For Peter Chiarelli, the color choice was right, but Jarome Iginla wound up wearing the wrong shades of black and gold and the Boston Bruins GM now must move on. The Boston Bruins will be all over Martin St. Louis if the Tampa Bay Lightning make him available for a trade. He would be the [...]

The Edmonton Oilers signed Ales Hemsky to a two-year extension worth $10 million, on Friday night, keeping him in the fold through 2013-14. With Hemsky set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, he was considered a prime candidate to be moved ahead of Monday’s trade deadline. Instead, he’ll remain with the only NHL organization [...]

NHL trade rumors from around the league: Following Jeff Carter’s trade to the Los Angeles Kings, the team appears to still have several irons in the fire according to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie. McKenzie said that the Kings were still talking to a number of teams about their goaltender Jonathan Bernier in their quest to add another forward. McKenzie also stated that [...]

After telling reporters earlier this month he would be focused primarily on “depth” moves, Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli has changed course and is trying to add an impact player before Monday’s NHL trade deadline, league sources not directly tied to the negotiations told ESPNBoston.com. The shift in emphasis is a result of injuries to key [...]

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports that he believes that are five teams on Rick Nash‘s approval list: the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs. While the Jackets would ask each club for a different return, the team reportedly wants a young roster player, along with some combination of [...]

The Boston Bruins are interested in adding Ryan Smyth before the trade deadline, according to CSN’s Joe Haggerty. But the Bruins may not be willing to pay the price for Smyth, so the Edmonton Journal’s Jonathan Willis wonders if they would target Ales Hemsky. Willis writes that the list of high-caliber forwards is short, and Hemsky may be an interesting fit: “Hemsky [...]

Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli told the Toronto Sun that, when he looks at history, rental players rarely pay immediate dividends for a club: “If you look back, on average, those types of players haven’t left a deep impact right away when they change scenery.” This could indicate that Chiarelli is looking to add a few small [...]

The Detroit Red Wings will look to add some grit at the trade deadline, and TSN’s Darren Dreger writes, “Some believe the Detroit Red Wings are interested in Paul Gaustad and Travis Moen.” The Wings are also rumored to be interested in bigger names like Teemu Selanne and Ales Hemsky, but they may not be willing to sacrifice future assets to [...]

The New York Post’s Larry Brooks reports that the price for Tuomo Ruutu may currently be a first-round pick, which is a bit too pricey for suitors. Given the type of teams that might be interested the Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings, it’ll likely be a late-first rounder. The Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch hears that [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks were likely eyeing Tim Gleason and Francois Beauchemin in the last few weeks, but both guys were re-signed by their respective teams. TSN’s Craig Button thinks Lubomir Visnovsky might be a fit in Chicago. The Minnesota Wild have been struggling on offense without two of their top forwards, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Guillaume Latendresse, which is why they went out and traded for Erik Christensen. However General Manager [...]