Latest Penguins Rumblings
— Penguins Defenseman Trevor Daley will be a Detroit Red Wing Saturday afternoon when the clock strikes 12:01 p.m. The Daley camp cut off talks Friday with other finalists and informed those clubs he will be signing with the Red Wings.
As mentioned here the last couple days, he was going to get a 3-4 year deal and the deal with Detroit is at least three years and some chatter it could be a four year deal in the $12.5-$13.5 million range.
— There’s considerable interest in Chris Kunitz but hearing the Kunitz camp is not 100% certain what type of offers are actually going to be coming in until they do. The expectation is Kunitz will have multiple two year offers in the $2.75-$3.25 million per range but Kunitz doesn’t have a deal lined up yet.
A lot of teams chasing him are also chasing Patrick Marleau who is a higher priority for those clubs. Chicago is likely out of the mix for Kunitz with Patric Sharp going there.
Toronto is interested but won’t make a move until a decision is made from Marleau.
League sources say Dallas, Calgary are two intriguing teams hot after Kunitz with failed attempts from Dallas to sign Justin Williams and Calgary missing out on Sharp.
Minnesota’s trade today with Buffalo doesn’t make Minnesota a likely landing spot for Kunitz now, a source says.
— The Penguins believe Matt Cullen is strongly weighing the possibility again of signing with the Minnesota Wild and that it’s Minnesota or retirement for Cullen. Pittsburgh, though, also felt Cullen was signing with Minnesota last July 1 and that didn’t play out so we’ll see where that goes again.
— The speculation might have been fun for fans and pundits but the Penguins had zero contact with Joe Thornton’s camp during the interview period, a source confirmed today. The Penguins did have contact with free agent centers Martin Hanzal, Brian Boyle and Sam Gagner early in the week, but by Tuesday the Penguins crossed all three off their list as potential targets. Boyle has offers pending in the 3-4 year range, Gagner has a three year deal lined up with the Canucks and Hanzal is seeking a five year deal.
— The two sides are not their yet but some small movement To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— Pittsburgh believes they have a deal lined up with To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— Pittsburgh has expressed interest in defenseman Ma[hide]tt Hunwick, a league source says. He doesn’t put up points but is a puck moving defenseman with good skating ability who can log minutes. They’ve liked him for a few years now. Hear he’s eyeing a 2 year deal.
Meanwhile, two right handed defensemen out there the Penguins pursued hard in the past via trade:
Cody Franson who the Penguins offered Simon Despres for in 2015 and Roman Polak who they pursued at the 16 deadline. Management, though, pursues a puck mover.
Another righty with ties to Rutherford is Ryan Murphy who was bought out Friday.
— Michael Del Zotto has two multi year offers, believed to be 2 years on the table. One from a Western Conference team he is leaning towards and one from an Eastern Conference team. Pittsburgh is not that team but have maintained contact, per a source. Looking like a long-shot, though, with players like Del Zotto, pending deals during the UFA interview period sometimes fall apart.
— Darren Dreger reported today the Blue Jackets and Predators have offers on the table for Matt Duchene. Chatter among league execs is if something goes down Saturday, it will likely be Columbus who are going all-in to try to win a Cup in the next two seasons.
The Penguins are on the outside but are still monitoring the Duchene situation. Increasing talk continued Friday that the Penguins are more focused on 1-2 other trade scenarios for a cheaper third line center option who won’t come cheap in cost but not to the extent of Duchene or have a $6 million cap hit.[/hide]
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— Pittsburgh’s best offer to Nick Bonino?
Hearing it was 3 years To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
5M per year for Bonino? Yikes.
I’ve noticed same like to copy and paste from hockeybuzz and the 4thperiod hours, if not days after it happens. To his credit, it’s a drastic improvement in his grammar in relation to the typical incoherent ramblings we’re used to.
Bonino to nashville
Youre slow, Sam. In so many ways.
Now this site will crash any moment
Npl please log off from your other accounts and keep one account active. Or even better just leave. So the site goes smooth. Without your spam presence here
I think the site crashes when you share breaking news 3 hours later.
Buddy just because I’m not here 24/7 doesn’t mean I’m late on news last I checked i live in Canada. Last I checked i live in Montreal that means. I have TSN,Spotsnet. RDS and TVA. So those tweets that you follow I see it live on TV. While you rely on this site , 5period and some fake twitter accounts now get lost Hot dog boy
Last i checked Montreal sucks, buddy.
