There are just a few teams which may still be seeking to make moves this offseason
Adam Proteau of The Hockey News: We’ve hit the month of August, and things across the NHL have slowed down. There are some teams that would still be seeking to handle some business.
Calgary Flames – There continues to be speculation as to what the Flames will do with defenseman Rasmus Andersson. The Flames wish to compete, but trading Andersson would set them back. They’ll’t compete with the highest team, so collecting future assets could also be not be a nasty thing.
Edmonton Oilers – Will the Oilers go one other yr with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard? There may be also the Connor McDavid extension stuff. The Oilers have just over $200,000 in cap space, and the highest UFA goalies are Alexandar Georgiev, Ilya Samsonov, and James Reimer. They might must wait until the trade deadline.
Minnesota Wild – It’s speculated that RFA forward Marco Rossi doesn’t fit into the Wild’s long-term plans. They might do a one- or two-year deal and see if that changes anything.
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Montreal Canadiens – The Canadiens can put Carey Price and his $10.5 million cap on the LTIR and may have $4.57 million in projected cap space to play with. They need to make the playoffs this yr, so that they’ll likely use that cap space sometime between now and the trade deadline.
Toronto Maple Leafs – (after the re-signing of Nick Roberston the Leafs now have just over $1 million on projected cap space). It’s hard to see where Robertson matches within the Leafs roster. They might look to trade him. There’s still some room to possibly bring someone in on PTO, like they did last yr with Max Pacioretty.
Nick Robertson’s future with the Toronto Maple Leafs continues to be in query
Chris Johnston of The Athletic: So the Toronto Maple Leafs settled before salary arbitration with Nick Robertson on a one-year deal at $1.825 million. Despite the signing, his future with the Maple Leafs continues to be in query.
Robertson asked for a trade last summer, and his playing time was cut to only three of 13 games within the playoffs. The Leafs could possibly be seeking to move salary out, and he could possibly be a chunk that joins David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok.
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The 23-year-old does still have an offensive upside if he can gain the coaches’ trust. He must play higher on the opposite side of the puck and make higher puck decisions.
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