According to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie the Toronto Maple Leafs ‘under the right circumstances’ are looking to add a veteran goaltender with playoff experience. McKenzie states that Leafs general manager Dave Nonis is leaning more towards Calgary Flames Miikka Kiprusoff ahead of the Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo, largely due to the much shorter term on Kiprusoff’s deal and the lower acquisition cost. The Buffalo [...]

Looking beyond the Jarome Iginla trade chatter, the Los Angeles Kings are thought to be also interested in bolstering their blue line before the trade deadline. Especially as Willie Mitchell and Matt Greene remain out indefinitely. ESPN Insider Ryan Schwepfinger suggests Jordan Leopold of the Buffalo Sabres nearly universally acknowledged as available for a reasonable ‘price ‘could provide just the right fix. “The list of potential rental [...]

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch says the shortened NHL season will mean plenty of confuison at the trade deadline. ”It’s all out of whack this year,” Portzline quoted an NHL executive as saying. Portzline goes on to say that the Columbus Blue Jackets won’t divulge what they plan to do at the deadline partly because they [...]

With the Buffalo Sabres currently sitting 14th in the Eastern Conference and seven points back of the eighth and final playoff spot, it’s becoming more and more likely that they will look to deal some of their players prior to the April 3 trade deadline, according to The Fourth Period. With a tough hill to climb, [...]

  Two league executives told QMI Agency that Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon is willing to listen to all offers because his club is virtually eliminated from the playoff race with only three weeks left to the April 3 trade deadline. Sidney Crosby has no problem with the NHL expansion. “It’s only two more teams. I don’t see [...]

According to the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman, the Buffalo Sabres seem open to trading one of their defensemen for the right return. “Teams are looking for defensemen and the Buffalo Sabres have eight. But Sabres GM Darcy Regier says he’s told teams, ‘Give me a reason to trade one.’ So far, he feels he hasn’t received a good [...]

2013 NHL Entry Draft Second Round traded picks. The Anaheim Ducks second-round pick will go to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on July 12, 2011 that sent Andrew Cogliano to Anaheim in exchange for this pick. The Calgary Flames second-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on January 12, 2012 that sent Michael Cammalleri, Karri Ramo and [...]

David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail writes that Corey Crawford may still be Chicago’s goaltender of the future but neither he nor Ray Emery are the answer this season. Shoalts says that Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman needs an experienced netminder immediately. Unfortunately for the Blackhawks, the ideal choice is Evgeni Nabokov, but he is not available. Shoalts writes that the only real option available [...]