The Edmonton Oilers and Evan Bouchard are talking a four-year deal
Zach Laing of Oilers Nation: Elliotte Friedman on his 32 Thougths: The Podcast, he said that the Edmonton Oilers are working on a four-year contract.
“There appears to be numerous confidence over the weekend they’re going to get this sorted out. I’m wondering if it’s going to be around 4 times $9.5-million — that’s just numbers that were being thrown around here. We’ll see, but there appears to be numerous confidence it’s going to get worked out.”
Only a four-year deal keeps the cap hit under $10 million.
Free Agent Signings: Knies, Fabbro, Giroux, Khusnutdinov, Callahan, Husso, and Bahl
The Detroit Red Wings are considered one of many teams trying to add
Max Bultman of The Athletic: The Detroit Red Wings had been talking to the Anaheim Geese about goaltender John Gibson since before the trade deadline. Timing didn’t work as Gibson had been coping with injuries.
The Red Wings have Gibson and Cam Talbot under contract for next 12 months, and there may be a mutual interest in bringing Alex Lyon back. GM Steve Yzerman said Sebastian Cossa needs more AHL time.
Yzerman hopes to give you the option to re-sign Patrick Kane before July 1st.
The Red Wings are on the lookout for an upgrade on the blue line and adding a winger, not a straightforward task, as many teams are.
“After I’m talking to groups right away, everybody wants — the teams I’m talking to — they need players,” Yzerman said. “Very similar to we wish players. What do we now have to supply? Like, I don’t need to trade our core players. You trade, whatever, a young centerman for a young centerman — I’m trying to add to our team, and use our future assets for that, and right away, teams are all trying to add players to their team, form of do the identical thing (that) we’re attempting to do.”
NHL Rumors: Marchand, McBain, Perry, Pietrangelo, Flyers, and the Lightning
Teams are turning their attention to free agency now, and trades may come after.
Would Latest York Rangers defenseman K’Andre Miller be a fit for the Red Wings?
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