Posts Tagged Chris Osgood
Mitchell could get offers starting today … Bruins interested in Bieksa? Nothing new on Bergeron and Chara extensions, or a Savard trade
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL Rumors on August 18th, 2010
- Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Pronvince: Willie Mitchell has made it through 4 physicals symptom free. The front runners are the Canucks, Sharks, Kings, and Capitals. Mitchell is expected to make a decision in the next week. The Kings are able to offer more than the Canucks, who are hoping he’ll give them a hometown discount. Even if the Canucks were able to re-sign him, they would still have to make some moves, possibly moving out Andrew Alberts and/or Kevin Bieksa.
- Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Mitchell met with the Capitals yesterday. Mitchell’s agent, Mike Luit, said there isn’t an established timeline for his client to make a decision. He’s been symptom free during workouts, is behind on his conditioning, but in 5-6 weeks he’ll be back to normal.
- Nick Kypreos via twitter: Mitchell may receive up to 4 offers as early as today (Caps, Sharks, Kings, Canucks), and don’t be surprised if someone gives him a long term deal.
- Curtis Zupke of the OC Register: Mitchell may be out of the Anaheim Ducks price range, especially since they still have to sign RFA Bobby Ryan.
- Jimmy Murphy via twitter: The Bruins might be interested in Kevin Bieksa. Murphy isn’t sure what the Canucks would want, but they once had interest in Michael Ryder when he was a UFA.
- Dennis Bernstein via twitter: All is quiet in the Ducks side of things involving their pursuit of Bieksa.
- Jimmy Murphy via twitter: The Kovalchuk ruling probably won’t have any effect on a contract extension for Patrice Bergeron since he’s only 25. Bergeron’s next contract “won’t be his last“.
- James (Jimmy) Murphy of ESPNBoston: There is nothing new to report on the Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron contract extensions. There is also nothing new involving Marc Savard.
- Helen St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Backup goalie, Chris Osgood needs to have a bounce back season after 2 sub-par seasons. Osgood will be 38 in November, and is the in the last year of his contract. It’s assumed he’d like to comeback next year, but he’ll have to prove to the team he’s still capable.
Salo out indefinitely … Will the Sens let Volchenkov walk? Detroit’s options
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on May 10th, 2010
- Jim Jamieson of the Vancouver Province: Guys, hold you breath … Sami Salo left night’s game, and is out indefinitely with a suspected ruptured testicle.
- Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings could have a similar look next season. Some teammates and front office people think the Nicklas Lidstrom will be back next season, and the hope is that he’ll do it closer to $6 million rather than his 2009-10 salary of $7.45 million. Tomas Holstrom should receive a contract, and Todd Bertuzzi could get one as well. RFA’s Justin Abdelkader, Darren Helm, Patrick Eaves and Drew Miller should be getting offers as well.
- Ken Warren of the Ottawa Sun: Warren thinks the Ottawa Senators should not bring back Anton Volchenkov next season. Volchenkov already turned down a contract extension and could be looking at a deal in the 5 year, $22.5 million. If he was to take around $3.5 million, that would be okay, but it sounds like he’s looking for the big payday. The Sens may be willing to let him go.
- Gregg Krupa of the Detroit News: One area the Red Wings may look to improve this off-season is the supporting cast, and overall depth. They could use some toughness, and some extra scoring. They lost a lot of goals before this past year. They probably won’t have the cash to add a big scorer, though there really isn’t much on the free agent list. The Wings could also look at moving Chris Osgood, if another team feels he could be a #1 goalie still, even though he’s 37 years old.
- Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The NY Rangers will look at bringing in a backup goalie, with Martin Biron and Johan Hedberg apparently at the top of Glen Sather’s wish list.
- Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Blues don’t appear to be in a rush to make contract offers to RFAs David Perron and Erik Johnson, talks with both are just beginning . Johnson is not eligible to receive an offer sheet since he missed a year of service with a knee injury. Perron is eligible to receive an offer sheet, and the Blues as an organization are okay with having their RFAs pass the July 1st date if they are not ready to meet the contract demands. Doug Armstrong will be taking over as team GM Larry Pleau on July 1st, and will handling contract negotiations before that. Erik Johnson was the 1st overall pick back in 2008, and will probably be looking for a big deal.
Wings Goalie Situation Status Quo for Next Year … Kariya back in St. Louis Next Year? Modano to Retire?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 20th, 2010
Trouble looming for Sutter and Babcock? NHL in Sochi? Kaberle again …
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 7th, 2010
- “The latest scorecard on the Phil Kessel trade: Both teams are losers at this point. The Bruins don’t have scoring from the wing. The Leafs don’t have those much-needed high draft choice”
- “Everything about John Mitchell looks like an NHL player. And then the game begins”
- “A medal update after four NHL Olympic hockey tournaments: Finland 3, Canada, USA, Czech Republic and Russia 2, Sweden 1. And how does that make sense?”
