Notes Of The Day June 25th 2012

• Formal CBA will start very quickly after Wendesday's NHLPA meetings.
• @APortzline was reporting that the Blue Jackets were offered all of the New York Islanders' picks to move up two spots in the draft.
• It looked like Nash to Ottawa was a done deal, but apparently, Ottawa is not on Nash's list and is holding up the deal.
• So much for the Pavlec going to KHL rumors. He's signed a new deal for 5 years worth $19.5M. According to Bob McKenzie of TSN it breaks down to $3.25M for year one, $3.5M for year two, $3.75M for year three, $4.25M for year four, and $4.75M for year five. This is interesting seeing that there were rumors the KHL offered him $5M tax free...

Notes Of The Day June 22nd 2012

Just some notes for the day:

• Tim Thomas has waived his NMC. It was set to expire on July 1st. Teams just on the cap floor may be interested in his services. However, it will not affect his decision on returning.
• Keith Yandle is in play, and teams such as the New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues are involved, and players like Brandon Dubinsky are being named in return.
• According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: As for Nash trade? Howson said no offers are close. "They have a ways to go yet."
• Renaud Lavoie of RDS is reporting that the Philadelphia Flyers are trying to move up in the draft. The Anaheim Ducks' 6th overall pick is being named.
• According to @NHLWiki the Ottawa Senators are now the front runners for Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash with the offering being Ben Bishop, Mika Zibanejad, and Nick Foligno. 
• The 2013 Draft will take place in New Jersey and Philadelphia in 2014.
• According to Team 1200 in Ottawa, the last issue before the Rich Nash deal is done, is budget.
• Swiss star Damien Brunner has signed a one year deal with the Detroit Red Wings.

Bobrovsky Traded to Columbus for 3 Draft Picks

Sergei Bobrovsky has been traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for 3 draft picks including a 2nd round draft pick (45th overall) and the 117th overall (originally belonging to Phoenix.) This should solve the franchise goalie problem Columbus was having. CBJ played five goalies last year including Curtis McEllhinney, Steve Mason, Curtis Sanford and Allen York.

Notes of The Day May 23rd 2012

• Derek Dorestt has signed a three year contract extension with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was expected to be an RFA, but with the sudden turn of events will not have to go through the hassle in the off-season. This season he has a career high 12 goals and and eight assists along with an NHL high 235 PIMs.
• Blues Assistant Coach Scott Mellanby has left the organization to pursue other career opportunities. No word on his replacement.
• Speculation: @bobmckenzie is reporting that he wouldn't be surprised if he left to join the Habs.
• Vancouver's AM980 has tweeted that he COULD be Vancouver bound?
• @jprutherford is reporting that possible replacements for Mellanby are the following: Tom Renney, Jeff Brown, and Gary Agnew.
• Mikael Granlund has offically joined the Minnesota Wild.
• Contract Terms: 3Yr/$2.7Mill with an annual signing bonus of $90K
• Read More:  http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/152273445.html
• Luke Richardson has decided to join the AHL affiliate of the Ottawa Senators as their head coach. He was already the Asssistant Coach of the big league club, but he will now get a promotion to the Head Coaching job in Binghamton.

Notes of The Day May 19th 2012

• Milan Hejduk has signed on for another year with the Colorado Avalanche at a price tag of $2 Million
• Josh Cooper of the Tennesseean reports that there will be a two week gap between when UFA Ryan Suter and Preds GM David Poile will talk so Suter can "unwind".
• Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal reports the top five candidates for the vacant head coaching job are,  1. Brent Sutter 2. Marc Crawford 3. Todd Nelson 4. Jon Cooper 5. Ralph Krueger.   (Our own note: Very Surprised Dallas Eakins is not on the list.
• Ted Kulfan is reporting that Nick Lidstrom will have his decision on retiring by mid-June.
• Aaron Portzline is reporting that the Columbus Blue Jackets will not be signing 2010 draft picks Petr Straka, and Brandon Archibald. They are however, undecided on goalie Mathieu Corbeil.
• From Sarah Baicker; Flyers Surgery List.
• Claude Giroux: Both wrists. Out 6 Weeks.
• Kimmo Timonen: Fragment in his lower back. Out 8-10 Weeks.
• Wayne Simmonds: Broken index finger. Out 4-6 Weeks.
• Matt Carle: Torn stomach muscle. Out 4-6 Weeks.
• James Van Rimesdyk: Torn labrum muscle. Unknown time frame for return.

