Does Clearing Jokinen Mean Kovalchuk?
With the departure of Olli Jokinen for essentially spare parts, Flames fans believe another deal will be made. After all, GM Darryl Sutter did effectively clear 500K off his cap after the supposed salary dump. So is Sutter now looking to Atlanta and and acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk?
Categories: Around the League, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Northwest, Pacific, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Western Conference Tags: Ales Kotalik, Christopher Higgins, Don Waddell, Dustin Boyd, Greg Nemisz, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Keith Aulie, Leland Irving, Matt Stajan, Mikael Backlund, Niklas Hagman, Olli Jokinen, Tim Erixon, Tuukka Rask
How Will the Leafs Recover Offense?
The Toronto Maple Leafs traded away Ian White, Jason Blake, Matt Stajan, Jamal Mayers and Niklas Hagman accounting for 38 percent of their offense. What will the team do to replace the four missing forwards?
Categories: Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Toronto Maple Leafs, Trade Rumors Tags: Brian Burke, Fredrik Sjostrom, Ian White, Jamal Mayers, Jason Blake, John Mitchell, Matt Stajan, Mikhail Grabovski, Nazem Kadri, Niklas Hagman, Nikolai Kulemin, Rickard Wallin
The Value of: Peter Mueller
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
In the beginning of the 2008-2009 season nobody in Arizona would think about trading away their top young player: Peter Mueller. The former eighth overall selection potted 54 points in his rookie season, only two years after his draft year.
Categories: Atlantic, Deadline Speculation, Eastern Conference, New York Rangers, Pacific, Phoenix Coyotes, Trade Rumors, Value Of:, Western Conference Tags: Bobby Sanguinetti, Brad Boyes, Christopher Higgins, Dave Tippett, Dennis Wideman, Don Maloney, Lauri Korpikoski, Peter Mueller, Robert Lang
The Value of: Lubomir Visnovsky
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
If the Oilers cannot move star defenseman Sheldon Souray perhaps they can move another of their excellent offensive defensemen in Lubomir Visnovsky. TSN’s Darren Dreger listed Visnovsky as one of his 10 most likely players to get traded at the trade deadline so it should make sense that the Oilers wish to move this talent.
Categories: Buffalo Sabres, Deadline Speculation, Eastern Conference, Northeast, Northwest, Ottawa Senators, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Value Of:, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Jarret Stoll, Lubomir Visnovsky, Matt Greene, Scott Niedermayer, Sheldon Souray, Steve Tambellini
The Flyers Black and Blue Line
With injuries to Danny Syvret and Ryan Parent on top of the poor play of the defensive units, the Philadelphia Flyers are currently in the hunt to fix the issues.
Categories: Atlantic, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Philadelphia Flyers, Trade Rumors Tags: Aaron Ward, Brendan Witt, Chris Pronger, Danny Syvret, Denis Bodrov, Dennis Seidenberg, Dennis Wideman, Dion Phaneuf, Garnet Exelby, Joe Corvo, Kimmo Timonen, Marek Zidlicky, Mike Commodore, Milan Jurcina, Niclas Wallin, Pavel Kubina, Philaelpphia Flyers, Ryan Parent, Sheldon Souray
