BLH provides you with the latest NHL news, rumors, and speculation featuring Jake DeBrusk (BOS), Sam Reinhart (BUF), Carey Price (MTL), and more!
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Carey Price to the Oilers? Some think it could be a possibility.
NHL Rumors and Speculation
Allan Mitchell aka Lowetide says Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland doesn’t have a lot of draft picks at this year’s trade deadline but he does have prospects he could use and lists off five of Edmonton’s youngsters who’ve yet to establish themselves in Edmonton.
- (LD) Dmitri Samorukov, who had a strong KHL season that would have been noticed by the entire hockey world, including NHL general managers.
- (LD) William Lagesson, who has been quality in a brief NHL audition and has a solid resume as a shutdown defender.
- (G) Ilya Konovalov, whose KHL numbers are splendid. Would an NHL team take a chance on an undersized goalie?
- (RD) Michael Kesselring, who is an emerging talent who may look to turn pro.
- (C) Aapeli Rasanen, who will be a free agent if the Oilers don’t sign him by Aug. 15 this year.
Bob McKenzie (NBCSN) reckons the Boston Bruins will be in a good place to add a significant hockey player at this year’s trade deadline. The Bruins are around $3.5M under the cap right now and by the deadline that means they could acquire up to $8M in salaries be that attached to one player or multiple.
Dan Kingerski (Pittsburgh Hockey NOW): Ron Hextall admits Pittsburgh needs toughness and consistency but more toughness. Who could they acquire? It is clear that they need an energy fourth line. Do they have pieces to sacrifice? Sam Bennett could be one target but this will be far from easy.
Mike Traikos (Toronto Sun) says that the Toronto Maple Leafs should consider adding some more sandpaper to the lineup.
- “They don’t need to acquire more skill or scoring, they need more blue-collar players like Nashville Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm or Calgary Flames forward Sam Bennett. With the quarantine in mind, teams may start to make moves this week.”
The Athletic’s Fluto Shinzawa recently contemplated whether or not the Boston Bruins should ride things out with winger Jake Debrusk or consider him a trade asset going forward.
- “For now, according to one assistant general manager, the Boston Bruins have not made Jake DeBrusk available for a trade. If that happened, multiple franchises would jump into the mix because of the 2015 first-rounder’s playing style and postseason pedigree. The 24-year-old’s struggles this season, however, have proceeded to the point where observers believe he would best serve the Bruins as a trade asset.”
- “The issue with trading DeBrusk is that it would further degrade one of the organizational soft spots: secondary scoring behind Brad Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak. The Bruins would have to pursue a hockey trade for a like-minded forward or left-shot defenseman — young, high ceiling, underperforming for whatever reason.”
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said on Hockey Night in Canada this weekend that the Sabres are “wide open for business) and names like Eric Staal, Brandon Montour, and Sam Reinhart have been topics of conversation between Sabres GM Kevyn Adams and other GMs across the league.
Eric Engels (Sportsnet) is of the belief that Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price could be traded but it would be unbelievably difficult due to the financial complications of such a deal.
- “He must be protected for the Seattle Expansion Draft because he has a no-movement clause in his contract. And a trade is not only hard to pull off due to the cap implications, it’s almost impossible in the current financial climate to get another team to agree to pay out the terms of Price’s contract in its actual structure. Even if Price comes to management and says he wants out, and even if they’re willing to deal him at a loss just to earn the cap space, the financial complexities are onerous for both the Canadiens and whomever their trade partner would be.”
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