Columbus Blue Jackets Disappointment MUST SEE. (VIDEO)

The Columbus Blue Jackets had a draft lottery party where most of the fans were expecting them to get the first overall pick in the draft. But watch what happens when they don't...

The second comment sums it up.

What's worse than being the biggest loser in your sport? Losing the event to prove how badly of a loser you are.

cyprus05 10 hours ago 38 

College Signings and Decisions!

Just a quick rundown of all the college signings in the last few days!

• University of Denver C Drew Shore has signed on with the Florida Panthers.
• University of Denver W Jason Zucker has signed on with the Minnesota Wild.
• He will report to the NHL club on Thursday.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed University of Michigan G Shawn Hunwick to an entry level contract.
• He will report to the NHL club tonight and serve as Mike York's backup as Steve Mason took a puck to the mask during practice this morning.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have also signed F Boone Jenner to a two year contract.
• F Spencer Abott, the leading scorer in NCAA has decided to leave the University of Maine and join the Toronto Maple Leafs on an one year entry level contract.
• He will play off the year in the Toronto Marlies.
• Western Michigan D Matt Tenneyson has decided to join the San Jose Sharks.
• The Ottawa Senators have signed University of Florida - Miami D Chris Wideman to a two year contract.
• The Buffalo Sabers have signed F Brian Flynn of the University of Maine to a contract.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed F J.T. Brown from the University of Minnesota - Duluth to an two year entry level contract.
• He will report to the parent team and burn a year off of his contract by playing in the parent club.
• Washington Capitals have signed University of Miami of Ohio D Cam Schilling to an entry level contract.
• He will report to AHL Hershey as his deal starts next year. 2 year deal.
• Western Michigan sophomore D Danny DeKeyser, considered the best US college free agent available has announced on Twitter that he will stay and Western Michigan for at least one more season.
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• The Coyotes have signed St. Cloud State University G Mike Lee to a two year entry level deal.
• The Coyotes have also signed University of Michigan C Chris Brown to a three year entry level deal.

Apparent Final Offer for Nash.

After the Deadline passed and Rick Nash wasn't traded as well as GM Scott Howson blaming the trade talks on Nash, rumors have come on what the Rangers offered. It was widely believed that the package Howson demanded has to have either Michael Del Zotto or Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan or Carl Hagelin,  Chris Kreider, and Brandon Dubinsky. What surprised me was that Howson did not include a first round draft pick. In a lighter note, we're also surprised Howson didn't want the Connecticut Whales. However, then we remembered Sean Avery and Wade Redden were there.


The New York Rangers countered with a final offer near the deadline of 3 P.M. EST with a package of Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon, J.T. Miller, Christian Thomas, and a first round pick.


You know the rest.

Trade Overview

Here's an overview on the 2012 trade deadline

Biggest Trade

Cody Hodgson and Alexander sulzer to Buffalo for Zach Kassian and M-A Garagani.

- cody hodgson was in the run for the Calder Trophy and all of a sudden he gets traded. But the X-factor of this trade might actually be the two forwards but Garagani. He played amazing during the playoffs and has been struggling so far this year. puck moving defensemen are rare so he might make or break this trade.

Worst Trade

Paul Gaustad and 4th round pick to Nashville for a 1st round pick.