- “Yzerman, by the way, should be the leading candidate for every available GM job now: He has grown by leaps as a public person and hockey administrator the last 12 pressure-filled months”
Trade in the works for the Bruins? Sens, Oilers, and Flames looking to make moves … Flyers looking for D
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Rumors on January 25th, 2010
- The Ottawa Senators will be buyers this year, but not for Kovalchuck. The Senators will be looking for another scoring forward. Ray Whitney and Matt Cullen, both of Carolina could be options. The Oilers could move anyone, the Senators were interested in Dustin Penner before, but the Oil might be reluctant to deal him. Winger Colby Armstrong is available, the Flames have been trying to get him for weeks.
- The Flames have been looking to deal for weeks, Olli Jokinen and Craig Conroy are being shopped.
Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: The Oilers have been rumored to be shopping Sheldon Souray, who’ll waive his no-trade as long as they follow some of his parameters. His family will be the main parameter (he didn’t list what the parameters were), and they are out west. “It’s no secret my family is as important as the game.” So geography will be extremely important.
- Chris Osgood is getting frustrated in Detroit. After only starting once in 1 month, and hearing his coach say they needed Howard to start as they need the points, Osgood broke from his positive talk. ”I’ve gotten him a lot of points, too, and you can write that. I got him to the Stanley Cup finals the last two years and you can write that, too,” said Osgood.
- Do the Blue Jackets trade Raffi Torres for a 2nd round pick? There may be 8-10 teams willing to give up a 2nd.
- Trade destinations for Petr Sykora: Calgary, Boston or Anaheim.
- Marek Svatos is available for a mid-round pick.
- An Eastern Conference team, maybe the Devils, might make a pitch for Mike Modano, though Modano might might not agree.
Tim Panaccio of SCNPhilly.com: Paul Holmgren is looking to upgrade the Flyers defense corps, especially since Ryan Parent went down for 6 weeks. The Flyers 6th - 8th d-men have all been hurt throughout the season, so depth might be a concern for them.
Around the Boards: Habs Goalie Controversy, ANA-TO, EDM-TB Trades Coming? Wings Looking for Goalie?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 9th, 2009
- Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: Stubbs outlines the Habs goalie controversy between Jarolsav Halak and Carey Price after a strange twist with Halak`s representative, Allan Walsh tweeting:
“Interesting stat of the night … Price is 10W, 32L in last 42 starts. Hmm.”
and later backtracked:
“It was a tongue-in-cheek comment not meant to be taken seriously, forgot it was Montreal and everyone loses a sense of humour,” he tweeted in reply.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Toronto Sun: The Tampa Bay Lightning might be looking to move Andrej Meszaros. Meszaros makes $4 million so it might be difficult to move him. Not many teams can afford a $4 million underachieving Dman. Though Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune states the Edmonton Oilers have been scouting the Lightning in their quest to find some defensive depth.The Hurricanes have struggled terribly this season and might be looking to get younger. Ray Whitney (no-move clause) and Joe Corvo might be on the block.Dallas is looking to a big forward.The Detroit Red Wings haven`t been that happy with the play of goalies Chris Osgood and Jimmy Howard, and might be looking to bring someone in. Martin Biron maybe?
- Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Rick DiPietro is a few weeks away from returning, if he can stay healthy, Martin Biron will be on the move. As part of the deal with Biron signing with the Isles, it was put in place that he would be traded if/when DiPietro returned.
- Curtis Zupke of the OC Register: Zupke on Randy Youngman`s article, both are bringing up the JS Giguere to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a deal that would involve Vesa Toskala. Giguere would be a `mentor`for Jonas Gustavsson, and is under contract until next season, making somewhere in the neighborhood of $6 million. Toskala`s $4 million contract expires at the end of the season. The Ducks would love to get out of Giguere`s contract, as Jonas Hiller has taken over the #1 duties. I`m not sure if Toronto would want to bring in a $6 million backup goalie/mentor.
Around the Boards: Sun. Nov. 1st
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 1st, 2009
- Jay Zawaski of Chicago Now: Marian Hossa has started skating with the Blackhawks, but is not expected to return until the end of November. They are also not going to rush Toews back.
- Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The play of James van Riemsdyk and Matt Carle has moved them both into consideration for US Olympic team according Brian Burke.
- Scott Morrison of CBCSports.ca: The Detroit Red Wings might be starting to look at trading for a goalie as they don’t appear to be that happy with the play of both Chris Osgood and Jimmy Howard.
- James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: The Maple Leafs top 2 goalies appear to be back healthy for the moment, but how they will fair remains to be seen. According to Burke, “If one of [Gustavsson or Toskala] doesn’t emerge as the guy or both of them, if they can’t emerge as a tandem, then we’re going to have to go look for a goaltender. We can’t fix the goaltending situation until we figure out what we have.”
Ty Conklin a free agent
Posted by Derek in NHL Free Agents, NHL News on June 29th, 2009
The Detroit Red Wings have decided not to offer a contract to Ty Conklin, reports The Detroit Free Press. After going 43-19-7 over the past two seasons with Pittsburgh and Detroit, I have to think there will be a lot of teams interested in Conklin’s services.
The Wings have decided to go with Jimmy Howard as back-up to Chris Osgood and likely the future goaltender.
Conklin (33) will be a hot commodity after July 1st and could challenge for a starters job where ever he ends up.
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