It will be interesting to see how much of all this twittering etc adds up to anything real in terms of actual deals, and how much of it is just occupying us like hamsters in a wheel without any cause…
Rumors
NHL.com – News: Senators say there’s nothing imminent on Heatley – 06/25/2009
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Assistant General Manager Tim Murray said Thursday that no serious offers for the services of Heatley had surfaced yet, despite published reports to the contrary. Ottawa executive vice-president and general manager Bryan Murray is shopping Heatley after the sniper told…
From Working the Corners: Agent on trade rumors: ‘I think Doug tried to see the value for Ryane Clowe’
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Just talked with Ryane Clowe’s Quebec-based agent, Paul Corbeil. He, too, had seen the TSN.ca reports from the NHL draft site saying Clowe was the subject of trade talks that Sharks GM Doug Wilson was having in Montreal with several…
Darryl Evans via Twitter: Kings Interested in Ryane Clowe with two e’s
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LAKingsHockeyRyan Clowe’s name came up today in trade circles here in MTL. From what I’ve heard, the Kings have shown interest. DE #nhl via Twitter I’m not sure if that makes me more or less secure re Frolov’s future with…
Russo’s Rants: Trade chatter
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As of now, Chuck Fletcher is still trying to make a trade, with the emphasis on the trying. As proof by the crickets throughout the NHL, it’s not easy making a trade right now, not when as a colleague said…
Michael Russo (Russostrib) on Twitter
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Appears L.A. Kings team to beat for Heatley; Alex Frolov, another & the fifth overall pick I’m hearing; No way Wild can beat that #nhl Okay, that’s f’ed up. Russo is a real writer and a real reporter and is,…
From The Hockey News/Ken Campbell: THN at the NHL Draft: Trade buzz building
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The most likely player to be dealt is Dany Heatley of the Ottawa Senators, with the Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild emerging as the front-runners. The Kings would likely have to give up a package that would include Jack…
Scott Burnside: Trades, rumors and who’ll be No. 1
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Another guy bound to be in the middle of about a million rumors this weekend will be Los Angeles GM Dean Lombardi, whose young Kings took a big step forward last season by hanging around the playoff picture well into…
Via Faceoff.com: Heatley remains a tough sell
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If Murray can’t get a deal done by Friday, it’s not going to break his heart, because only one of the interested teams has offered a draft choice. That’s interesting. via Heatley remains a tough sell.
Via Matthew Barry: Lombardi on JJ Sr and ALL THAT B.S.
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Of course that was a perfect segue for me to ask about all of the off season turmoil surrounding Jack Johnson and that he seems to be talked about in every single trade deal. Lombardi cleared the air. “Aw, that’s…