9 DAYS UNTIL UFA DAY...

RUMORS

Hossa to Vancouver (e3), Boston (e2)
Campbell to NY Rangers (e2), Chicago (e2)
Selanne to Montreal (e2)
Nylander to Vancouver (e1)
Demitra to Vancouver (e3), Atlanta (e1)
Bieksa to Carolina (e3)

NEWS

Brian Rolston's rights are expected to be traded in the next few days. SOURCE
Vincent Lecavalier is close to re-signing with Tampa Bay, a deal that will keep him in Tampa for the rest of his career. SOURCE
Jeff Carter and Randy Jones are close to re-signing with Philadelphia. SOURCE
Canucks GM Mike Gillis has stated that he will possibly target several major free agents, such as Marian Hossa, Pavol Demitra, Ryan Malone, and Bobby Holik.

UFA SEASON HAS BEGUN...

ESPN reports that Gomez has signed with the Rangers for 7 years.
Howard Berger: Blake has signed with the Leafs (5 years, $20 million)
TSN says that Smyth has signed with the Avalanche, almost a done deal.


Latest Signings...

Briere to Flyers
Schneider to Ducks
Rafalski to Red Wings
Zednik to Panthers
Perreault to Hawks
Poti to Capitals

RUMORS

Kariya to Penguins (e4), Canucks (e3)
Souray to Devils (e3), Rangers (e2)
Forsberg to Canucks (e2)

FERNANDEZ TO BRUINS (e4-e5), DRAFT EVE RUMORS

I just got off the phone with two reliable sources, and they said Manny Fernandez will be traded to Boston by tonight, if not early tomorrow morning.

Quick hit rumors for the draft eve...

Marleau to Canadiens (e3), Flyers (e2)
Briere to Kings (e3), Flyers (e3)
Gomez to Canucks (e3), Flames (e2)
Vokoun to Coyotes (e2)
Kozlov to Stars (e4), Red Wings (e2)
Smyth to Flames (e3)

It also appears the Canucks want to move up in the draft, and may possibly trade a player for a pick and sign a major UFA, most likely Gomez. As for the draft, it looks as if they will move up to the ninth or tenth spot.

10 days till deadline... rumors for you

LIST OF TRADES SINCE FEBRUARY 1st, 2007

Peter Forsberg was traded to Nashville in exchange for Ryan Parent, Scottie Upshall, 1st round pick, and 3rd round pick.

Ladislav Nagy was traded to Dallas in exchange for Mathias Tjarnqvist and 1st round pick.

Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau were traded to Calgary in exchange for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference.

Josef Vasicek was traded to Carolina in exchange for Eric Belanger.

Eric Belanger was traded to Atlanta in exchange for Vitaly Vishnevski.

Pascal Dupuis was traded to New York Rangers in exchange for Adam Hall.

Sean Avery and John Seymour were traded to New York Rangers in exchange for Jason Ward, Marc-Andre Cliche and Jan Marek.

Brandon Bochenski was traded to Boston in exchange for Kyle Versteeg.

Andy Delmore and Andre Devereaux were traded to Atlanta in exchange for Kyle Wanvig and Stephen Baby.

Milan Jurcina was traded to Washington in exchange for 4th round pick.

Alexander Korolyuk was traded to San Jose in exchange for 3rd round pick.

RUMORS

Nathan Horton to Canucks (e4)
Sheldon Souray to Sharks (e2)
Pierre Marc-Bouchard to Canadiens (e3)
Bill Guerin to Canucks (e3)
Keith Tkachuk to Ducks (e2)
Anson Carter to Canucks (e3)
Martin Biron to Lightning (e2)
Patrick Lalime to Canadiens (e2)
Raffi Torres to Red Wings (e1)
Todd Bertuzzi to Leafs (e3)
Gary Roberts to Sabres (e2)
Marco Sturm to Red Wings (e2)
Eric Brewer to Sabres (e4)
Vincent Prospal to Wild (e2)
Nikolai Zherdev to Rangers (e3)
Bryan Smolinski to Canucks (e3)

Rumors for Sunday
Forsberg to Canucks (e3)
Canucks GM Dave Nonis has been in deep talks with the Philadelphia GM about bringing Peter Forsberg to the Canucks in exchange for Brendan Morrison, Matt Cooke, and a second round pick. If this deal goes through, the Canucks will trade Chouinard for a third round pick to create cap space. Forsberg is willing to waive his no-trade clause to come to Vancouver.

Leclair to Canucks (e4)
As soon as John Leclair was placed on waivers, the Canucks wanted to act quickly, but they had no space. They will try and create as much space as possible to claim John Leclair. This would help the Canucks to get some offense.

NHL ALL-STAR GAME LEADERS
Forwards- Sidney Crosby (247,854 votes), Evgeni Malkin (156,469 votes), Alexander Ovechkin (112,501 votes), Daniel Briere (110,913 votes)
Defencemen- Brian McCabe (174,205 votes), Jay Bouwmeester (132,570 votes)
Goaltenders- Marc-Andre Fleury (138,151 votes), Ryan Miller (123,224 votes)

WEST:
Forwards- Joe Sakic (184,017 votes), Martin Havlat (136,801 votes), Brenden Morrow (131,107 votes), Joe Thornton (116,130 votes)
Defencemen- Scott Niedermayer (233,522 votes), Nicklas Lidstrom (214,789 votes)
Goaltenders- Marty Turco (158,417 votes), Miikka Kiprusoff (91,320 votes)

CANUCKS ON BALLOT:
Markus Naslund (48,669 votes)
Henrik Sedin (38,918 votes)
Daniel Sedin (38,514 votes)
Roberto Luongo (67,655 votes)
Mattias Ohlund (43,340 votes)
Rory Fitzpatrick (31,310 votes)

Forsberg to Canucks (e3)
The New York Post is reporting that the Canucks are trying everything possible within cap constraints to acquire Peter Forsberg from the Flyers in order to unite him with Markus Naslund. Source (At the bottom of the page)