NHL Trade Rumors

Trade and Free Agency Rumors from Around the Hockey World

  • Who Could Replace Henrik Lundqvist for the Capitals?

    Brandon Maron of the Score takes a look at some options the Washington Capitals have to replace goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who recently announced he won’t play in 2020-21 due to a heart condition.

    Maron mentions free agents Ryan Miller, Craig Anderson and Jimmy Howard. Miller has been hesitant to relocate to the East in the past, so it’s unclear if he would be a legitimate option for the Caps. Anderson and Howard, respectively 39 and 36 years old, are coming off down years with bad teams, so it’s unclear how much their recent performances are team-driven.

    Maron also mentions internal candidates Pheonix Copley and Vitek Vanecek. Copley served as Braden Holtby’s backup in 2018-19 before losing the position to Ilya Samsonov.

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  • Flames Re-Sign Oliver Kylington

    The Calgary Flames have announced they have re-signed Oliver Kylington to a 1-year deal worth $787,500 at the NHL level. The contract is a two-way deal.

    In 48 games with Calgary last season, Kylington had 2 goals and 5 assists. He also played 3 games with Stockton of the AHL and had 3 goals. The defenseman will require waivers before being demoted next season.

  • Lebrun: Panthers to sign Anthony Duclair

    According to Pierre Lebrun, it appears the Florida Panthers are signing Anthony Duclair.

    In 66 games with Ottawa last season, Duclair had 23 goals and 17 assists. He became a unrestricted free agent when the Senators declined to make him a $1.65 million qualifying offer.

    UPDATE: The contract is 1 year, $1.7 million. He will have two restricted free agent seasons after this contract expires.

  • Could Bruins Walk Away From Chara?

    Joe Haggerty of Boston Hockey Now wonders if it might be time for the Bruins to move on from captain Zdeno Chara. He mentions the some of the Bruins off-season activity (re-signed Jacob Zboril and Kevan Miller, pursuing Oliver Ekman-Larsson) as evidence the Bruins might be looking towards a future without Chara.

    Chara, 43, has been with the Bruins since signing with them as a free agent prior to the 2006-07 season.

    Haggerty cites a report from Jimmy Murphy that the New York Rangers would have interest in Chara as a free agent.

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  • Russo: Wild Close to Signing Andrew Hammond

    Michael Russo reports that the Wild are close to signing Andrew Hammond.

    Hammond, 32, has 56 NHL games under his belt, going 27-15-6 with a 2.31 GAA and a 0.923 SV%.

  • Friedman: Arizona to Hire Cory Stillman as Assistant Coach

    According to Elliotte Friedman, it appears that the Arizona Coyotes are to hire Cory Stillman as assistant coach.

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1338585167426883593

    Arizona announced in August that assistant coach John MacLean would not have his contract renewed.

  • Report: Vancouver and Calgary in on Hamonic

    According to TSN 1040’s Bob ‘the Moj’ Marjanovich, UFA defenseman Travis Hamonic has received interest from both the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames.

    https://twitter.com/TSN1040/status/1338553375676305409

    Hamonic, 30, played 50 games with the Flames last season and put up 3 goals and 9 assists.

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  • What Lies Ahead for the Hurricanes in Goal?

    In a recent piece in the Athletic, Sara Civian fielded a question about possible in-season trade targets for the Hurricanes to bolster their goaltending position.

    She mentions Marc-Andre Fleury, who has loudly fallen behind Robin Lehner on the depth chart for Las Vegas, though the Knights might not want to move him until Lehner returns from his shoulder injury. Taking back James Reimer in a trade might alleviate that concern to some degree. Jesse Granger noted earlier this month that Fleury’s name has come up as the Knights try to clear salary cap space.

    Civian also mentioned that she’s been “screaming” about Arizona’s Darcy Kuemper since September, whom she believes is underrated. Arizona reportedly is looking for a first round pick and an additional piece for Kuemper, who has two seasons remaining on his contract at a reasonable cap hit of $4.5 million.

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