The Carolina Hurricanes are back on the prowl. According to insider Pierre LeBrun , Carolina is prepared to go big-name hunting again after a run of headline pursuits, reinforcing their identity as one of the NHL’s most aggressive buyers. The organization believes in its deep lineup, yet remains willing to strike if a true star becomes available. Kirill Kaprizov my word. 2-0 #mnwild pic.twitter.com/7VnSWoiAWP — Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) October 14, 2025
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The demand for centers around the NHL continues to reach a boiling point, with injuries and other situations leaving many teams in the lurch. Second-line centers are very hard to come by, but that's what seemingly everyone's looking for. One name that's been on the rumor mill once again lately is the Boston Bruins ' Casey Mittelstadt. Insider Frank Seravalli wondered about the demand for him. The player was a healthy scratch over the weekend, and now is playing on the wing. The Col...
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The Calgary Flames are off to a dreadful start to the season, currently riding a six-game losing streak and sit 1-6-0 overall, tied for dead last in the NHL. Coming off a surprisingly good 2024-25 campaign, the team will now have to consider a fire sale of some big names if this continues. Insider David Pagnotta , speaking on the DFO Rundown on Wednesday, suggested four 'big fish' players in particular who rival teams will try to reel in. (GM) Craig Conroy is going to have a decisi...
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The New York Rangers have struggled out of the gate this season and have a 3-4-1 record. While the season is long and a ton can change, Artemi Panarin is a UFA after the season and doesn't seem to want to take a discount to stay with the Rangers. This doesn't have to change the whole direction of the team as there would be plenty of space to add, but he could also be traded if the season isn't going the best. Frank Seravalli spoke on Insider Notebook about the potential of Panarin going to the...
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He told us on Monday upon his arrival in Boston that he was starting to feel a bit emotional about being back in the city where he spent the first 16 years of his career. But Brad Marchand might not have been prepared for what was to come. As Marchand's Florida Panthers faced the Bruins on Tuesday night at TD Garden, a tribute video played on the arena scoreboard, honoring the beloved player for his time in Beantown. The emotions overwhelmed him, as he broke down in tears. Watch: B...
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The Vancouver Canucks have entered the Brennan Othmann conversation. Multiple reports indicate growing league interest in the New York Rangers prospect, with Elliotte Friedman noting that Othmann’s name is gaining traction after his assignment to AHL Hartford. With Canucks' Nils Höglander sidelined and the forward group seeking more finish, a Brennan Othmann trade presents a cost-controlled swing at upside without wrecking the cap sheet. Frank Seravalli: Re Brennan Othmann: They ha...
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The Buffalo Sabres have won two of their last three games, but the Alex Tuch trade chatter has not cooled. After Tuch’s agent Brian Bartlett said extension talks are on the back burner, league sources told RG.org’s Jimmy Murphy that the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers have already inquired about the winger’s availability. Buffalo still wants to keep Tuch long term, yet with talks paused, general manager Kevyn Adams is taking calls while he gauges the standings. Alex Tuch is a PER...
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It was hard to watch as the Vancouver Canucks' Filip Chytil took a devastating open-ice hit from Tom Wilson. And no one throws devastating hits like the Washington Capitals' intimidating, polarizing power forward. Chytil was immediately placed on injured reserve, and with his troubling history of head trauma injuries, this latest incident could be extremely dire. With at least five previous concussions in his career, it just might be the end of the line for the Canucks center. TSN ...
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The Buffalo Sabres are 2-4-0 on the season and it isn't the way they wanted to kick things off with a clean slate. The struggles are good for nobody within the organization, and there's becoming less of a chance that the better players want to stick around and figure it out. With that being said, David Pagnotta reported, "They do have assets. (Rasmus) Dahlin, they're not moving, (Tage) Thompson, they're not moving. Owen Power is not happy. He hasn't been happy since he almost got there." Dahli...
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The Detroit Red Wings are in a position to make some trades, and they have started the season on the winning side of things with a 5-1-0 record. Part of the success has come from rookies being injected into the lineup to provide the team with some life. Elliotte Friedman discussed the Red Wings' roster situation on 32 Thoughts and mentioned that Detroit could look to deal from depth and trade. Players being dealt that could come from this are Erik Gustafsson, Justin Holl, and Jonatan Berggren....
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The Vancouver Canucks have started on the right foot, beginning the season with a 4-2-0 record, but they are in rough shape right now with injuries. Even before injuries, they had eyes on adding more up front to the forward group. Now, Brock Boeser, Teddy Blueger, Filip Chytil, Nils Hoglander, and Jonathan Lekkerimaki are all sidelined. The Canucks have two forwards who have yet to play a game in the NHL this season, up with the team, as well as three others who have gotten into four or fewer ...
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Artemi Panarin is in a familiar place at the top of the New York Rangers scoring stats through eight games. But how much longer will he be in the familiar confines of Madison Square Garden? That's the big question surrounding the Blueshirts' perennial leading scorer. Panarin, 34 next week, is in the final season of his 7-year, $81.5 million contract ($11.6M AAV), and is a pending unrestricted free agent next July. We've already heard that he refused the Rangers' request for him to take a...
