2013 NHL Entry Draft Fourth Round traded picks. The Buffalo Sabres fourth-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on February 27, 2012 that sent Nashville’s first-round pick in 2012 to Buffalo in exchange for Paul Gaustad and this pick. The Carolina Hurricanes fourth-round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on January 13, [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: As expected, Cody Franson has a new deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to Jonas Siegal of TSN Radio 1050, the 25-year old defenseman has agreed to a one-year contract with the club. According to Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette, Scott Gomez is being sent home. From there, he can be bought out at [...]

Below is a list of the remaining restricted free agents that have yet to sign with their team. They must wait until the new CBA is ratified to sign a new contract. Dmitry Kulikov  D FLA 22  $        1,325,000 Nick Petrecki D SAN 23  $        1,125,000 Michael Del Zotto D NYR 22  $        1,087,500 Ryan O’Reilly [...]

If and when Cory Schneider becomes available this off season, there will be a list of teams waiting to take him off the Vancouver Canucks hands. It is expected that Vancouver will try to move the young, talented netminder before or at the NHL Entry Draft. Keeping Schneider makes little sense with Roberto Luongo locked in until 2022. Who would be [...]

The latest trade rumors around the league regarding Rick Nash: February 26th:  Katie Strang of ESPNNY tweeted “Doesn’t appear Rangers are willing to concede to CBJ demands. At this point, NYR considered out of running for Nash.” Bob McKenzie via twitter “Obviously possible Rick Nash could move by tomorrow but it were close in any way [...]

The latest NHL Trade rumors indicate that The Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers may be considered the two frontrunners to land Rick Nash if he’s dealt by the Columbus Blue Jackets before the trade deadline, but don’t rule out the Toronto Maple Leafs quite yet. Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun suggests Leafs General Manager Brian Burke could (and should) offer up whatever package deal is necessary [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made it pretty clear that they think John-Michael Liles is one of the better d-men in the league with yesterday’s deal, which pays him an average of $3.875 million a season over four years. This also means they have far too much money put into their four most highly paid blueliners, Dion Phaneuf, Mike Komisarek, Luke Schenn and Liles. [...]

Shawn Mitchell of The Columbus Dispatch reports the Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Brett Lebda to a one-year contract. Lebda had been playing in the AHL with Columbus’ minor-league affiliate in Springfield after he was bought out by Nashville this past summer. With Springfield this season, Lebda has recorded 10 points and 18 penalty minutes in [...]

TSN’s Darren Dreger tweeted about the Leafs possible trade: “Leafs offered a player and 2nd round pick from undisclosed team for Cody Franson. Evidently, depth on D is highly valued in Toronto.” Could the pick be from the New York Islanders? They could benefit from adding a defenseman and the Leafs could certainly use a veteran goaltender in Evgeni Nabokov, [...]

Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch latest trade talk: Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney insists he’s not trading Kyle Turris, and it seems like he’s sticking to it. Last we we discussed Turris asking for a trade. Garrioch says that Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames have both inquired about the forward. The New York Islanders have been shopping Blake Comeau around, as the winger is slated to hit [...]