The final series of the playoffs gets underway tonight with Edmonton taking on Florida. The events and outcome of the Stanley Cup Final will also affect the draft order in the next three years. As CapFriendly notes (Twitter link), the following four late-season trades will be finalized based on whoever wins this series: Ducks/Oilers: The 2025 fifth-round pick that went to … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Conditional Picks, Tocchet, Thunderbirds
Penguins GM Kyle Dubas Discusses Offseason Plans
Last offseason was an eventful one for Penguins President and GM Kyle Dubas. He wound up losing his job in Toronto only to be hired by Pittsburgh soon after. Meanwhile, a search for a GM resulted in Dubas simply removing the interim tag from himself. On the ice, the Penguins were active both on the trade front and free agency. They added Erik Karlsson in a three-way deal … [Read more...] about Penguins GM Kyle Dubas Discusses Offseason Plans
Free Agent Focus: Pittsburgh Penguins
Free agency is now just a month away and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. There will be several impact players set to hit the open market in July while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign as well. We continue our look around the NHL with an overview of the free agent situation for the Penguins. Key Restricted Free Agents F Emil Bemstrom – Bemstrom … [Read more...] about Free Agent Focus: Pittsburgh Penguins
Xavier Ouellet Linked To KHL
Defenseman Xavier Ouellet has played 178 career NHL games so far along with 441 career appearances in the AHL. However, it appears that he won’t be adding to those totals next season as Belarus Hockey relays that the blueliner is expected to sign with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL. The 30-year-old was a full-time NHLer for a couple of years with Detroit but since then, he has … [Read more...] about Xavier Ouellet Linked To KHL
KHL’s Dinamo Minsk Signs Xavier Ouellet
Dinamo Minsk, the lone Belarusian team in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, announced the signing of defenseman Xavier Ouellet today. The French-born Canadian is a pending unrestricted free agent after completing a two-year, two-way deal with the Penguins. Reports linked Ouellet to Minsk over the weekend. A second-round pick of the Red Wings back in 2011, the 30-year-old … [Read more...] about KHL’s Dinamo Minsk Signs Xavier Ouellet