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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boston Bruins sign 28-year-old forward to 2-year deal (report)
The Bruins continue to fortify their bottom six. Boston signed Michael Eyssimont to a two-year deal with a $1.45 million AAV, according to Anthony DiMarco of Daily Faceoff. The 28-year-old has played with the Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, and most recently Seattle Kraken. Advertisement Eyssimont's best season came with Tampa Bay in 2023-24, when he registered 11 goals, 14 assists, and racked up 104 penalty minutes in 81 games. The forward was dealt from the Lightning to the Kraken at the deadline last season, and scored nine goals and added seven assists in 77 games between the two teams. A 6-foot, 190-pounder, Eyssimont has registered 352 hits in 213 career NHL games. More Bruins content Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New Details About Rasmuss Andersson's Blocked List, Trade Suitors Emerge
New Details About Rasmuss Andersson's Blocked List, Trade Suitors Emerge originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Rasmus Andersson's situation with the Calgary Flames continues to generate league-wide attention. Advertisement A new report has added more complexity to the situation, given that Andersson's possession of a modified no-trade clause makes things even more complicated. The defenseman is entering the final year of his six-year, $27.3 million contract, and extension talks with Calgary have stalled. Andersson is believed to have taken advantage of his no-trade list to block moves to the Ottawa Senators and, more recently, to the Los Angeles Kings. According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, reporting a month ago, the Ottawa Senators were already interested in trading for the blue liner back then. The problem, as reported shortly after by Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco, is that Andersson "has the nation's capital on his modified no-trade clause (six teams)." Advertisement Earlier this week, TSN's Darren Dreger revealed that the Kings made what he called a 'blow your socks off' offer for Andersson, but added that the defenseman is not interested in that market. In a report published on Friday by The Fourth Period, Andersson is, in fact, believed to have blocked moves to Ottawa and Los Angeles. Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4) looks on during warm-up before a Kirouac-Imagn Images "The veteran blueliner also owns a six-team no-trade list, with the Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings believed to be among them," the report reads. The Dallas Stars and the Vegas Golden Knights have also shown interest in acquiring Andersson, as revealed in the same report by The Fourth Period. Both teams, however, would need to clear cap space to take on Andersson's $4.55 million hit. Advertisement The same outlet has Andersson listed as the third-best player reportedly available for trade, although Flames general manager Craig Conroy has made clear the player is still committed to the club. 'Right now, he's totally fine with playing for the Calgary Flames,' Conroy said. 'That was the last conversation. And he's always said that he's a Calgary Flame. 'It's all the speculation. Until something is done, nothing is done.' Related: Flames GM Addresses Growing Speculation About Rasmus Andersson Related: Flames' GM Shuts Down $27.3 Million Defenseman Trade Rumors This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Edmonton Journal
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
'Disappointing': Oilers GM blasted as a "loser" for free agency work. Maybe that's a good thing
You will not find Stan Bowman's name on any major list of NHL July 1 free agent frenzy winners. Article content Bowman had limited cap space to work with. He cleared out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane's contracts and said good-bye to Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Jeff Skinner and John Klingberg in large part to pay for $6.6 million and $5.5 million million per year raises for Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl respectively. Article content Article content The cap shot up, which helped pay for new deals for free agent Andrew Mangiapane and prospective free agent Trent Frederic. Article content Article content One test of an NHL GM is to use cap space wisely on July 1, something interim GM Jeff Jackson failed to do last season. Bowman did it this year but that's an easier test to pass when your cap space is limited, as Bowman faced this year in Edmonton. Nonetheless, he made what looks to be two solid bets on two solid forwards, Mangiapane and Frederic, as well as a great cheap bet on energy forward Curtis Lazar. For all this, however, Bowman has now been labelled a 'loser,' by many a hockey commentator on their annual Free Agent Frenzy winner and loser lists. Article content Here's what former NHL goalie Martin Biron had to say at TSN. 'They did not address their goaltending. So there's a lot of question marks. Is the Edmonton Oilers a better team now? They're not. They're not a better team now than they were when the season ended. They're not a better team now that they were at the start of the season when they didn't even have Evander Kane healthy like they did in the playoffs. So, I'm looking at the Oilers and I'm saying this is disappointing.' Article content Article content At the Athletic, VGK writer Jesse Granger also put the Oilers in the 'loser' category when it came to the NHL's goalie carousel. 