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Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman told SiriusXM NHL Network Radio the Buffalo Sabres have at minimum discussed their options internally, and Pete DeBoer is part of that chatter. The Buffalo Sabres are six games in (2-4) and already facing hard questions. Friedman noted the organization has set up easy internal moves on the management side, which adds to the sense that changes could come if results do not turn. He also pointed out how ownership influence helped bring back Lindy Ru...
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The New Jersey Devils are pushing to keep Jacob Markstrom beyond this season, and both sides sound on the same page. President and general manager Tom Fitzgerald said the club “wants Jacob and Amanda Markstrom to be part of our family moving forward,” adding that conversations with his agent have been “real healthy.” The Jacob Markstrom extension is tracking as a multi-year deal after initial dialogue in the ~$5 million AAV range, with the gap believed to be on dollars and/or term. ...
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Brad Marchand was back on the ice at TD Garden in Boston on Monday for the first time since last season's trade, in a practice in advance of the Florida Panthers game against his old alma mater tomorrow night. And just returning to the city is already bringing up some emotions for Marchand. I kind of thought about it for the first time last night, being here, actually going to dinner and on the way over, I was kind of thinking about it and starting to get a little emotional. It kin...
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With so many of the big-name pending UFAs having taken themselves off the market by signing extensions with their own teams, the few that are left have themselves some huge bargaining power at this point. One of the primary players left in that position is Martin Necas of the Colorado Avalanche . The Avs have a big decision coming with their pending unrestricted free agent, and will likely not want to hand out an extension outside of their comfort zone. Sound familiar? Last year at...
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The rumors have been on and off since the end of last season. If Sidney Crosby ever decided that he wanted out of Pittsburgh, his boyhood favorite team, the Montreal Canadiens have been posited as a likely landing spot. Now top Habs insider Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports has even gone so far as to say 'It's Certain It's Going to Happen'. He appeared on the Real Kyper & Bourne show on Sportsnet recently to talk about the team's need for a second-line center, and how Crosby would be the...
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He's as much to blame as anyone, but Nick Robertson's name has been floated on the rumor mill once again in recent days, as the frustrating Toronto Maple Leafs forward continues a slow start to the season. Jonas Siegel and Chris Johnston in The Athletic have posited two Eastern Conference teams as potential destinations as trade talks have resurfaced around the 24-year-old . Finding an interested suitor willing to pay a price that makes sense for the Maple Leafs hasn’t been easy. Two tea...
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The Edmonton Oilers are going to have a roster crunch sometime soon. Currently, Zach Hyman, Jake Walman, and Mattias Janmark are all out of the lineup with injuries but expected back relatively soon (Hyman comes off LTIR on Nov. 1). Additionally, Alec Regula was just placed on IR on Sunday. But when all of those names are back, bodies will have to be moved out. Insider Frank Seravalli told Kevin Karius that four players are at risk of losing their places on the Oilers r...
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Shane Pinto leads the NHL in goal-scoring going into Sunday's play, having lit the lamp seven times on the young season in just six games. As a pending restricted free agent, the soon-to-be 25-year-old is putting himself in line for a hefty new contract. And while the Ottawa Senators weren't knocking down the door this summer to get Pinto re-signed (the two sides were said to be far apart in talks), their thinking seems to have evolved a bit. It appears now that the Sens have rampe...
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Alex Formenton's return to the NHL seems imminent, but not with the Ottawa Senators , who still have his rights. On Insider Trading, Darren Dreger reported that, "Staios has given Formenton's agent, Darren Ferris, the permission to speak with other NHL clubs about the possibility of having his rights traded. Nothing imminent, but Formenton would like to come back." Formenton hasn't played in the NHL since 2021-22, when he scored 18 goals and 32 points in 79 games, but has been in the National ...
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The Calgary Flames are off to a brutal start this season, and the media in Canada isn't holding back. After the Flames recent 6-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, CBC analyst, and former NHL defenceman Kevin Bieksa called out the Flames for their lack of effort, and singled out forward Yegor Sharangovich. The 27-year-old Flames forward has posted one point in six games, and against the Golden Knights on Saturday, played 15:00 of ice-time, was a minus -1 rating, and didn't have a shot on goal....
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Leaving the Toronto Maple Leafs was not an easy decision for Mitch Marner. The star forward wound up being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights over the summer, after it was clear to Leafs' GM Brad Treliving that he wasn't interested in re-signing a long-term contract. Toronto received Nicolas Roy in the deal, and now Marner is off to a hot start with his new team. The Golden Knights are 4-0-2 through their first six games and Marner has started the season strong with his new teammates, po...
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The San Jose Sharks are the worst team in the NHL through six games, and head coach Ryan Warsofsky is already fed up. The Sharks were most recently shutout by the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Saturday night, and frustration boiled over in a major way for Warsofsky after the game. San Jose's bench boss spoke to reporters and made quite the statement, which included his kids. "Yeah I think so, a lot of new players, we gotta just keep working. Keep teaching from the coaches, keep preparing th...
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Keep an eye on the Buffalo Sabres moving goaltender Devon Levi. Recently, h ockey insider Jeff Marek mentioned Levi as a potential trade candidate, and given the start the Sabres have had this season, and their lack of trade candidates with high-end potential, moving Levi in a package could give them a return of a top-six forward they desperately crave. There's another name...for me there's a ton of questions...Devon Levi; that is one that's under the radar right now; it does very much sound l...
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