- what is buffalo thiniking. they are the smallest team in the entire league and they decide to get even smaller. they trade away Zach kassian (6-3) and Paul Gaustad (6-5) and they just lost all size up front. Buffalo completely loses out on this trade but they better draft a big forward in the up coming draft.

Trade that didn't happen.

obvioulsy the nash rumours. there was so much hype about Nash and he doesn't get traded. jackets GM Howson said Nash asked for a trade but there wasn't an offer that was good for the organization. rumours says that nash isn't changing the list so the nash rumours will come back on during Free Agency

More thoughts

less trades than last year (15 this year, 16 last year). two hours between first deadline trade and second one. 

Teams that stayed out - Calgary, Washington, Philly, pittsburgh, carolina, dallas

Quick News From Around The League

On Waivers:
Ryan Russell - Columbus Blue Jackets 
Grant Clitsome - Columbus Blue Jackets
Eric Boulton - New Jersey Devils 
Brad Staubitz (re-entry) - Minnesota Wild
Krys Kolanos - Calgary Flames
Brian Rolston - New York Islanders


Picked Up:
Darryl Boyce - 
To: Columbus Blue Jackets
From: Toronto Maple Leafs


Call Ups:
David Ullstrom - New York Islanders
Ian Cole - St. Louis Blues

Darryl Boyce picked up on waivers.

Darryl Boyce has been picked up on waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets from the Toronto Maple Leafs. To make up room, the Jackets have placed Grant Clitsome on waivers.

3 overrated and 3 underrated players on the block

With the trade deadline approaching, we take a look at the top 5 overrated players and the top 5 underrated players on the trading block this year.

3 Overrated Players

1. Sam Gagner, C  Edmonton Oilers
   He's been getting so many hype ever since he had that crazy 8 point night against Chicago. Even though he's been on a good run, he's overrated because he hasn't been consistence offensively.

2. Rick Nash, LW  Colombus Blue Jackets
    Because he is an all-star and an Olympian, many people think he is the best player out there. He does have size and skill that make him attractive but he is having a terrible season right now. He didn't contribute much in the olympics. they tried him on the first line but he failed and ended up on the fourth line.

3. Derek Roy, C   Buffalo Sabres
    Roy isn't a bad player but he is not worth that much. He puts up god numbers but his playoff performances are sup-par. If you want to make the playoffs and have a deep run, he's not your guy.

3 Underrated Players

1. Ray Whitney, LW   Phoenix Coyotes
    The desert is known to always hide players. Ray Whitney has quielty been piling up points and at 39 years of age, he's leading the Coyotes in points. He won a cup with the Canes so he has the experience and the veteran leadership.

2. Ryan Suter, D    Nashville Predators
    Shea Weber has been given much credit for the extremely strong defensive game of the Preds. weber's defensive pair has also been a strong leader both on and off the ice. The Preds must have been really happy when they drafted those two in the 2003 draft (Suter was drated 5th, weber was drated 49th)

3. Lubminor Visnovsky, D    Anahiem Ducks
    Visnovsky has always been a terrific puck-moving defensemen. When he started out with the Kings, LA basically tried to cover the existence of him until he started producing too much to not get noticed. Last year, he led defensmen in points. Need I say more?

Jeff Carter to LA

It is exploding all over the media that Jeff Carter to the LA Kings is a REAL possibility. The deal may finsih within the next 24 hours ,unless something big happens.

Refresh for updates when they come!

Update:
6:30 Jonathan Bernier will NOT be involved in the trade talks.
6:34 Jeff Carter for Jack Johnson and a 1st is a real possibility.
6:40 Pierre LeBrun of ESPN is saying that if the LA deal gets done that pretty much leaves the NYR and the SJ Sharks for Rick Nash.
6:42 Rumblings are that the main thing stopping this deal is that the CBJ wants a roster player as well.
6:52 Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Period is reporting that Carter's attitude may be the problem.

