Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is a trade candidate to keep an eye on this season. The Hurricanes have goaltending depth for the first time in a long time, and with Andersen undergoing the first 'losing' season of his career to this point, with a 5-7-2 record, the Hurricanes could be looking to flip the Danish netminder after the holiday roster freeze. Andersen, 36, is in the final season of his contract, earning $2.7 million AAV. The team is currently carrying three goaltend...
It's become the common phrase around the NHL for teams looking to make a big splash in the trade market. There have been a few teams already said to be 'Big Game Hunting' this season, including the usual suspects like the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars, as well as the Utah Mammoth. But now we get to add the New York Rangers to that list, courtesy of David Pagnotta. The Fourth Period insider appeared on Daily Faceoff LIVE on Thursday, and he discussed the Rangers' desire to make...
The St. Louis Blues are open for business. They are a seller. And the Montreal Canadiens —they are looking to buy. Specifically, an impact second-line center. And on The Starr & D'Amico Show, the duo suggest that a certain Blues center would be the absolute perfect target for the Habs: The Montreal Canadiens and the St.Louis Blues would be ideal trade partners 👀 Full Episode: https://t.co/NsGsFvuh0D Join @mndamico and @shaunstarr78 on the Starr and D’Amico show daily for new episodes! 🔥 #gohab...
The Tristan Jarry/Stuart Skinner trade will not be the last deal the Edmonton Oilers make this season. Not by a long shot. Insider Bob Stauffer ( h/t David Staples in the Edmonton Journal) said on the Oilers Now podcast that they'll be adding a Top-9 forward. Currently, the team is without injured forwards Jack Roslovic and Kasperi Kapanen. When they're back, it'll be a nearly complete top three lines. But not quite. I do think that the Edmonton Oilers are still going t...
With Quinn Hughes off the market, all the attention has turned to Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson. It's only a matter of time before the Flames pull the trigger on a move, and it sounds like a deal could be going down shortly after the holiday roster freeze, which kicks in Friday. Andersson is having a monster season for the Flames, is playing over 24 minutes a night, in all situations, and he's currently second on the team in points, behind only Nazem Kadri. There's been plenty of ...
The Vancouver Canucks , despite winning both games since trading Quinn Hughes and seemingly kicking off their retool/rebuild, are still at the bottom of the standings and very much should be looking to trade more players this season. While a number of names have been mentioned, a more likely and easier to move forward that the Canucks could part with is Drew O'Connor. David Pagnotta said, "Drew O'Connor has another year left on his contract with some no-trade protection. He's a player I believ...
Brett Kulak's stay with the Pittsburgh Penguins may not be long as the team could flip him sooner rather than later. In order for the Edmonton Oilers to acquire Tristan Jarry from the Penguins, money had to go back, and Stuart Skinner wasn't enough. Kulak was also included with his $2.75 million AAV cap hit. According to Elliotte Friedman, "Before he was included in the Pittsburgh deal, I think there were some teams in on Brett Kulak. That one isn't over...they did that (flipped an acquisition...
The Minnesota Wild gave up a haul of former first round picks to acquire Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks . One of those players was Marco Rossi, their top-6 center. Even though he was injured at the time of the trade and the Wild had been rolling along without him, their center depth was already their weak point prior to the trade. The Wild, who are third in the league in points, have Joel Eriksson Ek, Danila Yurov, Ryan Hartman, and Nico Sturm down the middle. Yurov, in particular, is...
San Jose sending Michael Misa to Team Canada feels like a pretty obvious move. Now, Sam Dickinson is the one everyone is watching now. On paper, Dickinson checks every box for Canada. He is 19, he has another year of eligibility, and he has already been there. His 2024-25 junior season was fantastic. He won the OHL Defenseman of the Year, the CHL Defenseman of the Year, the OHL Championship and the Memorial Cup, and was also named the San Jose Sharks ' Prospect of the Year. N...
The Cale Makar contract conversation is starting to feel inevitable. As the salary cap climbs and elite players continue to reset the market, the idea of Makar landing at $16 million per season no longer sounds outrageous, according to NHL.com writer Dan Rosen . Makar's current contract , which runs through the 2026-27 season, sees him earning $9M annually, a steal for what the two-time Norris Trophy produces. Cale Makar contract could hit $16M without crippling Colorado A $16 million AA...
The Philadelphia Flyers aren’t shopping for a blockbuster, but they are clearly shopping for help down the middle. After moving out multiple centers over the past year and watching their bottom six go stale at times, the front office’s next priority is pretty straightforward. They want to find another center who can stabilize the lineup and keep the team’s playoff push from getting wobbly.
The immediate tell is how much attention is landing on depth roles. When your fourth line is figh...
While it's unsure if Phillip Danault has formally asked Los Angeles Kings' general manager Ken Holland to trade him, the talks have advanced, and according to a few different reports, there's a very good chance Danault is moved before the holiday roster freeze on Friday. The defensive-minded center is having a hard time this season, and the Kings are interested in getting out of his contract, as Danault is owed $5.5 million AAV through next season. His contract carries a 10-team no-trade claus...
The NHL's holiday roster freeze kicks in on Friday, but there's certainly a chance a couple of deals go down before hand, including from the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks. There's been multiple reports that the Blackhawks are trying to move goaltender Laurent Brossoit, who has worked his way back from injury, had a conditioning stint in the AHL, and is ready to return to NHL action on a full time basis. The Ducks are in the goalie market and have been linked to the Blackhawks on a poten...
