Do the Los Angeles Kings have their eye on Linus Ullmark?
Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey Now: The Los Angeles Kings could possibly be one of many groups in search of Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark.
“There’s a marketplace for him,” the supply informed BHN. “Once I have a look at the groups out West – the Oilers, the Avalanche and the Kings – I feel the Kings need one essentially the most. I feel they actually like Ullmark.”
Proper-handed defenseman Matt Roy (pending UFA) and 22-year-old Arthur Kaliyev (pending RFA) may curiosity the Bruins.
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Do not anticipate the Washington Capitals to commerce for rent; they concentrate on the long run
Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports activities Community: Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan on the upcoming deadline.
“We nonetheless have per week to make some selections. Our precedence can be the way forward for our membership. All selections can be primarily based on (that). It is not, ‘Hey, we’ll rent a man for the playoffs.’ We do not take part in that recreation. We want to discover extra younger gamers, add extra younger gamers to our roster and compete – nonetheless compete.”
MacLellan on their upcoming UFAs Anthony Mantha, Joel Edmundson, Max Pacioretty and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
“We’re not going to take a seat right here and simply dump gamers on the deadline,” MacLellan stated. “If one thing is smart for us, if it’s a good enterprise and good worth for cash, or if it helps our group, we must always give it some thought. However to go in blindly and say we need to eliminate all these guys, we’re not going to try this.”
A really perfect state of affairs could be for MacLellan to accumulate one other first-round decide after which use that decide to accumulate youthful participant(s).
MacLellan stated there had been some preliminary discussions with working RFAs Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael and Beck Malenstyn, however nothing severe.