PLAYER LOCKOUT TEAM COUNTRY Christian Ehrhoff Krefeld Germany Jiri Tlusty Kladno Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr Kladno Czech Republic Nail Yakupov Neftekhimik Russia Tomas Plekanec Kladno Czech Republic Rick Nash HC Davos Switzerland Ilya Kovalchuk SKA St. Petersburg Russia Mark Streit Bern Switzerland Ruslan Fedotenko HC Donbass Russia Evgeni Malkin Metallurg Russia Sergei Gonchar Metallurg Russia [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Free agent forward Shane Doan has visited with the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers over the past two days, according to multiple reports. The Toronto Maple Leafs and left wing Nikolai Kulemin have agreed to a two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for July 26. Financial terms of the deal were not released, but CBC [...]

Fifteen restricted free agents are set to have salary arbitration hearings in the coming weeks. Hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20th to August 4th. Here are the players set to go to arbitration, as released by the NHL Players Association: Anaheim Ducks: Nick Bonino – August 3 Colorado Avalanche: Jamie McGinn – July 25 Dallas Stars: Richard [...]

The latest trade rumors around the league regarding Rick Nash: February 26th:  Katie Strang of ESPNNY tweeted “Doesn’t appear Rangers are willing to concede to CBJ demands. At this point, NYR considered out of running for Nash.” Bob McKenzie via twitter “Obviously possible Rick Nash could move by tomorrow but it were close in any way [...]

The latest NHL Trade rumors indicate that The Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers may be considered the two frontrunners to land Rick Nash if he’s dealt by the Columbus Blue Jackets before the trade deadline, but don’t rule out the Toronto Maple Leafs quite yet. Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun suggests Leafs General Manager Brian Burke could (and should) offer up whatever package deal is necessary [...]

Bob McKenzie discusses that there is a very real chance the team doesn’t make a significant move between now and the trade deadline. The Leafs’ wish list is very specific, they want a top six forward with size who can score. And there just aren’t too many of them floating around right now. James van Riemsdyk has a [...]

We’ve already heard rumors about the Toronto Maple Leafs talking about Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski in trade talks. But now the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch hears that Clarke MacArthur’s name has also been mentioned in trade talks. It seems Leafs General Manager Brian Burke is open to dealing any forward not named Kessel or Lupul, and he wants to add another high [...]

Update: General Manager Brian Burke attempted to downplay Grabovski trade rumors recently to the Toronto Star. “We’re not even close to that,” he said. “That will be a factor, whether a guy is unrestricted or not, but I accept unrestricted guys, too, if they can help us get to where we want to get.” Grabovski is currently has [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made it pretty clear that they think John-Michael Liles is one of the better d-men in the league with yesterday’s deal, which pays him an average of $3.875 million a season over four years. This also means they have far too much money put into their four most highly paid blueliners, Dion Phaneuf, Mike Komisarek, Luke Schenn and Liles. [...]

Quick hits from around the league: Craig Custance discusses the 5 most likely Jackets to be on the trading block. Reported by the mlive.com, Brad Stuart enjoys competing for the Red Wings, but his family, wife, high school-aged step-daughter and two young sons are stuck in San Jose, so will he head west when his contract expires after [...]