NHL Trade Rumors

Trade and Free Agency Rumors from Around the Hockey World

  • Friedman: Oilers Appear to be Favorites for Keith; Seth Jones Impact

    On the most recent edition of 31 Thoughts: The Podcast, Elliotte Friedman tackles the latest on the Duncan Keith to Edmonton rumors (32:00), and how they might impact Seth Jones trade talks.

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    He says that the Oilers are very much in on Keith. He also mentioned that Seattle was interested, but it didn’t seem to be trending that way. One problem in trade talks is that Edmonton isn’t keen on taking on Keith’s full cap hit, but Chicago is eager to shed the cap hit in its entirety, as they pursue other cap-costly acquisitions. From an outside perspective, it seems like an opportunity for a third team to jump in an eat some cap space to broker a deal.

    He also reports that the belief is that Chicago would want Caleb Jones, Seth’s brother, to come back in a potential deal to make Chicago a more desirable destination for Seth. He says he’s heard that Chicago is a city and team that intrigues Seth Jones.

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  • Wild Close to Long-Term Deal with Eriksson-Ek

    The Minnesota Wild are close on a new contract with Joel Eriksson-Ek, reports Michael Russo.

    Eriksson-Ek was set to be a restricted free agent this summer. He is three seasons away from being eligible for UFA status.

    Eriksson-Ek had 19 goals and 11 assists in 56 games this season. As Russo notes, he finished 4th in voting for the Selke Trophy for the league’s best defensive forward, including four first-place votes.

    UPDATE: Sarah McLellan reports the contract is for 8 years with an AAV of $5.5 million.

  • Pavel Buchnevich on the Trade Block

    Frank Seravalli reports on the DFO Rundown Podcast (36:30) that Pavel Buchnevich’s name has been out there as a player available for trade.

    Buchnevich, 26, had 20 goals and 28 assists in 54 games with the Rangers in 2020-21. He will be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights this summer, and is UFA-eligible the following summer.

    Moving out Buchnevich would allow the Rangers to disperse his minutes among their young talented wingers, or allow them to pursue another winger with the physical game they are targeting such as pending UFA Blake Coleman.

  • Seravalli: Marchessault, Smith, Pacioretty Could Be Available

    Frank Seravalli on the DFO Rundown podcast (32:00) says that Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and Max Pacioretty (in that order) are three names to keep an eye on moving forward.

    Seravalli wonders who the new “shiny toy” Vegas will be chasing is, but whoever it is, they will assuredly need cap space for him. Tom Callahan outlined a potential trade for Jack Eichel (it included Reilly Smith). Dave Pagnotta reported that the team had discussions about Ryan Getzlaf prior to the trade deadline. Getzlaf will be a UFA this summer. As Seravalli mentions, center is an area of need for the Knights.

    He also wonders what will happen in net with the Golden Knights, who have $12 million in cap committed to Marc-Andre Fleury and Robin Lehner.

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  • Report: Adam Larsson Could Re-Sign With Oilers Soon

    Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Athletic reports that it appears that Adam Larsson and the Oilers are closing in on a new contract, with it potentially being finalized as early as next week.

    Whether the Oilers announce the deal at that time, or put the contract “in the drawer” and announce it after the expansion draft, remains to be seen. If they Oilers don’t announce the contract, they can leave Larsson unprotected and protect another defenseman.

    Nugent-Brown suggests the new contract would be more than 2 years but fewer than the 8 received by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. I’d imagine it would fall in the 4-5 year range.

    He also reports that with Larsson signed, there’s no room for Tyson Barrie, so he’ll go to free agency. The Oilers would already have Larsson, Evan Bouchard and Ethan Bear as right-handed defensemen.

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  • Phil Kessel’s Bonus Paid Out

    Phil Kessel’s bonus for 2021-22 was paid out today (or at least due to be paid), as Dave Pagnotta points out.

    With that bonus out of the way, the entirety of Kessel’s financial cost for the season is his $1 million in base salary. This makes him a lot more attractive to budget conscious teams who could fit his cap hit in.

    Pagnotta wonders if the Coyotes could eat half of his $1 million in salary and $6.8 million in cap hit–I imagine they would. The $500,000 cash commitment would greatly increase the number of suitors they have for Kessel, and they likely won’t spend to the cap themselves this year. Arizona will be looking to have a big summer in picking up draft picks and prospects as they might potentially trade Kessel, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Darcy Kuemper.

  • What Might a Seth Jones Trade Package Look Like?

    Aaron Portzline of the Athletic speculates potential trade offers from four teams believed to be frontrunners for Seth Jones: the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings.

    The trade proposal for the Blackhawks was: Philipp Kurashev, Nicolas Beaudin, Lukas Reichel and a 2022 1st round pick.

    The proposals for the other three were of a similar vein–each included a 1st round pick (the Kings’ lottery protected), but the headliner prospects and young players for each organization were left out. No Joel Farabee for the Flyers. No Quinton Byfield or Alex Turcotte for the Kings. No Bowen Byram or even Alex Newhook for the Avalanche.

    Jones has one season left at a manageable $5.4 million cap hit. The interest in him will be a story to follow in the coming weeks.

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  • Eichel, Sabres “Heading Towards a Resolution”

    Peter Fish, the agent for Jack Eichel, believes the two sides are heading towards a resolution, John Vogl of the Athletic reports.

    “We have definitely been communicating with the team and we are heading towards a resolution,” says Fish.

    GM Kevyn Adams concedes that the team and the player still disagree about how to proceed with his neck injury, so it stands to reason the resolution the agent is referring to is a trade.

    Minnesota, Anaheim and the Rangers are among the teams rumored to be in on Eichel trade talks.

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