WEDNESDAY’S LATEST NHL BUZZ
— The Grand jury investigation into rape allegations against Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane has been delayed and may never happen, the Buffalo News reported on Tuesday.
The paper reported financial settlement talks are on-going between attorneys for both Kane and the alleged victim.
“They have been in settlement discussions and both say they want their day in court, but both have vacillated from time to time and also said: Let’s just resolve it,” a source told the paper.
— Aside from Kane who even with a settlement being reached, could still face criminal charges, though, unlikely if the alleged victim doesn’t want to go forward, one of the biggest stories going into the NHL season is Steven Stamkos future in Tampa Bay.
Stars like Stamkos don’t make it to the free agent market but this situation may go there as some feelings have been hurt.
Sabres GM Tim Murray is known for trying to pull off some crazy trades and word out of the Sabres organization is Murray approached the Lightning around the draft about acquiring Stamkos and Ryan Callahan, and while the No. 2 overall pick was never offered, some believe if things would have got serious, Murray would have pulled off the risky blockbuster with No. 2 being involved.
— Super agent Pat Brisson last summer negotiated the long-term extensions for both Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, securing identical 8 year, $84 million contracts for Toews, Kane. In those talks Brisson is said to have went into negotiations seeking $12 million a year for Kane, Toews, with both sides eventually settling on a cap hit of $10.5 million.
For the Los Angeles Kings they’ve been met with the same type of demands in talks for Anze Kopitar, another Brisson client. A deal will eventually get done here but it’s taking some time. The Kings are believed to be offering Kopitar just south of $9 million per season.
— A team that has made a late charge into the mix for Cody Franson who remains unsigned is the New York Islanders, though, the Sabres remain the most likely landing spot.
The Islanders are looking to add a right handed defenseman and are also talking to Marek Zidlicky.
— The St. Louis Blues have concerns about David Backes body breaking down over the next couple years, which has Backes future in St. Louis up in the air. In the last year of his deal, the Blues don’t have the stomach to dish out Ryan Kesler type money to Backes.
NHL execs say Backes was shopped to Eastern Conference teams this summer and almost became a Capital.
“Washington and St. Louis talked a bigger trade [prior to Oshie trade],” an Eastern Conference exec said. “You think missing piece and David would be it [for Washington],” the exec said.
— The Penguins are not totally comfortable with Jeff Zatkoff as their No. 2 netminder this season and had spoken To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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“I know him as a sniper,” Malkin said of Kessel. “He likes to score goals. He’s flying every game. I think if he plays with Sid, he can score 50 goals at least. He has everything.”
“Hopefully, they can’t figure it out either,” Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said during his Player Media Tour appearance Tuesday. “If they do, then we’re all in trouble. That’s an overdose of skill, if Kessel ends up playing with one or the other.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=778426&navid=DL|NHL|home
I am so glad we have you finding obscure sources like NHL.com to enlighten us with complete unknowns like this one
Franson is a pipedream. Thanks Shero
shero is too busy now he has the devils organization to destroy a little bit more
Does anyone else just go through the post a give Same a “thumbs down” without even reading the comment? I figure it’s prettyfe to assume that anything/everything he says is just completely absurd.
hahaha your funny gaydogg as if i dont know who its putting thumbs down for me its always the same CliQ npl ,stan zero,jerk and you . enjoy while you are at it because when season starts and you start writing your long novels people here without reading your stories will put thumbs down for you. Maybe before even you start writing your box will start with a thumbs down
I wish I was allowed to give this more thumbs down. Also… I am sure everyone except CBauer and Dusty give you the thumbs down when opportunity presents itself lol
I wish I had more hands, so I can give those titties for thumb down!
Exactly the voice I used as I typed it lol
That’s actually completely impossible your turd. You can only give a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” 1 time per comment so there is no way possible that 5 posters could give more than 5 “thumbs downs” yet I’ve seen post of yours that have hit double digits. How could that be possible if it’s all just me, npl, stan, zero and jerk? The answers is that the whole site knows you’re dumb.
I know I do
Sam told you clowns Franson would be a Leafs but just said hes racist.
hope florida gets another storm so you be gone for a few weeks again and search for your hot dog cart and leave this place in peace for a while
sam told me Franson was going to the Maple Leafs… What the hell happened there??!!
Sam is fat.
Now that its official maybe it creates a realistic market for Scuderi… not sure if those that “missed out on Franson” would be looking for a Scuds but I would still love to see the Pens move away from that deal.
Teams that went backwards This year I’d say flyers, bruins, and Devils
I’d argue that Chicago took a slight step back as well, but are still a playoff team. With Hossa getting older along with the Kane incident, they still have to rid themselves of salary (Bickell or Versteeg). Saad will be missed.
losing kane might hurt the hawks but if he comes back this season to play im sure hawks will trade him to a none hockey market team, like florida,,imagine kane to tampa for stamkos
Saad is quickly becoming one of the most overrated players in the NHL, especially in this area. Chicago won’t miss him one bit and I’ll go even farther and predict that Dano out produces Saad this season.
you high?
Wait what??? Weren’t you the person that was raving over Boston making moves to acquire 1st round picks? We know you are dumb but I figured you were atleast smart enough to remember what you said.
