NHL Rumor Mill Heating Up\u2026 Flyers Hunting Centers\u2026 Blues Facing Big Decisions\u2026 Freeze About to Lift<\/p>\n
We\u2019re sitting in that familiar calm-before-the-storm window right now in the NHL rumor world\u2026<\/p>\n
And GMs are clearly positioning for what could be a very active stretch once the Olympic freeze lifts on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n
As I noted yesterday its almost impossible to keep up with all of the contingency plans being looked at right now\u2026Here\u2019s what I\u2019m hearing and piecing together today\u2026<\/p>\n
Flyers are Buyers and Sellers, But Back in the Center Market\u2026 Again\u2026<\/p>\n
Philadelphia continues to quietly check in on centers around the league, and two names that keep popping up in conversations are Robert Thomas and Shane Wright.\u00a0In Thomas, the Blues know exactly what they have, and there\u2019s no indication they\u2019re eager to move him unless someone overwhelms them. \u00a0The Kings might be furthest along, but Philly is definitely in on this\u2026\u00a0Wright is a different situation. Still developing but the upside is obvious. Teams are always calling on players like this.<\/p>\n
The Flyers aren\u2019t desperate, but they are clearly exploring every possible long-term center solution. They are not looking for rentals. \u00a0They are absolutely looking for centers\u2026they are loaded with prospects at the wing..<\/p>\n
They will be listening on Konecny, Tippett, Couturier, and Ristolainen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blues Could Be the Team That Sets the Deadline<\/p>\n
Around the league, more and more talk is circling about St. Louis potentially heading toward a MAJOR \u00a0reset. \u00a0If they commit to selling, they could completely reshape the trade market.<\/p>\n
This feels like one of those situations where once the first move in St Louis happen\u2026 the domino effect follows..<\/p>\n
Oilers Looking for Depth Scoring<\/p>\n
Edmonton continues to scan the market for help. The focus isn\u2019t necessarily on a blockbuster right now, but more on speed, forecheck, and secondary scoring. \u00a0These are the kinds of moves contenders make quietly that end up mattering in May.<\/p>\n
They will move Mangiapane\u2026Toronto and Treliving, who had Mangiapane in some very good seasons in Calgary\u2026and NJ are interested as well as the Islanders\u2026<\/p>\n
Bruins Still Watching the Defense Market<\/p>\n
Boston continues to look around for defensive help. Nothing imminent, but they\u2019re clearly doing their homework. \u00a0Faulk and Ferraro are probably tops<\/p>\n
\u00a0They\u2019re one of those teams that tends to wait\u2026 then strike quickly when the right fit appears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Rumor Mill Heating Up\u2026 Flyers Hunting Centers\u2026 Blues Facing Big Decisions\u2026 Freeze About to Lift We\u2019re sitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,172627,60,448,4407,7951,82],"class_list":["post-483886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eklund","tag-featured","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-rumors","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}