6:56 Jeff Carter is trending Worldwide on Twitter and Jack Johnson is trending in LA as well.
7:26 Helene Elliot of the LA Times via @NHLWiki has said that the trade is waiting to be confirmed.
7:49 Both Leafs' GM Brian Burke and Assistant GM Dave Nonis are nowhere to be seen 10 minutes into the game. I assume its to make one last push for Carter.
7:54 @The_Creasy is reporting that CBJ is waiting for one more phone call before finalizing the deal. Perhaps it's the Leafs? Dave Nonis and Brian Burke are no where to be seen...
8:00 Hearing the problem is that Leafs' GM Brian Burke is refusing to include the Leafs' 1st Round Pick.
8:37 CBJ GM Scott Howson will address media within the hour, we will catch that and post some updates on that.
8:37 OFFICIAL JEFF CARTER HAS BEEN TRADED. DEAL IS PENDING PHYSICAL.


TO LA KINGS:
F JEFF CARTER


TO COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
D JACK JOHNSON
CONDITIONAL 1ST ROUND PICK.
CONDITION: IF LA MISSES PLAYOFFS IT EITHER BECOMES 2012 1ST ROUNDER OR 2013 FIRST ROUNDER. IF LA MAKES THE PLAYOFFS IT BECOMES A 2013 FIRST ROUNDER.


Winners:
Mahbod: Los Angeles is your winner. Carter was unhappy and unmotivated in CBJ, which may be the reason for his scoring slump. With the addition of Jeff Carter, LA will soar because now they have the previously stacked chemistry between Carter and Mike Richards from Philly on the Power Play. Add Kopitar, Brown and Gagne to that and you have a dangerous team.

Kyle: I'm going to go with LA because they got a proven goal scorer who should mesh well with Mike Richards since they were former teammates. Jack Johnson's play hasn't been that great this year and if Carter wakes up from his slump, the first round pick will become a late one and not worth it for Carter.

Alson: LA wins this one. In 11 years (when Carter's contract ends) a fourth liner will probably make as much as Carter makes now. The 1st round pick will probably a late round pick anyways. Carter and Richards' chemistry is unmistakable and now with another threat like Carter, LA is a team to be feared. But on that note, I think its a matter of time before they get caught doing something stupid...

Wexler: In my opinion this is diffidently a win for Columbus. Jeff Carter did not have any chemistry in Columbus an he wasn't going to preform at his full potential there. Meanwhile the Blue Jackets have gotten a younger top 2 Defensman in Johnson and a 1st round pick which may become very important if the Kings do not make the playoffs. I really don't know what these guys are talking about but Columbus is at a rebuilding stage, where Carter would not have not fit in with and may have up to 4 first round picks in the 2012 draft if they deal Rick Nash as well.

Vermette Traded to Coyotes

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded away Forward Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Curtis McElhinney, a 2nd round pick (2012, acquired from Ottawa in the Turris deal), & a 5th round pick conditional (2013). The condition is that if the Phenoix Coyotes get past the first round of the playoffs, it turns in to a 4th round pick.

Winners:
Wexler: I'm gonna say Phoenix wins this one because they brought in a top 6 forward for the price of almost nothing. Vermette will help the surging Coyotes to a higher position in the West and during the playoffs. The only advantage for the Blue Jackets is that they got a 2nd round pick but that pick will not be too significant down the stretch for them.

Kyle: Phoenix because Vermette will add secondary scoring to Phoenix's offence. McElhinney won't ever be a starting NHL goaltender unless he starts playing better. The second and fifth round picks will be around the median of the NHL. I think Columbus will deal those picks for a veteran forward/goaltender for next season.

Mahbod: In my opinion, Phoenix came out on top. Vermette is a sure 19+ goal scorer. Like Alson said, McEllhinney will just fit in with the Blue Jackets mid-tier goalies like Sanford, Dekanich and York. The 2nd and 5th round picks are good for Columbus in their rebuild stage because they can use them to wheel and deal some nice players. Again, I rather have Vermette over a third string goalie and draft picks.

