According to the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman, the Buffalo Sabres seem open to trading one of their defensemen for the right return. “Teams are looking for defensemen and the Buffalo Sabres have eight. But Sabres GM Darcy Regier says he’s told teams, ‘Give me a reason to trade one.’ So far, he feels he hasn’t received a good [...]

The Vancouver Sun has reported that Canucks netminder Cory Schneider‘s agent, Mike Liut, is hoping to hear veteran goalie Roberto Luongo‘s name in trade talks again. “Our concern is we were hoping that this would be the year that Cory would play 75 per cent of the games,” Liut said in a phone interview Monday [...]

With Shawn Horcoff and Eric Belanger out hurt, the Edmonton Oilers are short on experienced centermen. With the trade market not yet fully revealing who will be buys and sellers, Jonathan Willis of the Edmonton Journal suggets GM Steve Tambellini could look to the free agent market to fill the void. Willis suggest Jason Arnott, Blair Betts, Dominic Moore, Brendan Morrison, and Jesse Winchester as options, and proposes Daymond Langkow could serve [...]

The Colorado Avalanche claimed forward Aaron Palushaj from the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, reported by TSN.ca. Palushaj, 23, has spent the season with the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. He had seven goals and three assists in 21 games before suffering a shoulder injury in mid-January. The native of Livonia, Michigan was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the [...]

The Ilitch family is tight lipped when discussing the new Detroit Red Wings stadium, and it’s too soon to do more about the details of the arena. We don’t know for sure if it will be publicly or privately owned. Crain’s Detroit Business suggests that odds are the new Wings home will have a corporate name because [...]

Newsday reports that defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky will finally be reporting to the New York Islanders on Wednesday. After attempting to void his trade to the team during the offseason and threatening to play the remainder of the year in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. As of Monday, it remains unclear when he will play in his first game. Despite Visnovksy’s representation consistently [...]

Update: According to ESPN’s Craig Custance, Gillis reached out to Capitals general manager George McPhee to let him know that his intention in attending the game was not to cause a distraction involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and the DC-based club. McPhee was impressed with Gillis’ professionalism. ”That’s a first-class thing to do,” McPhee told ESPN. February 4th: Only a [...]

The New York Rangers have traded veteran forward Mike Rupp to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forwards Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri, per ESPN.com. The 33-year-old Rupp had four goals, one assist and 97 penalty minutes in 60 games for the Rangers last season. Powe will join the Rangers, while Palmieri will likely be with the team’s AHL affiliate in Hartford, [...]

Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Ray Shero has looked to the waiver wire for Zach Boychuk, and more moves may be on the way, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “I mean, you’re always looking to add to your group, if possible,” Shero said outside the visitors dressing room at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. There are 40 games remaining [...]

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer suggests the Philadelphia Flyers would consider moving draft picks in exchange for and hopefully re-signing such a player in the next couple of months. Candidates include Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Brenden Morrow, Michael Ryder, Stephen Weiss, Alexander Semin, David Clarkson and Jarome Iginla. A lot will depend on how well other teams manage over the next few weeks. It’s still too [...]