NHL Trade Rumors Blog Entries

Former 1st-Rounder Brennan Othmann On Trade Block for Rangers

Former New York Rangers first-round pick Brennan Othmann just hasn't been able to seize an opportunity to break through with the big club. After being selected with the 16th pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, the left-shot forward has only managed to get in 25 games total with the Blueshirts, 22 of them last season. He failed to break camp with the team again this fall. Now, Othmann’s name is “gaining traction” among other NHL teams, per i nsider Elliotte Friedman. He is reporting that the Rangers ar...

NHL Rangers

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

Team USA Submits Preliminary 2026 Olympic Roster, Adds 3 Interesting Players

The 2026 Olympic orientation camp was in August for Team USA, and there were some players left off that certain fanbases weren't happy about. It isn't easy to be one of the players representing your country at the Olympics, especially in a big hockey country like the United States. But with the expanded roster, more players are added to the mix, including three that Frank Seravalli revealed. Among the players listed on the preliminary roster submission were Lane Hutson, Thatcher Demko, and Bro...

NHL

about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Scouts From Oilers & Plenty More Rush To See Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets hosted a busy night as scouts from all around the league flooded in to see them host the Colorado Avalanche. The interest was heavily directed towards the Blue Jackets, though, as Yegor Chinakhov made his season debut. It was a lackluster debut for the 2025-26 season by the trade candidate. He played just 9 minutes, was a -1, and blocked one shot. Chinakhov skated alongside Isac Lundestrom and Zach Aston-Reese on the fourth line. It wasn't what teams were looking to s...

NHL Blue Jackets Oilers Avalanche

about 2 months ago | 1 read

NHL Trade Rumors: Sharks Interested In Adding Young Talent To Blueline

According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period , the San Jose Sharks are looking to add young blueline talent to pair with Shakir Mukhamadullin and rookie Sam Dickinson.  With Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, William Eklund and Michael Misa headlining the forward group and Yaroslav Askarov in net, management’s next phase is reinforcing the back end for the long term. That mandate tracks with recent behavior dating to last season, as the front office has been canvassing for young defenseme...

NHL Sharks

2 months ago | 3 reads

Breaking: Brady Tkachuk Has Hand Surgery; Return Timeline Revealed

The mystery surrounding just how long the Ottawa Senators will be without Brady Tkachuk has been solved. The team has revealed that their captain and spiritual leader had hand surgery today, and will be missing from the lineup for six to eight weeks. An update on Brady Tkachuk: pic.twitter.com/uA905TyPAn — Ottawa Senators (@Senators) October 16, 2025 That timeline would keep him out for about 20-to-25 games and have him back late November or the first half of December.  The hand inju...

NHL Senators

2 months ago | 2 reads

Teams 'Lurking In The Weeds' As Kempe Contract Talks On Pause

Pending unrestricted free agent Adrian Kempe is off to a sensational start to the NHL season, as if to put an emphatic stamp on extension talks with the Los Angeles Kings . The price, it seems, keeps going up, so much so that the two sides have hit the pause button for now.  The latest report from insider David Pagnotta, speaking on the Oilersnation Everyday podcast, said the $9M or $10M AAV numbers the two sides were haggling over this summer have gone up (thanks largely to the Kirill Ka...

NHL Kings