Posts About "Jan Rutta"
Lightning Have Decisions to Make on UFAs This Summer
December 28th, 2019 No matter what happens this season, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have a busy and likely stressful offseason. They have six restricted free agents (RFA) that could be re-signed, and they also have four unrestricted free agents (UFA) who they could potentially bring back for the 2020-21 season. Related: Lightning Have Big RFA Issues to...
Lightning: Schenn Is Not an Answer on the Blue Line
December 13th, 2019 One quirk of the NHL salary cap era is that it's impossible to have the perfect player at every position. Simply due to the rising cost of star players, building a playoff-caliber NHL roster requires a few low-cost options to fill out a 23-man roster. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the cap crunch is being felt strongly as a core of...
Making Sense of Oilers Defense & Opening Night Roster
October 3rd, 2018 As the NHL prepares to drop the puck on its 101st season of play (102nd of operation), teams announced their opening night rosters. The Edmonton Oilers finalized their roster with a flurry of moves over the past 48 hours. Gone are Pontus Aberg (claimed on waivers by the Anaheim Ducks) and Jakub Jerabek (traded to the St. Louis...
Blackhawks Weekly: Ringing in the New Year
January 2nd, 2018 There’s no way to sugarcoat it. As we embark upon a new year, the Chicago Blackhawks are struggling. They headed into the Christmas break in a rut and have now come out of the break much the same. The Hawks are in the midst of a six-game road trip, and it hasn’t been pretty. They fell 5-2 to the lowly Vancouver Canucks last Thursday...
Are the Oilers About to Sign Cody Franson?
September 6th, 2017 There have been reports that the Edmonton Oilers are one of the finalists bidding for free agent defenseman Cody Franson. One of the reports comes from Rick Dhaliwal from Vancouver's News 1130 radio station. Dhaliwal states Franson, an unrestricted free agent, is looking at offers from the Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks. According to...
Is Chris Lee a Short-Term Solution for Oilers?
June 8th, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers are dealing with an injury to defenseman Andrej Sekera, who'll be out for 6-9 months. One of the short-term options might be journeyman Chris Lee, who spent the past four seasons playing in the KHL. According to KHL insider Aivis Kalnins, the 36-year-old has decided to leave Magnitogorsk Metallurg to pursue his NHL...
Overtime With BSC: Blackhawks Sign Rutta to Help Prepare for Expansion
June 7th, 2017 The Chicago Blackhawks always seem prepared. Even when the team looks primed to blow up their team and start over, the Blackhawks find a way around it. Not many teams can trade Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd, Brandon Saad, among others following Stanley Cup wins and remain competitive. That hasn't stopped the Blackhawks, though. Finding...
Who's Jan Rutta & Why's Edmonton So Interested?
June 5th, 2017 Through the early parts of the offseason, the Edmonton Oilers are tied to a free agent European defenseman named Jan Rutta. The 26-year-old was a member of the Czech Republic team that lost to Russia in the quarterfinals of the 2017 World Hockey Championships this year. According to TSN's Darren Dreger, multiple teams are interested in...
Moving van Riemsdyk Prudent for Blackhawks
June 1st, 2017 TSN senior hockey reporter Frank Seravalli reported on Wednesday that the Chicago Blackhawks are closing in on an agreement that would send Trevor van Riemsdyk and Marcus Kruger to the Vegas Golden Knights as part of the expansion draft process. Seravalli stated an agreement is likely to materialize, but nothing has been finalized at...
