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 taking a look at Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark.
“There’s a marketplace for him,” the supply instructed BHN. “If I take a look at the groups out west – the Oilers, the Avalanche, and the Kings – I feel the Kings need one probably the most. I feel they actually like Ullmark.”
Proper-handed defenseman Matt Roy (pending UFA) and 22-year-old Arthur Kaliyev (pending RFA) might curiosity the Bruins.
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Don’t count on the Washington Capitals to commerce for a rental, they’re specializing in the longer term
Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports activities Community: Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan on the upcoming deadline.
“Now we have per week left to make some choices. Our precedence can be the way forward for our membership. All choices will likely be primarily based on (that). It’s not, ‘Hey, we’re going to exit and lease a man for the playoffs.’ We’re not in that recreation. We’re searching for alternatives to search out extra younger gamers, add extra younger gamers to our roster and compete—nonetheless compete.”
MacLellan on their pending UFAs Anthony Mantha, Joel Edmundson, Max Pacioretty, and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
“We’re not going to sit down right here and simply dump gamers on the deadline,” MacLellan stated. “If one thing is smart for us, if it’s a very good commerce and it’s good worth or it helps our group, we’ve to contemplate it. However simply to blindly go in and say we’re simply eliminating all these guys, we’re not going to try this.”
An excellent state of affairs could also be for MacLellan to amass one other first-round decide after which use that decide to amass a youthful roster participant(s).
MacLellan stated that had some preliminary talks with pending RFAs Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael, and Beck Malenstyn however nothing severe.
