{"id":11369,"date":"2025-07-21T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11369\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:37:09","slug":"hockey-insider-john-shannon-believes-nhl-still-set-for-bump-of-trades-and-second-wave-of-free-agent-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11369\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey insider John Shannon believes NHL still set for \u2018bump of trades\u2019 and \u2018second wave of free agent signings\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL offseason has gone silent as the calendar heads into late July. After the usual flurry of moves at the beginning of the month surrounding the opening of free agency, the hot stove has never picked up steam like some had imagined it would<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, hockey insider John Shannon recently relayed on 880 CHED\u2019s Inside Sports<\/a> his belief that more business is to be done this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think we\u2019re going to see a bump of trades coming, and so what we\u2019re also then gonna see is a second wave of free agent signings,\u201d Shannon told host Brenden Escott<\/a>. \u201cGuys like [Jack] Roslovic and [Victor] Olofsson are gonna be in a position [where] they will get contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Shannon\u2019s interview, Chris Johnston reported after Nikolaj Ehlers signed with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 3<\/a> that trade activity could be spurred on by the teams that missed out on the Danish winger. A week later, Jeff Marek seemingly agreed with Johnston, stating that he believes trades are still to come this offseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marek specifically singled out the Washington Capitals as a team to watch, and the Caps were finalists right behind the Hurricanes in the Ehlers sweepstakes. According to PuckPedia<\/a>, the Capitals have $4.125 million in cap space and, as things currently stand, are bringing back just 10 of their 12 regular forwards from the playoffs this past season.<\/p>\n

The Capitals have made several smaller moves so far, acquiring forward Justin Sourdif<\/a> and defenseman Declan Chisholm<\/a>, as well as re-signing Anthony Beauvillier<\/a>. However, they haven\u2019t made the signature move for the \u201cskilled player\u201d that general manager Chris Patrick hinted at during his end-of-season media availability in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shannon\u2019s highlighting of Roslovic could also involve the Capitals, as Elliotte Friedman reported<\/a> the Caps \u201ctook a long look\u201d at the 28-year-old forward during the first days of free agency. Roslovic recorded 39 points (22g, 17a) in 81 games for the Hurricanes during the 2024-25 campaign. He added four points (1g, 3a) in nine playoff games but was also healthy scratched several times during the postseason by head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour.<\/p>\n

The Ohio native plays both wing and center and could provide head coach Spencer Carbery with lineup options once he figures out where Connor McMichael will start next season<\/a>. Roslovic\u2019s best year came primarily as a center with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2021-22 season, recording 45 points (22g, 23a) in 81 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL offseason has gone silent as the calendar heads into late July. After the usual flurry of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-11369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}