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Bruins Defenseman Drawing Fresh Trade Interest Ahead Of Camp
Mason Lohrei's name won't stop coming up in trade calls, and with training camp opening September 16, the Boston Bruins are running out of time to decide what to do about it. Per RG's Jimmy Murphy , multiple league sources say Lohrei is once again drawing trade interest, with rival executives specifically flagging him as an available piece amid Boston's logjam on the left side. "With their surplus of left-shot D, lots of teams are looking at them and wondering who will be the odd man or ...
Predators Bring Back Former First-Round Pick On Tryout
The Nashville Predators are giving forward Tyson Jost another chance to earn his way back onto the roster, this time without a guaranteed contract attached. The Predators have signed Jost to a professional tryout agreement for their 2026-27 training camp. Jost spent all of last season in Nashville after the Predators claimed him off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes in October, but his one-year, two-way deal expired this summer, leaving him to search for a new opportunity as an unrest...
Adam Fantilli Fails To Show For Blue Jackets Event
Is Adam Fantilli putting a little pressure on the Columbus Blue Jackets? With no contract for the coming season as of yet, the restricted free agent's camp and the Jackets continue to sort out their differences over what a new extension would look like. In the meantime, with training camp looming next week, Fantilli has pulled the next move, deciding not to show up for the team's annual pre-camp golfing event. #CBJ Adam Fantilli, who remains an unsigned restricted free agent just eight d...
Boston Bruins sign Fraser Minten to massive seven-year extension
The Boston Bruins have locked up what they hope is a foundational core piece of their team for almost a decade, as the team announced on Tuesday, they've inked forward Fraser Minten to a seven-year contract extension. The Bruins have signed Fraser Minten to a seven-year, $50.4M extension 🐻 pic.twitter.com/5QBsHaZNjn — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 8, 2026 The deal is worth $50.4 million total, and pays Minten $7.2 million AAV through the 2034 season. He's set to make just $879,166 plus bonu...
San Jose Sharks Sign Ilya Samsonov to 1-Year Contract
The San Jose Sharks have added some goaltending depth, just days away from training camps opening, as the team announced on Tuesday, they've signed veteran netminder Ilya Samsonov to a one-year contract. The deal is a two-way contract, which opens up the possibility of Samsonov heading to the American Hockey League once training camp wraps up. The financials involved have yet to be announced, but Samsonov joins a Sharks' crease that already features Alex Nedeljkovic and fellow Russian, Yarosl...
Sidney Crosby Speaks About Plans For His NHL Future
Sidney Crosby has opened up about his plans for his future in the NHL. How much longer will Sid the Kid, now 39, continue to play? This clearly won't be his last year. But is it two more years? Three? He spoke out at the NHL/NHLPA Player Media Tour in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Sidney Crosby at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour here in Vegas, on his next contract (he's eligible to sign an extension immediately): "Pat (Brisson)'s talking to Kyle (Dubas). It’s just a little bit more difficult at my age...
Simon Edvinsson Contract Talks On Hold; Training Camp Decision Revealed
The Detroit Red Wings have not one, not two, but three huge pieces of business to take care of as training camp fast approaches next week. Restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson is still unsigned; Captain Dylan Larkin still wants a trade; and the team has yet to name a new head of hockey operations/general manager. And until the latter order of business is addressed (a new GM), the former (Edvinsson) will have to wait. Contract talks are not ongoing at the moment. But according to insider Pierr...
Carolina Hurricanes Sign UFA Pierre-Olivier Joseph
The Carolina Hurricanes have added some depth for their blueline with the signing of unrestricted free agent defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph. The #Canes have signed defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph to a one-year contract ✍️ Details » https://t.co/835VQtcLp8 pic.twitter.com/3rkBi1Cfds — Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) September 8, 2026 It's a one-year deal with an $850,000 cap hit. It's a bit of a raise for POJ, who signed last summer with the Vancouver Canucks on a minimum-sal...
