BLH provides you with the latest NHL news, rumors, and speculation featuring Roberto Luongo (FLA), Jake Virtanen (VAN), Lias Andersson (LA), Brent Seabrook (CHI), and more!
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NHL Rumors and Speculation
- Sportsnet: Iain MacIntyre says the Jake Virtanen’s trade value sits somewhere between a late second round pick and an early-to-mid-third rounder.
- “The New York Rangers traded 2017 seventh-overall pick Lias Andersson to the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 7 for a 60th-overall draft pick. Andersson was less established than Virtanen, but also two years younger. The Minnesota Wild traded 14-goal scorer Ryan Donato to the San Jose Sharks for a third-round pick in 2021… Among these two deals was probably Virtanen’s trade value.”
- The Athletic: Aaron Portzline reckons Columbus Blue Jackets head coach might want out of Columbus and that’s why he’s behaving so erratically lately with regards to the benchings of two young NHL stars.
- “At times, I have this thought in the back of my mind that John Tortorella is almost wanting to be let go. That’s how I read some of these moves. He’s in the last year of his contract, I don’t think he’s coming back and I wonder if he’s sort of ready for it to end here.”
- Chicago Sun-Times: In an interview with Ben Hope, Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman is considering a long-term future without veteran defenseman Brent Seabrook.
- “He’s been a warrior for us. Think of his time in Chicago — he never really missed any games. But now we’re realizing he was playing through a lot of pain those years, and it’s caught up to him. He was dealing with his shoulders and his hips to the point where he probably should have had [the surgeries] done years ago, but that’s how he’s always been driven — to keep moving forward, don’t worry about injuries, play through it. So, yeah, we are concerned for him. We certainly hope he can get past it.”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Scribe Paul Zeise is of the belief that one of the first things new management will do in Pittsburgh is find an upgrade in net.
- Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Dan Kingerski feels Hextall and Burke made it clear during their introductory press conference yesterday that moving Letang or Malkin is unlikely at least for this season.
- Spector’s Hockey: Lyle Richardson says that Pittsburgh’s plan to upgrade the roster is going to be an uphill battle because they are up to the cap ceiling next year with only 17 players signed.
- “The Penguins, however, have limited cap room for 2021-22. Cap Friendly indicates they have $79.3 million invested in 17 players. With the cap expected to remain at $81.5 million, there’s little wiggle room for free-agent additions while trades would have to be dollar-for-dollar.”
- NY Post: Larry Brooks is reporting that the Rangers efforts to trade troubled defender Anthony DeAngelo have stalled and his career could be in jeopardy.
- “That is less for hockey and hockey-trade reasons than because of apparent ownership/management fear of fan backlash in acquiring No. 77. Thursday, an immediate onslaught of vituperative responses from Flames’ fans followed our tweet confirming Calgary’s interest in DeAngelo. The interest has since evaporated. It may not be an overstatement to suggest that DeAngelo’s career is on the line.”
- Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman wondered aloud recently if former Vancouver Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo might return to the organization.
- “This is just me talking,” Friedman said. “Let’s just say there was a GM change in Vancouver. Do you think they’d make a run at (Luongo)? If you’re making the change here, eventually, why can’t he do it?”
- “He knows the market. He knows the heat of it. He knows the craziness of it. Now, the biggest question we haven’t asked is, ‘would he want to do it?’ That’s No. 1. Florida is his home. But No.2 is he knows the market, he knows what it’s like.”
- The Fourth Period: Says that the Canucks are looking to land a physical, stay-at-home defenseman to help the team’s struggling blue line.
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