Alson: This is a close one but I gotta go with Phoenix. Vermette is a proven scorer and McElhinney will just add on to the number of average goalies that the Columbus Blue Jackets have in their system (Curtis Sanford).

The apparent asking price for Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash to Toronto Maple Leafs' GM Brian Burke is Joffery Lupul + a 1st Rounder or Lupul + Reimer. My question to you guys is would you do it?

Wexler Rumor: I heard the price for Nash was a 1st Rounder, Kulemin, Gardiner & either a prospect (Joe Colborne) or Macarthur.

Deadline Special!

Our deadline special consists of a bunch of names we have heard a lot from the media and sources a like. We will have a bunch of names and teams we believe are interested in the said player. We can't guarantee that the player will go that team, but we try to give you the best and quickest information as quickly as possible! So without further to do, here is our deadline special!


Wexler's rumor: I heard J.S. Giguere's name brought up by teams in need of a solid backup going into the playoffs.
Teams Interested:


Alson + Wexler's rumor: There's lots of rumors about Rick Nash going to the Philadelphia Flyers for Sean Couturier or Brayden Schenn, James Van Riemsdyk, or Wayne simmonds plus a 1st Round pick (2012) . We've also heard that Jack Johnson, Dustin Penner, and Johnathan Bernier in exchange for Rick Nash. However, there were also rumblings that Jack Johnson may have complained that he would be unhappy there. On his short list he submitted I can confirm that the Toronto Maple Leafs and the LA Kings. Rumored teams include the Sharks and the Bruins. I can also confirm that Leaf's GM Brian Burke met with CBJ GM Scott Howson over breakfast at a New York hotel.


Wexler's rumor: Hearing Hawk's Patrick Kane is available in exchange for Buffalo's Ryan Miller.


Alson + Wexler's rumor: Grabovski will be traded if he does not resign. He clearly wants to stay with his entire family here, but is looking for $5 Million a year. It may be too much for GM Brian Burke and teams interested include the Senators and Islanders.


Mahbod's rumor: Kyle Quincey's name has been named. No word yet on which teams are interested. Also, the Anaheim Ducks seem to be interested in Ryan Miller.


Alson's rumor: The Edmonton Oilers are looking at a long term soloution for goaltending. Tukka Rask, Corey Schneider and Johnathan Bernier have all been named. I heard the LA Kings wanted Linus Omark and either Magnus Paajarvi and a 2nd or 1st round pick with that.


Alson's rumor: There's talk that the Colorado Avalanche are interested in Columbus Blue Jackets' Jeff Carter. Also a lot of talk about Ales Hemsky being traded. Nashville and LA being named...


Kyle's rumor: Multiple sources confirm that the Philadelphia Flyers have withdrawn from the Rick Nash sweepstakes since they acquired Nicklas Grossman and Pavel Kubina.


Also, as per Darren Dreger tweets, The New York Rangers are the front runners for Rick Nash.

There is a rumor that Ales Hemsky of the Edmonton Oilers could be dealt to the Nashville Predators for Ryan Ellis and a draft pick.

Breaking trade rumors.

Pavel Kubina is not at practice. Most of my sources have been in agreement that he is going to be traded imminently. We don't have have the teams but we will update as this comes.

Fedor Tyutin, Jeff Carter, and Rick Nash are all not at practice. Not too sure why. Will update soon as well.

Nash List.

Due to Rick Nash's Modified NTC, he can submit teams he would want to be traded to. I can confirm right now LA Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs are on it. Anything else, I'm not too sure. Stay Tuned.

Rick Nash Available.

I can confirm to all of you that Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets IS available for trade. However, like most superstars, the asking price is ridicolously high. I won`t be able to tell you which team because the teams named are pretty much every team in the league. There are rumors that if Nash gets traded, so will Jeff Carter.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Vinny Prospal to a one year extension worth $1.25 Million. The 36 year old is in the moonlight of his career and has 33 points in 53 games this year.