'The Oilers shocked many by standing pat in the crease – at least for now. Edmonton still has Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard under contract for one more season, and GM Stan Bowman chose not to add a goalie on Tuesday. In Bowman's defense, it's not as if there was a bounty of options available to upgrade his goaltending. Still, he passed on John Gibson, who Anaheim traded to Detroit for Petr Mrazek and two draft picks. He also passed on signing one of the veteran backups on the open market.' Article content At the Daily Faceoff, writer Matt Larkin also has the Oilers as overall losers: 'The Oilers got two big swings at the Stanley Cup and missed. Now Leon Draisaitl's and Evan Bouchard's new deals kick in at a combined $24.5 million, and voila, you've squeezed Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Evander Kane, Arvidsson and John Klingberg from your roster while adding nothing on July 1. It's not an utter catastrophe given the Oilers' top-end stars remain aboard, but when your depth gets decimated and you don't address your goaltending problem…we have to call it like it is and say the Oilers are a significantly weaker team now than they were even two weeks ago.' Article content At The Athletic, writer Shayna Goldman also said that teams (like Edmonton) looking for a goalie ended up as losers. 'The goalie market was incredibly weak this year. ' Article content And at Bleacher Report, writer Lyle Fitzsimmons also pegged the Oilers as NHL free agency losers. '(Bowman) did prompt some league-wide head scratching by signing middle-six forward Trent Frederic for eight years at $3.85 million annually, but it hardly seems the kind of move that'll convince Connor McDavid, who's entering the last year of his deal, to stick around.' Article content And at The Hockey News, writer Adam Proteau also had the Oilers as losers: 'Despite nearly winning a Cup this past season, the Oilers weren't able to persuade key role players to re-sign with the team… At best, the Oilers are approximately the same in terms of all-around talent, and that may not be good enough to keep Pacific Division and Western Conference teams at bay next year. That makes them a loser on our list.' Article content Article content The same went for Ryan Dixon at Sportsnet: 'A lot of valuable depth — from Corey Perry to Connor Brown to John Klingberg — went out the door and any notion the Oilers could do something to upgrade the crease was killed by a grim goalie market that became completely barren once Jake Allen re-upped in New Jersey.' Article content 1. Maybe it's a good thing that so many commentators see the Oilers as 'losers' just now. Maybe it's not so wise to be hailed as a winner early in July. Article content We will all recall that last year at this same time that interim GM Jeff Jackson and the Oilers were widely seen as major winners of free agency. The team went over the cap momentarily to sign Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, while retaining Adam Henrique, Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark, while saying good-bye to Warren Foegele. Everyone raved about Jackson's brilliant moves. Article content Article content A few days later Edmonton traded Ryan McLeod for prospect Matt Savoie, and folks loved that move to. Article content Said Sportsnet Caglary's Eric Francis: 'I'm just going to tell you right now that that team on paper is the most terrifying team in the West and I think in all of hockey. Kudos to the Oilers.' Article content Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic found that of the teams that made the Final Four in the 2024 playoffs, the Oilers were the only one that got better during the July free agency period and not worse. 'Most Stanley Cup finalists don't get to run it back. Usually, they have to lose some key pieces to make the cap work the following year. Lucky for Edmonton, the Oilers not only didn't have to lose any vitals cogs, they actually got to add reinforcements… A team that was a goal away from glory getting better — even marginally so — is a big deal.' Article content And hockey writer Scott Wheeler of The Athletic: 'Really nice offseason in Edmonton for Jeff Jackson.' Article content And NHL podcaster Peter Blackburn of the What Chaos show: 'The Oilers are having an outrageous offseason.' Article content And Oilers blogger Matt Henderson: 'Jeff Jackson has thoroughly blown me away.' Article content And hockey writer Jonathan Willis: 'I'm not prone to unconditional praise, but this was just a great day for Jeff Jackson, his staff, and the Edmonton Oilers.' Article content And The Athletic's Thomas Drance: 'The Edmonton Oilers forward group is shaping up to be nasty. After Edmonton's moves today, the 'to win Stanley Cup' futures market has adjusted to price them as the favourite at +850. And that's dead right. Article content And Spittin' Chiclets podcaster Ryan Whitney: 'I am actually over the moon right now.' Article content And me, David Staples of the Cult of Hockey: 'Jackson has had an outstanding off-season, the best in twenty years in Edmonton.' Article content And, most importantly, Oilers captain Connor McDavid: 'I thought the whole management staff has done a great job. They've had a great offseason so far.' Article content Article content 2. So all was good, right? Not ever close. Doomsday came six weeks later when the St. Louis Blues took advantage of Jackson's over-exuberant, over-extended spending spree and made offer sheets to Oilers prospects Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. And then came the regular season, when Broberg and Holloway both stepped up, as did Foegele in Los Angeles and McLeod in Buffalo, but Arvidsson and Skinner failed to shine as hoped in Edmonton, with Janmark's play dropping off appreciably. Only Brown and Henrique maintained steady levels of play from the 2024 Stanley Cup run. Article content 3. Who knows how things will turn out this time? No one knows, evidently. Article content Things can change fast. But it was imperative to sign up Draisailt last summer and Bouchard this summer. Bowman did both. I see both the Mangiapane and Frederic signings as decent bets, but I also worry Kane and Arvidsson will come up big in new cities. Article content Article content 4. I went into this free agent period hoping the Oilers would get a new goalie and a bunch of fast, nasty and