The Trade Deadline Rumor Chart is now live. Today I updated 20 players . The Rumor Chart is more or less my predictions as to where these players are likely to be moved based on all the conversations and rumors I hear through my research. Your $20 a year not only helps to keep the site going, it also gives you full access to the site and enables us to turn of most advertising and auto-play videos. Thanks for your amazing support!
Now for the rumors....
*Jeff Carter is saying all the right things, but a new player may have entered the sweeps. I have heard the Kings are interested and wouldn't it be interesting if Carter and Richards were reunited in LA? Leafs, Preds, Sabres and Flames are also names I have heard.
* Zach Parise is on the Kings' radar as well. For the first time yesterday I heard the Canucks as a possible destination with Mason Raymond being part of a package.
*Ray Whitney to Nashville continues to persist, and I will continue to say what a perfect fit he would be for the Preds. Yesterday I was also told Hitchcock likes him in St. Louis as well. The Pens are also part of this.
*Hemsky to Montreal will NOT die...I have to say I am surprised by how strong and how many people feel the Habs are trying to be buyers. Detroit, Nashville, Pitt all in on him...(it should start to be apparent the teams who are looking to improve with a top 6 forward, and how much fun the dominos could be...)
* On the Rumor Chart I am still holding Derek Roy at 55% likely to remain a Sabre, but Colorado and Calgary have expressed interest and it may not be as hard to move Roy as Sabres fans believe...(or I would tend to think)
* Similarly, Semin is at 60% to Washington, but I have talked to some people I trust over the last 72 hours or so who fully believe the Hawks are the team to look for in the Semin sweeps...over the Wings who I have generally considered the likely favorite. The question is will Chicago be willing to give what it will take to make this happen?
* Parenteau is a pending UFA who is getting a lot of attention as well. Especially from Vancouver. I dropped the percentage down to 15% that Parenteau would remain an Islander. The Habs are still in there as well.
* Jack Johnson may be the key player in any deal that would send a star forward to LA. I have heard the Flyers mentioned today, but not the player they would give up.
* Picking up Pavel Kubina for the playoffs just "feels" like something the Red Wings would do...and a source in Chicago who was recently scouting at a Red Wings Game told me he heard the same in the Press Box.
*I added Lubumir Visnovsky to the chart today, but not Ryane Clowe. Many of you keep asking me to add Clowe based on the Leafs rumors you have heard. I continue to ask around and I don't yet feel Clowe is actually being discussed this time around. Last year at this time Toronto was talking about Clowe...
I will be back with more...another blog this evening at the latest.
Along with the players mentioned I updated
The Trade Deadline Rumor Chart today for: Penner, Ruutu, Sanford, Parros, Nash, Grossman, Andrei Kostitsyn, Jason Blake and Pahlson..
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