The NHL may be getting closer to a new transfer agreement for players International leagues.”We’ve reached a framework for a new transfer agreement,” Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told TSN during Canada’s 3-0 win over Sweden at the World Championship. Nashville Predators GM David Poile said Thursday that number one netminder Pekka Rinne underwent arthroscopic surgery on [...]

Canadian financier George Gosbee emerged Thursday as part of a group of fellow Canadian investors who hope to close a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL for $170 million as early as next week, a source told ESPN.com. The news, from a source familiar with the sale process, is a welcome change [...]

With the word that four teams are deemed as suitable destinations for Calgary Flames free-agent-to-be right winger Jarome Iginla, Scott Cullen at TSN.ca takes a look at Iginla’s value and what that could mean for each of the teams named. Boston Bruins have claimed Kaspars Daugavins off waivers from the Ottawa Senators. The move comes two weeks after Daugavins caused [...]

All 30 of the NHL’s general managers will be in Toronto today to discuss diving/embellishment calls, Olympics and coaches challenges, according to NHL.com. Diving/Embellishment Calls: The amount of diving/embellishment calls is up this season after select players, coaches, GMs, officials and League personnel stressed the importance of calling the minor penalty during a two-day summit on [...]

Meetings this week in Sochi, Russia are advancing the process on possible NHL participation in next February’s Olympics. “We had two productive days of meetings in Sochi,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN.com via email from the Moscow airport. “Saw and visited all the hockey venues, the Olympic Village and other key Olympics-related infrastructure. We met [...]

The National Hockey League will present its proposed realignment plan to the Board of Governors after receiving consent from the National Hockey League Players Association on Thursday. If approved, the League’s new realignment plan will go into effect starting with the 2013-14 season. “The NHL Players’ Association confirmed to us today that it has consented [...]

Multiple sources have confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com that although the issue was raised during the labor talks that led to a new collective bargaining agreement back in January, the union held firm to protect the “player’s choice” in the matter. NHL players are not currently required to wear visors, although the league would like that to [...]

After a failed attempt just over a year ago, the NHL appears to once again be headed towards realignment. TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com reported that both the NHL and the NHLPA have been working towards a realignment plan over the past two weeks, including a meeting on Tuesday in Toronto. Both sides have [...]

Among the issues unsettled during the lockout were whether players would participate in the Olympics and realignment. The first indication of the relationship between the NHL and the NHLPA in the post-Owners Lockout III Era will come within the next week when the parties are expected to discuss realignment that would go into effect with [...]

Raffi Torres will reportedly not be getting his suspension to start the season reduced. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Phoenix Coyotes asked if the NHL would remove some of the eight games that Torres has left on his ban for a devastating hit on Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa during the first round of the 2012 [...]