At the team’s annual golf tournament Monday, winger Tyler Seguin, who is set to become a restricted free agent after the upcoming season, said he’s been in discussions with the Bruins about a contract extension and that the talks are “looking good.” At the recent news conference to announce Marchand’s signing, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli [...]

Contract negotiations may not be progressing as smoothly as many would like, but that doesn’t mean Evander Kane wants to end his relationship with the Winnipeg Jets either. As reported by the Winnipeg Sun, Kane’s agent refuted recent speculation that his client had demanded a trade. “No truth to it,” Craig Oster of Newport Sports texted Friday afternoon. A spokesman for [...]

We could get word of a done-deal between Tyler Seguin and the Boston Bruins shortly. David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period suggests the extension hammered out with Taylor Hall of the Edmonton Oilers should provide that extra push to get the young Bruins forward locked up long-term. “Talks, so far, between Bruins and Seguin camp have been fluid but like I said, should intensify after [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Taylor Hall and the Edmonton Oilers are reportedly close on agreeing to a new contract, according to TSN Edmonton reporter Ryan Rishaug. It was reported that preliminary discussions on a contract extension were held last week between the two sides, so things are certainly moving along well. It will probably [...]

Jeff Skinner is expected to sign a six-year extension with the Carolina Hurricanes for an average annual value of $5.725 million, according to TSN’s Bob McKenzie. That would put the contract at $34.35 million. This seems to confirm general manager Jim Rutherford‘s tweet Tuesday night that a deal was imminent: “It looks like we are [...]

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. [...]

The latest trade rumors surrounding Rick Nash Detroit Free Press reports that the Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson said “we are working very hard” to trade disgruntled forward Rick Nash. The deal could be coming closer as most of the high-end unrestricted free agents have signed in the last week and some team’s were shut out of [...]

Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner has been suspended for two games without pay by the NHL for kicking St. Louis Blues forward Scott Nichol during a game. The kicking occurred at 19:03 of the second period of Carolina’s 2-0 home victory Thursday night. Skinner was not assessed a penalty on the play and later he scored his 20th goal of the season. [...]