Florida Panthers

The Chicago Blackhawks have dealt defenceman Cam Barker to the Minnesota Wild for defenceman Kim Johnsson and 2009 first round pick, defenceman Nick Leddy.  The 23-year old Barker, who is the in the middle of the first year of his three-year, $9.25 million contract has recorded 4 goals and 10 assists in 51 games this season.  Barker, was [...]

Phil Kessel might be headed to Los Angeles.  The Kings are interested in the 21-year-old and are reportedly willing to send Jack Johnson to Boston as part of a trade.  Still, the Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be in the lead and have offered two first rounders and a second rounder for Kessel, however at [...]

The Florida Panthers have been relatively quiet in the offseason because of their impending sale which is being finalized with a New York investment group.  Oh-so-close to a playoff spot in 2008-2009, the Florida Panthers will have to be active this summer in order to avoid falling back, especially since they lost their workhorse defenceman [...]

Here are some of the recent on goings of the NHL’s offseason.  The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to a one-year contract on Thursday.  Tollefsen appeared in only 19 games in 2008-09 with the Columbus Blue Jackets and recorded one assist and 37 penalty minutes.
Rumor has it that the top offer Alex Tanguay has received [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenceman and second overall pick Victor Hedman to a standard three-year rookie contract on Thursday.  The 6′6, 220-pound Swede was rated as the top European player available in the NHL Entry Draft.  Hedman will fit in well down in Tampa and along with Vincent Lecavalier the lightning have two players who [...]

The NHL’s Eastern Conferences’ Montreal Canadiens are getting off to a fast start by addressing some of the teams weakness’.  They acquired Scott Gomez from the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Higgins, defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.  Montreal also got forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to complete the deal.  The [...]

It seems with the draft looming this weekend teams are making all kinds of moves in order to better their teams.  The hot rumors of the day are as follows;  Boston Bruins forward and main playmaker Marc Savard is being shopped around by the Bruins.  He has one year left on his contract for $5 [...]

Everyday I read about another solid NHL player not happy with their financial situation and making the jump to the KHL ( Russia’s premier new league ).  The teams in that league are willing to pay bigger contracts to entice these high quality players to play in their league.  Victor Kozlov has reportedly signed to [...]

We saw some awesome hockey last night, teams fighting for playoff spots seems to bring out the best hockey.  The eastern conference saw its playoff brackets sealed after the New York Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens earned a point for its overtime loss to the Boston Bruins.  Now all that’s left [...]

New York got a huge win last night over the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.  The Rangers scored two 2nd period goals to pace them to a 3-1 win.  Chris Drury netted his 21st and 22nd goal for New York to lead all scorers.  More importantly the Rangers got the critical 2 points to [...]