{"id":740053,"date":"2026-07-03T02:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740053\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:25:16","slug":"west-notes-debrusk-nemec-predators-rooney-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740053\/","title":{"rendered":"West Notes: DeBrusk, Nemec, Predators, Rooney \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Brian La Rose<\/a> |
\n at July 2, 2026 6:58 pm <\/p>\n

Canucks winger Jake DeBrusk<\/a> has been a speculative trade candidate dating back to last season.\u00a0 Signed to a seven-year, $38.5MM contract two years ago with the hopes of his joining a contender, the team has gone in a different direction, one he has suggested that he\u2019d open to moving away from.\u00a0 However, TSN\u2019s Ryan Rishaug noted Wednesday (Twitter link<\/a>) that there has yet to be any dialogue between the Canucks and DeBrusk\u2019s camp about waiving his trade protection, an element that will be needed before he can be dealt.\u00a0 The 29-year-old had 23 goals last season, although only four of those came at even strength.\u00a0 That limited five-on-five production, coupled with five years left on his deal, is likely limiting his trade market at this point.<\/p>\n

More from out West:<\/p>\n

Speaking with reporters Wednesday (audio link<\/a>), Flames GM Craig Conroy indicated that he has been in talks with Simon Nemec<\/a>\u2019s representatives about his next contract. However, he noted that he doesn\u2019t expect to hear back from them until later this week or early next.\u00a0 Nemec was acquired last month for a pair of first-round picks and a second-round selection and was previously believed to be seeking a deal similar to Luke Hughes<\/a>, who received a seven-year, $63MM contract last fall.
\nThe Predators announced<\/a> that they have hired Dawson Sprigings as an Assistant to the GM. The 32-year-old is someone that new GM Chris MacFarland is quite familiar with.\u00a0 Sprigings spent the last seven seasons with Colorado, serving as their Associate Director of Analytics and Lead Data Scientist. \u00a0MacFarland, of course, came over from the Avs last month so he has plenty of experience working with Sprigings and will likely have him working in a similar capacity despite the different job title.
\nVeteran forward Kevin Rooney<\/a> will be remaining in the Mammoth\u2019s organization, but in a different situation than last year. After playing on an NHL two-way deal last season, the AHL\u2019s Tucson Roadrunners announced<\/a> that they\u2019ve signed Rooney to a one-year AHL contract.\u00a0 The 33-year-old had 24 points in 44 games last season with the club while adding a goal in his lone appearance with Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Brian La Rose | at July 2, 2026 6:58 pm Canucks winger Jake DeBrusk has been a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[391,4047,78521,85313,4826,385,27814,99,4829,1320],"class_list":["post-740053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-calgary-flames","tag-jake-debrusk","tag-kevin-rooney","tag-nashville-predators","tag-nhl","tag-simon-nemec","tag-sports","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}