dealt to Philadelphia, look for the Blue Jackets to acquire James van Riemsdyk. The American born left-winger is very familiar with Blue Jackets head coach, John Tortorella, and his 40 points last season would be something that could help the Jackets.”
- Ansar Khan (MLive.com): In an interview with Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman, was told that Detroit’s roster isn’t set yet.
- “Definitely poking around,” he said. “I don’t want you to sit there and wait for us to make a move but you’re always looking at ways to get ahead or improve and we’ll continue to do that right up until the regular season starts. So, is the roster set? No.”
- Matt Porter (Boston Globe): Reports that Bruins president Cam Neely has said the team is still looking at adding a defenseman through either free agency or the trade markets
- “.We’d like to still explore (D) a little bit, even though we feel we have some guys that can step in … it’s a matter of the experience piece … but you can’t experience it until you play.”
- Dan Rosen (NHL.com): On UFAs Mike Hoffman and Zdeno Chara,
- “I’ll be stunned if Chara doesn’t eventually agree to a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins. The Blue Jackets, New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators and Los Angeles Kings all have the salary cap space and all would benefit from signing Hoffman. They all need more offense, and Hoffman is averaging 0.90 goals per 60 minutes since 2014-15…”
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