HAHA, Cody Franson in Buffalo… good call sam, didnt end up a Leaf nor a Penguin. He also didnt sign for 1 year at under 3… idiot
Well… guess it’s still not a “done deal” but it seems to be inevitable
Now it’s official. 2 years 6.6m
I never said he will end up with pens. I said he wants to join back with leafs but all depends of the leaf management at the end of the day. Franson himself said he’d like to go back. And sabres gave what he wants because it’s a way to show other teams and players they are a serious organization and create attraction for other players eventually to join since sabres organization has been a joke for last 10 years Nice try zerotool
Actually fatsam you had been talking about him coming to the Pens a lot… I never said you said he would end up a Pen although you did say he was “going to be a Leafs” at one point the couldnt shut up about him landing in Pittsburgh for a contract that just didnt make sense. It was the incessant chatter about it that really didnt make sense. This is what makes you such a dumb ****… the inability to understand simple thought and follow your own verbal diarrhea. The whole point was you fantasy hockey chatter about inking Franson… Read more »
your clearly mistaking me with Gaydogg that was exited about Franson coming to Pittsburgh .i said franson would be good if pens got rid of scuderi .and if Franson so valuable why other teams didn’t get him before .so this makes even harder people want scuderi that’s what i said . would i want franson over scuderi hell ya i would’ve gave him 1 year 3.5m
I never once said Franson was coming to Pittsburgh you incessant Tard. I actually said the exact opposite that Franson wasn’t coming to Pittsburgh because they didn’t have the roster/cap flexibility to sign him even though he should have been 1 of their top targets. From this day forward I will never again say someone is “Dumber than a box of rocks”, from this day forward it wil be “Dumber than a tard called Sam”.
Exactly, the fact is the idea of teams trading for Scuderi so we could sign Franson was F***ing absurd when all a team had to do was sign Franson. That’s the point… the chatter on it was crap as soon as we were up against the cap.
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Dude what happened? You were good since the new format launch, don’t revert back now,
Your right I was good since the new format launch because Npl 10 wasn’t around for a while but pisses me off when I get moderated and clowns like him and ou812 gets to have user names such as Sam is fat and Sam is Gay. Anyways let them have fun season starts they are blocked. No time for him and his ugly hot dog cart
OU has been decent, changed his name back at least. I enjoy actual hockey talk, so please keep it up. Buffalo is slowly becoming a team. They might be a sleeper team this year.
Agree at least ou can talk about hockey when time I right but the other clown Npl is just a waste of time an space. And about sabres they are the team that made most changes since las year. They can be dangerous this year
You have to put the pens right up there with them. The pens made some serious changes. Half the team is different and better on paper. That said defense is worse but we’ll see how that goes. Crazy gmjr did more roster overhauling than shero ever did.
yeah pens did make some good moves but the defense is a big question mark,will have to wait and see.And GMJR probably made more moves last 2 years than shero was here for 8 years.for sure JR made moves like despres trade for lovejoy but cant win all trades and despres trade was pure politics off the ice
UFA D Cody Franson is currently in BUF and expected to finalize on Thursday a two-year contract. AAV is expected to be around $3.3M.
I was just about to post this balth
Now will sabres be good because of DB coaching or because of the talent
I don’t know who dB sucks but that clown always get lucky with good teams. When Ted Nolan was the coach the team was garbage.
Didn’t they recently get a new owner or was that the bills?
yes they did and this owner is spending and trying to turn this Franchise around
So according to The 4th Period, the Pens were getting JVR if the Phil deal fell through.
Gotta take that article with a grain of salt
That said kessel > jvr
The 4th period has been given props by the best in the business… far better than hockey buzz etc.
Sam has a mind-blowing, combined -33 in this article alone. The dudes handicap rivals no other. Sorry Dustin.
Glencross PTO with Leafs?
Go Pens!
Yeah but where
28 days
pre season starts on sept 20th
Wonder what else buffalo would have offered for Stamkos and Callahan aside from Eichel. Would have to move at least some cap to stay in their budget. Maybe Ennis?
I think stamkos will end up with Leafs if he ends up UFA this summer
Lol leave a Cup contender in sunny Florida to go to crap team in poopy Canada. HAHAHAHA
#NoAsterisks
He might value money above all. Let’s be honest, if you were in his position would you rather play for a team that has the ability to contend for the next several years or go for one of the highest contracts out there along with being in your hometown?
Winning is a lot less miserable. And it’s not like Toronto would/can out pay Tampa by a significant amount.
Npl doesn’t know the feeling of a player playing for his home town. He can’t even name or count on 1 hand of 5 hometown Florida players in the league. Only thing h can count is how many hot dogs he ate today.
Just like Cody Franson right?
http://www.nj.com/flyers/index.ssf/2015/09/5_flyers_things_we_learned_friday_gm_ron_hextall_a.html
latest about world of hockey http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/826746
for those clowns that are still in love with shero here is the latest
http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/826696
Whose still in love with Shero?
don’t you remember there were clowns riding shero and DB when they were around thinking those 2 bozos were the best at what they do now that they are gone they act like they never cared
Dude, get with the now. Why bring up things that are so far in the past?
Best part is he doesnt realize that a large cross section of the board fell off the DB bandwagon in 2012 after the Philly debacle and many were frustrated with the drafting and some of the trading record of Shero for sometime
Disco ? 🙂
Been quiet for a while with gruntball getting ready to start for real
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