Last I checked I beat you to the call by 5 minutes and I live in real Canada… last I checked.
I’d say Happy Canada Day but I’m willing to bet you didn’t even know it was the 150th birthday
Hainsey a leaf
D is on twitter reporting that Dreger is reporting Bones to Nashville is a done deal
From Dregs himself… 4/5 year term. No $$$$ yet
Jagr will not sign with Panthers let’s see where they gambler will end. Vegas? Or with Habs if plekanec is still with Habs
They gambler
Aaron Ward is reporting Matt Hunwick will be a Penguin.
Good depth signing. No problems with this at all.
I don’t mind it, guy can at least skate with the team
Assuming the cost was low, i like the deal.
Meh, not bad, not thrilled, but not that mad cause 2.25 isn’t much. We all want Letang insurance for an additional defenseman….but isn’t that what Schultz is? I’d prefer if Hunwick was a righty. Wonder what trades pappy is cookin and if this is backfill for moving somebody.
Reporting that Shattenkirk is getting 6.9 AAV over 4 from NY
Surprised they were able to keep the term down.
Kevin Weekes broke it on twitter but it’s unconfirmed at this point
Wow, Frank Servelli just said this is not a good rumour… bad Kevin Weekes, very bad Kevin Weekes
That was weird. Weekes is obviously connected so why question the validity of what he says? Must have just gotten some bad info.
It’s been dismissed by people close to the situation.
Top 3C choices: Helm, Larkin, Bennett
Top D choices: Kulikov, Franson
Larkin? Like Dylan??
Yup. Put him under the unlikely cagegory, but man id love to see.
Oh – well if we’re doing that, I’d like to see 1986 Bryan Trottier. Or 1981 Bob Gainey
Hey, no one thought Ryan Reaves was possible. And yet, here we are!
Ugh. Still can’t get over the neanderthal mentality.
Sam Bennett?
Yes
I didn’t think they were seriously looking to give up on him
He was a healthy scratch for a few games midseason and they were reportedly open to trading him around the deadline, though dont know how serious they were. If the price is right (obviously) I think hed be a better fit in Pittsburgh than Calgary.
It would be a chance for him to play without pressure that’s for sure.
What would the asking price be for Bozak? Sheary and Pouliot get it done?
Blowzak-I would trade Sheary, but not for that dude.
Lol… there seems to be a handful of people dying to move Sheary, they all seem to have a similar view and make outrageous statements on the regular. For the right deal anyone can go but I’m in no hurry to trade this guy.
Except for you. You are in love with this TK 2.0
TK 2.0 was on pace for 70 points. I know you’ve only been watching the game since the Crosby lottery, but at least pretend you know what you’re looking at. Just for a change of pace.
Guy was great much of last year, just over 100 career games too. If his birth certificate said Ontario you wouldn’t be such a stupid fucken ass on the subject. Kids been far better than TK, much higher IQ and a greater ability to find the back of the net. TKs shoot only mentality was part of his decficiency as a player, Sheary thinks the game way better. If you understood the sport, even at a grassroots level, you’d see this.
On this note… Kennedy, for about four years was a solid depth winger.
I cannot agree more with this statement. sheary had a rough playoffs but seemed to really bounce back. the year before he played lights out in the playoffs. he has a lot of upside. I wldnt trade him
Did we crash yet?
You’re probably coming down from a sugar high – yes
Put down the swiss cake rolls, sam
Article/Update ideas for D
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/07/01/all-the-latest-pre-free-agency-rumblings/
Which player will you root for?
I root for you
Thanks buddy. Good luck today. You’ll need it
Not Sheary apparently
Done deals
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/07/01/phts-2017-free-agent-frenzy-tracker/
Flames are west conf so cant be sam bennett though he would be awesome if they did get him.
Dont get hung up on conference. Its just a 50/50 guess.
Wonder if sammich is gonna be chest pounding over Thornton still after reading this lol
Fake news. Sad.
*Sad!
What eastern conference team? What top nine forward? This is a rumor site right? What is the rumor?
Read something today that said it might be bozak
Sam Bennett
Its tyler johnson
That would be awesome