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 Chicago Blackhawks extended its NHL-record season-opening points streak to 22 games Sunday when Kane scored the tying goal on a power play with 2:02 left in regulation and the Blackhawks earned an extra point when the star forward scored the only goal in a shootout of a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Mike [...]

The Fourth Period is reporting that Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli is exploring the possibility of making a major trade for a top-tier forward to help bolster his club’s chances at competing for the Stanley Cup. Chiarelli has inquired about Philadelphia Flyers veteran Danny Briere, and called the Ottawa Senators about captain Daniel Alfredsson. Briere [...]

The Calgary Flames could look to the trade market in the near future. After losing Lance Bouma to a season-ending knee injury, Flames GM Jay Feaster tells the Calgary Herald that his club’s lack of grit and physicality is even more of a concern than in the summer. “The only thing that we didn’t address and we tried in the summer [...]

Calgary Flames general manager Jay Feaster wasted no time going all-in on landing Jiri Hudler. One day into free agency, he got him. Hudler, coming off a career-best 25-goal season with the Detroit Red Wings, left the only NHL team he’d ever played for when he signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Flames on Monday. [...]

Catching up on some signings from around the NHL: Martin Biron signed a two-year/$2.6 million contract extension with the New York Rangers. Biron has been a great backup for Henrik Lundqvist, so it’s not surprising that the Rangers wanted him back. Biron should continue to get about 20 starts per season over the life of this [...]

Olli Jokinen appears as though he will test unrestricted free agency on July 1, according to Calgary Sun columnist and Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove regular Eric Francis. Calgary GM Jay Feaster didn’t confirm or deny the report due to his policy on not discussing free agents. Jokinen fizzled down the stretch, likely because of [...]

Bob Hartley has been hired as the new head coach of the Calgary Flames, the team announced on Thursday. “Bob Hartley is a winner. Bob has won at every level he has coached, from the QMJHL to the AHL to the NHL to Switzerland, and we are confident he is going to continue his winning ways [...]

Update: Roman Cervenka‘s newly signed one-year deal with the Calgary Flames is full of performance bonuses. Cervenka has excelled in Europe, but the Flames are taking a risk by signing a 26-year-old with no experience in North America.  Cervenka will earn just $832,500 in base salary and receive another $92,500 as a signing bonus. He can [...]

The New York Post’s Larry Brooks writes that there is “no doubt” Calgary Flames General Manager Jay Feaster will ask to talk with New York Rangers assistant coach Mike Sullivan. TSN’s Darren Dreger points out, Sullivan has previous connections with Feaster from their time together in Tampa Bay.