Report: Ominous Update on Quinn Hughes' Future For Minnesota Wild Fans
The Quinn Hughes drama in Minnesota will be reaching a key (read: awkward ) point next week when training camp opens. Although the elite blueliner still has one year remaining on his contract, he's been eligible for an extension for over two months, and still nothing has been signed. In fact, according to insider Chris Johnson, appearing on First Up this morning, Hughes isn't even sure yet that he wants to stay in Minny past this year. Quinn Hughes will meet with reporters to...
Winnipeg Jets Struggling Through Connor Hellebuyck Trade Talks
Connor Hellebuyck wants out of Winnipeg, and while the Jets management team continues to try and move him, it sounds like some of the trade offers that were coming in at the NHL Draft in June, have suddenly disappeared. Elliotte Friedman: Re Connor Hellebuyck trade request: I've heard that one of the big challenges here is, some of the things that were available at the beginning of the summer or at the draft are no longer available - NHL Tonight (9/4) Hockey insider Elliotte Friedman confirmed...
Report: Seattle Kraken Open To Trading Shane Wright
The Seattle Kraken will enter the 2026-27 season with one of the best young forwards, once again, sitting pretty on the trade market. According to multiple sources, the Kraken and former top pick Shane Wright continue to consider other options, as Wright's available on the trade market for the right price. David Pagnotta: Re Shane Wright future/Kraken: They're not gonna package him up just move him out for another young piece; that's not what they wanna do, they wanna use him as a primary piec...
Dylan Larkin Shuts Down Metropolitan Team’s Trade Efforts
Dylan Larkin wants a trade out of Detroit. In addition, we know that his list of preferred destinations is limited to just three or four teams. But that didn’t stop the Philadelphia Flyers from trying to pitch themselves in a trade offer. Larkin, however, shut it down. The Philadelphia Flyers reportedly checked in on Dylan Larkin but were turned away after being told they weren't on his list of acceptable destinations, per @KKurzNHL 😳 Minnesota, Vegas, and Florida remain his prefer...
Connor McDavid Maple Leafs Rumors Surface Again
It's one of the longest-running, and yet long-shot rumors to make its way around the NHL: Connor McDavid will eventually wind up with his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs , hopefuls in Leafs Nation like to say. The latest talk around this comes to us from reporter Michael Augello . Speaking on The Leafs Convo Podcast , Augello had this to say: I will die on the hill that McDavid wants to play in Toronto. I was told by another reporter, that's just his theory & I won't share his name, bu...
Insider Says Kings Could Still 'Pounce' On Elias Pettersson
Yes, the Los Angeles Kings have been linked to the Vancouver Canucks' struggling center Elias Pettersson this offseason. And yes, Pettersson has been seen working out in LA. But insiders have quashed the idea of a trade anytime soon. The latest comes to us from insider David Pagnotta, who appeared on the Sekeres & Price Podcast . And he says the Kings' interest in EP40 is on the back burner for now, but it's not dead in the water by any means: I think if the price drops and ...
One Notable Candidate Drops OUT Of Red Wings GM Search
The Detroit Red Wings ' search for a new boss of hockey operations/general manager was supposed to come to a conclusion this week as we sit just over a week out from training camp. A report today, however, indicates that one of the leading candidates at the forefront of the process has dropped out of the running. Insider Elliotte Friedman tells us that perhaps the most intriguing candidate of all has withdrawn his name. Detroit Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg — citing his commitment and desire ...
Trade Grades: Justin Faulk To The Detroit Red Wings
After seven years in the position, Steve Yzerman's tenure as general manager ended in 2026. The team demoted him to an advisory role in the background after he had more than half a decade to turn the Detroit Red Wings into a contender. Despite his strong drafts, his lack of trades has signified a lack of creativity or decisiveness. Troubling news for someone who was credited with helping to build a Tampa Bay Lightning team that won multiple Stanley Cups. One of his last trade...
Demidov & Agent Differ On Why He 'Left Money On The Table' In Signing His Extension
Ivan Demidov signed an eight-year extension for a $9.15 million AAV with the Montreal Canadiens on the first day he was eligible, back on July 1. Just two days later, Leo Carlsson signed a breakthrough $18 million AAV offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers that changed NHL salaries forever. Did he jump the gun? Is his agent Dan Milstein happy about it? Milstein spoke to Herb Zurkowsky of the Montreal Gazette this weekend, explaining that it didn't quite go down the way he would h...
