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 [...]

Mathieu Darche is waiting for a new  Collective Bargaining Agreement to be decided, so that he can sign with another team, according to the Montreal Gazette. “I talked with some teams in early July and came close with one. For some reason it didn’t work out,” said the former Montreal forward. “I wish I’d been signed [...]

Tomorrow is the first day of NHL Free Agency. Be sure to follow NHLTR on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on all the latest Free Agent and Trade news. Don’t be surprised if the Florida Panthers make a play for Martin Brodeur if he hits the free agent market. Brodeur has yet to re-sign with the [...]

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22–23, 2012 and the first round order has yet to be determined but some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft viatrade. The seventh round traded picks are below: The Edmonton Oilersseventh-round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 26, 2011 that sent Ryan Smyth to Edmonton in exchange [...]

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22–23, 2012 and the first round order has yet to be determined but some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft via trade. The second round traded picks are below: The Boston Bruins second-round pick will go to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 24, [...]

The San Jose Sharks on Thursday acquired forward Dominic Moore from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft that the Bolts had previously acquired from Minnesota. Tampa Bay will also send a seventh-round pick to the Sharks. Moore, 31, had four goals and 15 assists along with 48 penalty minutes in 56 games for [...]

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 [...]

According to the the Tampa Bay Times, General Manager Steve Yzerman feels the next stretch of five games will determine the club’s strategy ahead of the February 27 trade deadline. “Depending on how many points we get out of it and we see what else happens around the league, we’ll get a better indication,” Yzerman said Thursday. Forwards Ryan [...]

Poised to become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, center Dominic Moore could be an appealing trade commodity at the deadline if the Tampa Bay Lightning doesn’t sign the center to an extension. Which is still possible, according to ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun, since there have already been talks to that end. “Yes, we have had discussions, so we’ll see [...]