2015/2016 Trade Speculation and Rumors

[sureLoss]

Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey
Dreger: Ryan Johansen "softly in play, is how I'm going to describe it." #CBJ aren't shopping. Teams calling, and rather than getting... 1/2

Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey
Dreger: ...dismissed immediately, sense I'm getting from managers is Jarmo Kekalainen is asking what they're willing to part w/. #CBJ 2/2

[hockey.modern]

Report: Bergevin working the phones in attempt to add to Canadiens

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/890608

[FBI]

I'm hoping we already have our mini panarin/Kane/Gaudreau in mangiapane

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by FBI

I'm hoping we already have our mini panarin/Kane/Gaudreau in mangiapane

Wouldn't that be something! I really liked him in Penticton!

[Trailer Fire]

Originally Posted by FBI

I'm hoping we already have our mini panarin/Kane/Gaudreau in mangiapane

Mangiapane is bigger than Gaudreau and Kane, and roughly he same size as Panarin. Mangiapane is 5'11 and around 175lbs.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Originally Posted by Trailer Fire

Mangiapane is bigger than Gaudreau and Kane, and roughly he same size as Panarin. Mangiapane is 5'11 and around 175lbs.

He looks way smaller on the ice.

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by Monahan For Mayor

He looks way smaller on the ice.

Maybe that's because he was skating around Kanzig at camp.

[sureLoss]

speaking of college free agents.

Matty Gaudreau is on a 7 game point streak with the BC Eagles.
9 points (3g+6a) in 12 games for the younger Gaudreau.
Break out season for him.
edit: it looks like all 9 points have come in this 7 game point streak so far

Johnny said it would be a dream come true if both played in the NHL together. Just saying.

[FBI]

Wonder if he tries moves like his brother.

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

Interesting that Marshall Johnston (Hurricanes Director of Pro Scouting) was in town Friday night watching the Hawks/Flames game. Hurricanes had interest in Backlund while Rutherford was GM and although he's no longer there, Johnston was in the same role back then. So perhaps the organization still has interest in Backlund. And you don't send the director of pro scouting to advance scout, chances are he's there to see someone, maybe Backlund.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles...ina-hurricanes

Looks like Canes are scouting Blackhawks, not us.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/John-...lina/128/72754

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Maybe that's because he was ORBITING around Kanzig at camp.

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[Racki]

@RogMillions: Ladislav Smid appears to be leaving #Flames at game's end. Not going with team to Az

Conditioning stint in Stockton? Trade?

[Buck Murdock]

Originally Posted by iggysback05

@RogMillions: Ladislav Smid appears to be leaving #Flames at game's end. Not going with team to Az

Conditioning stint in Stockton? Trade?

Smid for Hamonic E3

[sureLoss]

Bob McKenzie did a piece on Vesey and other NHL NCAA draft picks that could potentially test UFA:

http://www.tsn.ca/preds-can-do-littl...ision-1.399719

Some of the other higher-profile, drafted college seniors in the same situation as Vesey:

- Matt Grzelcyk, the 21-year-old Boston University defenceman and team captain was drafted by his hometown Bruins in the third round of 2012.
The presumption has always been that a local kid who plays college hockey in his hometown with an opportunity to stay there with his NHL club won’t consider going anywhere else. Well, that may turn out to be the case, but it may also be too presumptuous in that the player is likely to survey the landscape, both with Boston and other teams, before making a commitment at the end of his college season.
Grzelcyk just recently started playing games (two goals and five points in six games) with the Terriers after undergoing off-season knee surgery. At 5-foot-9 and 174 pounds, he’s viewed as a little undersized but has the puck-moving and offensive ability to compensate.

- Mark Jankowski, the 21-year-old Providence College centre who was a somewhat off-the-board first-round pick (21st overall) by Calgary in 2012.
Jankowski is off to a good start with the defending NCAA champion Friars, with seven goals and 15 points in 11 games.
At 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds, he’s starting to physically mature. Though he may not necessarily be considered NHL ready, he is a prospect the Flames plan on signing. There’s no sense, at this point anyway, the player would favour free agency over the Flames.

- Cristoval (Boo) Nieves, the 21-year-old University of Michigan second-round pick (59th overall) by the New York Rangers in 2012.
Nieves, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound forward, is an elite skater with good playmaking ability. He has one goal and four points in six games this season, recently coming back after missing a few games because of a concussion. He has had an up-and-down four years with the Wolverines. With that size and speed, Nieves is still considered a prospect by the Rangers – he’s been at all their summer development camps and has looked good there – but New York will be watching his development this season for a final determination on where his game is at before they sign him.

[sureLoss]

McKenzie figures the Kopitar negotiations are close. $ and term have been figured out and most likely the last thing to be negotiated is NTC/NMC conditions

http://www.tsn.ca/what-s-holding-up-...-done-1.399719

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

speaking of college free agents.

Matty Gaudreau is on a 7 game point streak with the BC Eagles.
9 points (3g+6a) in 12 games for the younger Gaudreau.
Break out season for him.
edit: it looks like all 9 points have come in this 7 game point streak so far

Johnny said it would be a dream come true if both played in the NHL together. Just saying.

Wait what?!? There's a younger Gaudreau brother playing for BC? Get on that BT!!

They'de be the best brother duo in the league!

[AcGold]

Is he bigger than Johnny?

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by AcGold

Is he bigger than Johnny?

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...php?pid=145466

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by AcGold

Is he bigger than Johnny?

Does that link really say 20 years old, 5'1, 145 pounds?
I'm glad that we got the hulking, massive older brother.

[sureLoss]

He is roughly the same size as Johnny, maybe a little taller. (Matthew 2nd from the left):



Cynical people have said he didn't deserve a NCAA scholarship and that BC only offered him one too so that Johnny would go there, but Matthew's junior season so far seems to be proving them wrong.