Rumor Round-Up
Take this for what its worth but according to Eklund the Vancouver Canucks and Trevor Linden are close to agreeing to a new deal. Linden would provide the Canucks with some much needed leadership and some scoring here and there.
Selanne Moving
Once again according to Eklund, Teemu Selanne has put his home in California up for sale. One can assume that Selanne bought a bigger house in California to stay with the Ducks or he is on his way out of Anaheim to another team or going into retirement. The four teams chasing Selanne are Montreal, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Buffalo.
Josef Melichar For Sale
There are three teams currently chasing the young, talented defenseman. They are the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, and the New York Rangers. This is going to be an interesting bidding war with 3 out of the 4 New York area teams. Rumor is from Eklund.
Roenick To Toronto?
According to several sporting news outlets Jeremy Roenick contacted the Leafs to inquire about playing for them. The Leafs have not shown any interest back towards the Roenick camp. But expect this story to unfold in the next few days.
Devils, Parise Closing In On Deal; Martin Signing Still A Possibility
According to thefourthperiod.com, talks between the New Jersey Devils and Zach Parise have picked up steam. Parise, who made $703,000 last year is set to make atleast 4 million this year. Currently they are just trying to work out the length and other small details. Paul Martin has stated that even though talks between him and the Devils haven’t gotten to deep yet, but it is likely they will work something out before training camp.
Ovechkin Next To Sign Extention?
According to thefourthperiod.com, after the upcoming season, Alexander Ovechkin’s contract is set to expire and he is set to become an RFA. One has to wonder that with Crosby locked up for five years, have the Caps and Ovechkin begun talking? Caps GM, George Mcphee, hasn’t yet released a statement whether talks had begun.
Bruins To Make More Off-Season Moves?
According to spectorshockey.net that after the acquisition of Peter Schaefer yesterday, the Bruins added a cap hit of $1.175 million dollars, drastically biting into their available cap space to sign another player unless they can make 1 or 2 moves. PJ Axelsson, who’s game is very similar to Schaefer’s may be moved if he waives his no-trade clause. The Bruins are also expected to trade goaltender, Hannu Toivonen before the beginning of training camp.