It was one of the first things that new Buffalo Sabres GM Jarmo Kekalainen addressed upon taking the reins from the deposed Kevyn Adams: The new GM wants to get the Alex Tuch talks back on track and get the two-way star signed to an extension. However, as revealed by insider Elliotte Friedman on NHL Morning Skate on NHL Network Radio , there are a couple of big hurdles and a big dilemma the Sabres face in getting that done. And it all starts with the number Tuch is looking for on hi...
The New Jersey Devils came close, but no cigar, in the Quinn Hughes sweepstakes. Now we're learning more about what went down, and how much the Devils were in the game. New Jersey was Hughes' first choice, as he has professed a desire to play with his brothers Luke & Jack, who are both with the Devils. But the Vancouver Canucks ' first choice of a return from New Jersey was quickly turned down. Insider Greg Wyshynski of ESPN reports that Vancouver first asked for top-line center&nb...
Lukas Reichel’s fresh start in Vancouver has already hit another dead end. According to Ben Kuzma of The Province , the Vancouver Canucks are once again willing to entertain trade offers for the former first-round pick, just months after acquiring him from the Chicago Blackhawks . What was supposed to be a change-of-scenery opportunity has instead turned into another reminder of how far Reichel still is from becoming the top-six scorer many projected him to be. With the Canucks ent...
The seismic Quinn Hughes blockbuster is having ripple effects around the league on the trade market. Pierre LeBrun said on TSN's Insider Trading that teams in need of a defenseman are more desperate now, and the next most sought-after blueliner on the trade market, Rasmus Andersson, is getting even more attention. What I am hearing is that the Calgary Flames suddenly got more calls on Rasmus Andersson after the Quinn Hughes trade. That’s not surprising. Th...
With injuries piling up and inconsistency dragging them down the standings, the Ottawa Senators ' front office has gone into active search mode. According to Bruce Garrioch of The Ottawa Sun , Senators general manager Steve Staios continues to comb the trade market for a top-nine forward and an additional defenseman, indicating that internal solutions alone may not be enough. Ottawa remains within striking distance of the playoff race, but the margin for error is shrinking quickly, and p...
Kris Letang has been the lightning rod in Pittsburgh lately, and it’s not hard to see why. The Pittsburgh Penguins have turned blowing leads into a weekly horror show, and when the third period collapses start stacking up, fans always go hunting for a face to put it on. The Athletic's Josh Yohe’s reporting makes it clear this isn’t just noise outside the room either. There’s real concern inside the organization about Letang’s play, and the scary part is that the usual escape hatche...
Hollywood can learn a thing or two from the NHL's scriptwriters these days. We got a must-see matchup of Tristan Jarry and the Edmonton Oilers vs. Stuart Skinner and the Pittsburgh Penguin s, just days after they were traded for each other. And of course, it was Connor McDavid who stole the show with a spectacular goal against his old teammate. Gotta be tough for Skinner. Back to back cup appearances with this team, then you blink and you’re playing AGAINST McDavid and he’s skating 17,00...
GM Jim Nill and the Dallas Stars have never been ones to be outdone in the trade market. If they want something, they usually go out and get it. The blockbuster Mikko Rantanen addition at last year's deadline is a prime example of that. Now, after watching division rival Minnesota Wild make their bold big splash of acquiring Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks, insider Jeff Marek suggested on Daily Faceoff's DFO Rundown that Nill will respond with a big move of his own. He mentions t...
There's a new standard in Buffalo and the Sabres want to be 'special'. The team introduced newly minted general manager Jarmo Kekalainen to the media on Tuesday, and he's already turning some heads with some of his quotes. Kekalainen appears quite confident he'll be able to turn the team around in short order, and feels he'll be able to get them into a better place. It's great to make the playoffs, but we're not just here to make the playoffs, we're here to try to build a championship team. Wi...
The New Jersey Devils may not have landed Quinn Hughes, but they were clearly trying to create the flexibility to do something big. Reports from ESPN’s Kevin Weekes indicate the Devils attempted to move both Dougie Hamilton and Ondrej Palat in recent trade discussions, a sign that general manager Tom Fitzgerald has been actively probing the market. This wasn’t a one-off rumor either, as Elliotte Friedman suggested New Jersey had multiple potential deals derailed by trade protection...
The rumors have been circulating since earlier this month: LA Kings veteran center Phillip Danault, who has struggled mightily on the offensive end this season, has asked for a trade. This comes to us from insider Marco D'Amico. Sources indicate that Phil Danault has asked for a tradein LA. His camp hopes a deal gets done sooner than later; prior to the Trade Freeze. Kings are willing to wait it out, looking for a player-for-player trade. MTL, NJD and CAR are some of the teams to kicked ...
Brett Kulak just landed with the Pittsburgh Penguins , and he might already be on borrowed time. After the Tristan Jarry deal brought Kulak over from the Edmonton Oilers , Elliotte Friedman floated the idea that Pittsburgh could treat him like a flip candidate, especially if his game rounds back into form.
Brett Kulak trade rumors in Pittsburgh
According to Friedman, Pittsburgh’s willingness to take on Kulak changed the entire dynamic of the deal, and it may not have been done with p...