A round of up of the latest NHL trade rumors from the past week: The National Post speculates that as the trade deadline draws nearer, The Toronto Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis could be both a buyer and seller at the deadline. The Calgary Sun reports that Jarome Iginla and the Flames still haven’t talked about a contract extension. If Iginla doesn’t sign an extension in Calgary, [...]

The Ottawa Senators are in no hurry to make another trade. According to the Ottawa Sun, GM Bryan Murray may very well leave the team as-is for the rest of the season. After acquiring Matt Kassian from the Minnesota Wild, the Senators general manager isn’t too interested in making any major moves until he gets a better sense of how well certain [...]

The Phoenix Coyotes ownership situation remains “a work in progress” after prospective buyer Greg Jamison was unable to close his transaction to purchase the Coyotes before the time window he had negotiated with the City of Glendale expired last month. “We’re in a period where there is a series of potentially interested investors who are doing [...]

According to the Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray hasn’t made much progress in trying to replace forward Jason Spezza and elite defenseman Erik Karlsson. Not unless the general manager changes his mind about relinquishing a talented youngster for a high-priced rental. “I could go out and get an NHL player that makes a lot of money and may or may [...]

Jarmo Kekalainen has been officially selected as the Columbus Blue Jackets new General Manager, per BlueJackets.NHL.com. Kekalainen becomes the third general manager in Blue Jackets history, The team fired former GM Scott Howson Tuesday night. Kekalainen previously served as the St. Louis Blues director of amateur scouting and Ottawa Senators player personnel director. During his tenure with both [...]

Kyle Turris has signed a five-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators through the 2017-18 season on Wednesday. He had 12 goals and 17 assists in 49 regular-season games for Ottawa before going 1-2-3 in a seven-game, first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series loss to the New York Rangers. On April 18, Turris became the 13th player in franchise history [...]

Sidney Crosby is among the players attending the NHL’s latest round of Collective Bargaining Agreement talks. Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos and Jason Spezza also are participating in the meeting Tuesday in Toronto. The NHL Players Association is expected to present its first proposal to the league at the meeting. Union leader Donald Fehr has said the proposal will be an “alternative [...]

Executives and legal counsel from the National Hockey League met with executives, legal counsel and a collection of 11 players from the National Hockey League Players Association for roughly three hours Tuesday at the PA’s office in ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. This was the fourth meeting since bargaining commenced June 29 in New York. [...]

“We have talked to the Columbus Blue Jackets about the availability of Rick Nash. We have said we have interest,” assistant Ottawa Senators GM Tim Murray told the Ottawa Sun. “With the prospects we have, if we decided to jump in full bore, I think we have as good a package as anybody.” As for Nash’s interest in waiving [...]

Latest injury news from around the league: ESPNNY.com’s Katie Strang reports defenseman Marc Staal appeared no worse for wear after participating in contact drills with the New York Rangers for the first time this season. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune proposes Daniel Carcillo could be back in the lineup Wednesday  for the first time since sustaining the suspected concussion on December 14th. Defenseman Ryan [...]