One City 'Not Even Remotely Close' To NHL Expansion Bid
As NHL expansion keeps getting closer to reality for one part of the country, it sounds farther away than anyone thought for another city. An X (Twitter) account called "NHL to Atlanta" posted something that got fans' hopes up in the ATL on Friday, saying expansion to return a team to that southeastern city was "imminent." BREAKING: In an email released to a nearby community, the development team behind The Gathering at South Forsyth revealed they have secured financing for an NHL team a...
Free-Agent Connor Ingram Linked To 3 Teams
Connor Ingram is still sitting without a contract as the best free-agent goaltender available, and from word around the league, it feels like Connor Hellebuyck's trade could be holding up a few teams making offers. The Winnipeg Jets are working on a Hellebuyck trade and while talks are ongoing, to this point there's been several teams linked, but no deal that feels imminent. Hellebuyck's trade talks have been linked to the Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks, Utah Mammoth, and...
San Jose Sharks Linked To Connor Hellebuyck Trade
The Connor Hellebuyck trade continues, as there's been five teams consistently linked in trade talks, and today's focus is on the wildcard of the bunch, the San Jose Sharks. Multiple reports have surfaced linking the Shark to having interest in acquiring Hellebuyck, however, many feel Sharks' GM Mike Grier won't mortgage the future to make the deal happen. Word is the Jets asked for Will Smith and Yaroslav Askarov, and of course, the Sharks likely 'hung up the phone'. The Jets don't want a pac...
Insider Reveals Latest On Adam Fantilli Extension Holdup
Columbus Blue Jackets fans are patiently—or should we say, anxiously —awaiting the signing of their young stud center and current restricted free agent Adam Fantilli. We're now just over 10 days away from the start of training camp. What's the latest on the holdup? Insider Elliotte Friedman has the update on this situation, as he informed the crew on NHL Network this week. It all comes down to the fact that the cost of doing business has changed dramatically since the Leo Carlsson offer ...
Stars GM Opens Up On Jason Robertson's Future
The Dallas Stars got a big piece of business done last month, finally getting restricted free agent Jason Robertson signed to a deal after much consternation. But it was only a one-year deal for the coming season at $12 million. What about the future of the 40-goal sniper in Dallas? Stars GM Jim Nill appeared on NHL Tonight on the NHL Network this week and was asked about that and how those negotiations went down. It's always going to be hard. You're dealing with star players and they de...
Maple Leafs' Chris Tanev Still Awaiting Medical Clearance
Chris Tanev is excited to put a very unfortunate season behind him, and start 2026-27 off on the right foot. The only problem is, he's yet to receive medical clearance to start training camp, which is only days away. The Maple Leafs veteran blueliner caught up recently with Toronto Star's Dave Feschuk and opened up about a disappointing and injury-riddled year, and how he's excited to hit the reset button in Toronto. “We still have to check some boxes with the doctors,” Tanev said. “But...
Quinn Hughes Now Linked To Devils' Rival in Metropolitan Division
The Quinn Hughes impasse continues in Minnesota. The superstar defenseman has one year to go on his contract, but despite being eligible, has not yet agreed to an extension with the Wild. Many are wondering what will come next. Most around hockey assume that Hughes will instead make his way to the New Jersey Devils to join his two brothers, Jack and Luke. But now we get a suggestion from Kevin Kurz in The Athletic that the Devils' division rival, the Philadelphia Flyers , might actually ...
Kraken Sign Jacob Melanson To Multi-Year Extension
The Seattle Kraken have come to terms with restricted free agent Jacob Melanson on a three-year extension with a $1.45M AAV. 3 MORE YEARS OF MELLY! 💥 The #SeaKraken have signed forward Jacob Melanson to a 3-year deal → https://t.co/kYB1PkJKyN pic.twitter.com/o6T9UrFE1d — Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) September 4, 2026 Melanson is coming off his entry-level deal and was the Kraken's final RFA to be signed. The rugged 6-foot forward played in just 36 games for Seattle last season, ...