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Newly Acquired Sam O'Reilly Named Top Lightning Prospect
Sam O'Reilly was named the Tampa Bay Lightning's top prospect in the Daily Faceoff's Steven Ellis' rankings.
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21-07-2025
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Projecting Jets' Defensive Pairings For The 2025-26 Season
Early projections reveal likely Winnipeg Jets defensive pairings for 2025-26 season. As the Winnipeg Jets prepare for the next NHL season, the buzz around their projected lineup has started to commence with fans wondering what they can expect to see from the 2025-26 team. It's very early to say what the coaching staff will decide to roll out with but the Daily Faceoff has started their early predictions for Winnipeg's lineup and it appears to have some accurate aspects to it. We look to break down the projected top six defencemen and how likely it is for the pairings to come into fruition on opening night. With the help of MoneyPuck, we'll be looking at some numbers available for the lines past performance and how successful they were. Projecting Jets' Forward Lines For The 2025-26 Season As the Winnipeg Jets prepare for the next NHL season, the buzz around their projected lineup has started to commence with fans wondering what they can expect to see from the 2025-26 team. 1st Pair: Josh Morrissey - Dylan DeMelo The Jets top defensive pairing is coming off a season, where they played more minutes together than any other pairing in the NHL. With 1,225 minutes played together over 80 of the 82 games in the regular season, the dynamic duo were on the ice for 51 goals scored while only surrendering 35 goals. Their chemistry is undeniable and will continue playing a factor in Winnipeg's 2.49 team goals against average that ranks first in the NHL over the last three seasons. 2nd Pair: Dylan Samberg - Neal Pionk Winnipeg's second unit on the backend was also lethal with 710 minutes played together over 48 games played. The duo was on the ice for 36 goals scored, which outranked notable pairings with more minutes played like Vegas' Noah Hanifan and Alex Pietrangelo, who played 771 minutes but scored 34 goals or Minnesota's Brock Faber and Jake Middleton, who played 945 minutes but only scored 32 goals. It's a telling sign when your team's second defensive unit is outscoring other teams first unit especially contenders like the Golden Knights and Wild. