The Dallas Stars suffered a devastating blow this week as key veteran Tyler Seguin suffered a season-ending torn ACL . The two-way star forward had contributed 17 points and a plus/minus rating of +10 thus far to Dallas' terrific 18-5-5 start. He will be greatly missed. And to that end, the Stars are going to put their trade efforts into overdrive going forward, as noted on TSN's Insider Trading by Chris Johnston . I think where it leads them now is, they're likely to be even more aggres...
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The Montreal Canadiens rank 30th in the NHL in goals against average, at 3.54 allowed per game. Similarly, they're 30th in save percentage, at .877. If the team hopes to maintain its push to the top of the Atlantic Division, it will certainly need to address the goaltending. Sam Montembeault has been supremely disappointing this season, with a 5-6-1 mark, an .861 Sv% and a 3.61 goals against average. The Habs came into the season feeling like their goaltending was in good hands, as the 2...
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When it comes to sought-after trade assets, the Toronto Maple Leafs' cupboard is pretty bare. Gone are their first- and second-round picks in the 2026 Draft; gone is their first-rounder in 2027; gone are two of their top prospects in Fraser Minten and Nikita Grebenkin. Easton Cowan? Forget about it. He's not going anywhere. So if GM Brad Treliving is intent on boosting the troops with a viable addition, what does he have to offer up in a trade that other teams would be interested i...
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed Ryan McDonagh for three more years. He is in the last year of a seven-year deal at $6.75 million AAV and was set to become a UFA after the season. Tampa Bay extends Ryan McDonagh 3 x $4.1M — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 4, 2025 McDonagh is 36 years old, so his new three-year deal with a cap hit of $4.1 million AAV takes him to 39 years old. The veteran leads the defensemen of the Lightning in ice time on the penalty kill with over three minut...
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Edmonton Oilers ' Darnell Nurse and Toronto Maple Leafs ' Morgan Rielly find themselves in similar situations a quarter of the way through the season. Both are struggling, in different ways, which has ignited talks of a change of scenery for the two veteran defensemen. On the Real Kyper and Bourne Show , former GM Doug MacLean said he would trade for Nurse “in a heartbeat,” igniting speculation about whether the Toronto Maple Leafs should consider a one for one swap involving Morgan Riel...
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The Columbus Blue Jackets are blowing too many third period leads, but they aren't acting like a rebuilding team. They see themselves as a group on the cusp that wants to make noise, not start selling off pieces. That makes Kiefer Sherwood a very natural target. The hometown power forward is leading the Vancouver Canucks in goals, and is exactly the type of top nine winger contenders chase at the deadline. Multiple insiders have confirmed that Columbus has already called Vancouver,...
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We heard back in September from GM Danny Briere that goaltender Carter Hart would not be returning to the Philadelphia Flyers once he was eligible to return to the NHL as of this week. Now it's been revealed that it was strictly Hart's idea, and not necessarily the Flyers' preference. Hart wound up signing with the Vegas Golden Knights and made a triumphant return to the NHL Tuesday night (despite surrendering a goal less than two minutes in), backstopping the Knights to a 4-3 overtime w...
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The Nashville Predators are one of the only NHL teams in sell mode, and veteran center Ryan O'Reilly is the prime trade candidate to be dealt first. O'Reilly has not looked like himself this season, and has called his own play out publicly. With that said, the Predators as a group are struggling, and GM Barry Trotz has no other move but to listen to trade offers. When it comes to moving O'Reilly, the New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens are leading the charge. O'Reilly doesn't have any tra...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are very interested in acquiring Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes. However, they won't be moving two of their promising young forwards to get the deal done. According to Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff, the Flyers certainly have trade interest in acquiring Hughes, but they won't be moving forward Matvei Michkov or prospect Porter Martone in the deal. Instead, they have a few other trade options who could intrigue the Canucks' brass. The Flyers have the most tale...
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The NHL's trade market is heating up in a big way, and look out for the Montreal Canadiens to make a splash. Reportedly, they've been in trade talks with the St. Louis Blues. Darren Dreger: I keep looking at Montreal...one of those teams that most definitely is continually kicking tires on the potential of a fit with [the Blues] and some of the assets that they have up front - Sekeres & Price (12/1) The Canadiens have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL, and have plenty of trade capit...
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The NHL’s long-awaited return to the Olympics suddenly has a cloud hanging over it. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said NHL players will not attend the 2026 Games if Milan’s main rink is not completed on time. The league has been reassured for months that the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena will be ready, but with construction delays piling up and test events relocated, frustration is rising fast. The Olympic ice arena in Milan is still yet to be completed and now it's been shared that the i...
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The Dallas Stars have gotten the worst possible news on the devastating injury to veteran Tyler Seguin, and his season is done. Tyler SEGUIN is out long term with an ACL injury pic.twitter.com/btj0qG94AA — Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) December 3, 2025 The team announced that Seguin, who went down Tuesday night, has suffered an ACL injury and is expected to be out for the rest of the season. It was almost exactly a year ago that the veteran center was forced to undergo hip s...
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The depth on the Montreal Canadiens ' blueline continues to mount. And with it, the possibility of a trade from that depth to address their need in the top-six. A report from Habs insider Marco D'Amico in rg.org indicates that while teams have been calling GM Kent Hughes on Kaiden Guhle, he has no intention whatsoever of trading the currently-injured d-man. Rival GMs "have been met with an immediate denial." The combination of physicality and defensive awareness that he brings to their b...
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Trevor Zegras has been exactly what the Philadelphia Flyers hoped for on the ice, which is why speculation is inevitable about when a contract extension is coming. He's leading the team in scoring and is even forcing his way into the Team USA Olympic conversation. It all feels like the perfect moment for GM Danny Briere to slam down an eight year deal and call it a day. Instead, the noise around the league is that the Flyers are more likely to slow play this, use their RFA leverage...
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Jason Robertson is doing exactly what every general manager secretly fears in a contract year. The Dallas Stars sniper is torching the league again, piling up 35 points in 26 games and coming off a month where he led the NHL in goals, points and shots. He has already produced a 100 point season earlier in his career, and his current heater only strengthens the case that the his next contract will need to live in true superstar territory. Dallas avoided trading him when other teams ...
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Brad Marchand loves to play the Toronto Maple Leafs, and apparently, he loves to defend them as well. Ahead of the Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers matchup on Tuesday night, Marchand spoke with the media, and essentially bashed all the 'haters' who feel the Maple Leafs are not a playoff team. Marchand made it very clear, he still feels they are, and everyone shouldn't be writing them off in December. "What are we, 25 games in? If you think that your playoff dreams are done 25 games in, you've ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that they've lost their leading goal scorer for two-to-three months. Tyson Foerster suffered an upper-body injury in the most bizarre way on Monday night. Injury Update🚨 Tyson Foerster is expected to be out 2-3 months with an “upper-body injury”. Huge loss for this team, and unfortunately he loses any possibility of representing Canada in the Olympics. #LetsGoFlyers pic.twitter.com/4dZMNDr5LP — Flyers Zone (@TheFlyersZone) December 2, 2025 Foerster was in...
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The Vancouver Canucks are headed towards a rebuild or retool, and whichever it is, players are going to be sold off. One of those players, who is at least garnering a lot of interest, is Conor Garland. Elliotte Friedman said, "I think there are some teams that are very interested, teams like Minnesota, Boston, potentially Philadelphia, others." There is another way to look at this situation though. David Pagnotta said, "There's a reason they signed (Garland) to a six-year extension. They'd lik...
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Back in November, rumors began to spread that New York Rangers' pending UFA Artemi Panarin might actually forego signing anywhere in the NHL after the season, and could actually head home to Russia to continue his career. But at that point, it was still a rumor emanating from Russia... We hadn't heard Panarin address it. Until now. And in an ominous statement about his NHL future, per Mollie Walker in the New York Post , the Rangers' best player refused to deny the ...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars are both expected to be without NHL regulars for some time as it was revealed Brandon Carlo (TOR) and Lian Bichsel (DAL) are both injured and not returning any time soon. Craig Berube says Brandon Carlo will miss extended time “He has to get something done. It didn’t go the way we thought” @TSN_Sports — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) December 2, 2025 Sounds like #TexasHockey Lian Bichsel will miss significant time with his injury sustained Sunday. — Frank...
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The St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings have started December by swapping depth forwards. The Blues traded Nikita Alexandrov to the Kings, while LA sent Akil Thomas back to St. Louis. The Blues have acquired forward Akil Thomas from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Nikita Alexandrov. #stlblues — St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) December 2, 2025 Alexandrov is 25 years old and was originally drafted by the Blues in 2019 at the end of the second round (62nd). He is on a one-year contract at...
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The door has effectively slammed shut on an Alex Formenton NHL return this season. With the December 1 deadline now passed and no trade materializing, the restricted free agent is officially ineligible to play in the NHL in 2025-26. Despite months of effort from the Ottawa Senators front office to move his rights for a draft pick, league sources told Bruce Garrioch there was virtually no chance of a deal, and that prediction has come true.
Alex Formenton NHL rights remain with the Sena...
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The Vancouver Canucks know exactly what they are sitting on with Kiefer Sherwood. The 30 year old winger is having a career year, driving scoring and physicality, and that has turned the Sherwood trade sweepstakes into one of the juiciest subplots of this deadline season as contenders circle.
Kiefer Sherwood trade market heats up with Islanders circling
With Kyle Palmieri lost for the season, the New York Islanders have been quickly linked to Sherwood as they search for a scori...
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Keep an eye on the Detroit Red Wings and Vancouver Canucks, as these two teams could pull off the biggest trade we've seen in a very long time. The Canucks are open for business, and while they've mentioned they aren't necessarily 'shopping' captain Quinn Hughes, the writing is on the wall that he's not going to re-sign, and wants to be closer to the rest of his family. Close, you ask? How about playing back at home in Michigan, for the Detroit Red Wings. GM Steve Yzerman is well aware Hughes ...
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St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington has had his name all over the rumor mill as a trade candidate. Now he's the focus of attention for his actions after being pulled early in the first period Monday night—barking at head coach Jim Montgomery and storming off to the locker room. Jordan Binnington has some words for Jim Montgomery after getting pulled early in the 1st pic.twitter.com/CSAXoxsdNB — Gateway Grinders (@gatewaygrinders) December 2, 2025 A goalie will usually plunk himself do...
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