aggressive forwards on value contracts, two-way players like Vasily Podkolzin, a major Bowman find after Holloway went to St. Lou. Article content Lazar can be that kind of player if he's healthy. As for the goalie situation, the market wasn't there to bring in the right player and the right price, so that's a move that will come as the season develops. Article content 5. Bowman described to Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now the early July 2025 goalie market as following: 'We looked around at different options and certainly there were some things, but we didn't think any of them really came close to making sense as far as making our situation better. So we certainly want to try to improve there, whether it's the current group we have, you know, we're comfortable with them. We've gone with them, you know, with Stu and Picks in the past and they got us right to the Final two years in a row. So I think there's a lot of positives there. And can we improve? Sure. And we want our not just the goalies, though, want everyone to try to take a step forward next year. And, you know, sometimes incremental little benefits can make your team better. So we're looking for that. But we're comfortable with where we are right now. Part of your job as a manager is to always see what the options are. There was a lot of movement yesterday with goalies moving around. But none of those really made sense for us.' Article content Article content
Globe and Mail
26-06-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
NHL, NHLPA are reportedly close to new collective bargaining agreement
The NHL and NHL Players' Association are on the verge of extending the collective bargaining agreement more than a year before it expires and expanding the regular season to 84 games. The league and union have been in talks since April and are closing in on a memorandum of understanding addressing a number of high-profile topics long before the current agreement runs out in September 2026. The extension that could be announced as soon as Friday at the draft in Los Angeles would provide extended labour peace in a sport that has had multiple work stoppages, including the 2004-05 lockout that wiped out an entire season. The league and union closing in on a deal was confirmed Thursday by three people familiar with the negotiations who spoke with The Associated Press on condition on anonymity because the deal had not yet been finalized. It was first reported by Daily Faceoff. Two of the people said the new CBA will increase the regular season to 84 games from 82, shorten the maximum length of contracts and add a playoff salary cap for the first time. Extending the regular season from a total of 1,312 games to 1,344 would also come with curtailing exhibition play. Since 2013, players have been able to re-sign with their own team for up to eight years and sign with another for up to seven years. Under the new CBA terms, each would be reduced by a year, to seven for re-signing and six for changing teams. A salary cap in the postseason would prevent teams from using long-term injured reserve rules to load up their rosters. Currently, teams with players on LTIR can exceed the cap by roughly the amount of the players' salaries until the playoffs begin. The option has been used, for example, by Chicago (Patrick Kane in 2015), Tampa Bay (Nikita Kucherov in 2021) and the Vegas Golden Knights (Mark Stone in multiple seasons) during their playoff runs. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh foreshadowed a quick conclusion to labour talks speaking at the Stanley Cup Final earlier in June. Bettman said the sides were 'in really good shape, having really good discussions,' and Walsh added that talks were 'moving forward, and I feel good with where we are.' A full, new CBA would be the first since 2013. The league and the union have been working on the memorandum negotiated in 2020 to finish that season during the pandemic and would meld that agreement with the framework from 12 years ago.
Edmonton Journal
26-06-2025
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
NHL, NHLPA close to agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement: Sources
Article content The league and union closing in on a deal was confirmed Thursday by three people familiar with the negotiations who spoke with The Associated Press on condition on anonymity because the deal had not yet been finalized. It was first reported by Daily Faceoff. Two of the people said the new CBA will increase the regular season to 84 games from 82, shorten the maximum length of contracts and add a playoff salary cap for the first time. Extending the regular season from a total of 1,312 games to 1,344 would also come with curtailing exhibition play. Since 2013, players have been able to re-sign with their own team for up to eight years and sign with another for up to seven years. Under the new CBA terms, each would be reduced by a year, to seven for re-signing and six for changing teams. A salary cap in the postseason would prevent teams from using long-term injured reserve rules to load up their rosters. Currently, teams with players on LTIR can exceed the cap by roughly the amount of the players' salaries until the playoffs begin. The option has been used, for example, by Chicago (Patrick Kane in 2015), Tampa Bay (Nikita Kucherov in 2021) and the Vegas Golden Knights (Mark Stone in multiple seasons) during their playoff runs. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh foreshadowed a quick conclusion to labor talks speaking at the Stanley Cup Final earlier in June. Bettman said the sides were 'in really good shape, having really good discussions,' and Walsh added that talks were 'moving forward, and I feel good with where we are.' A full, new CBA would be the first since 2013. The league and the union have been working on the memorandum negotiated in 2020 to finish that season during the pandemic and would meld that agreement with the framework from 12 years ago.
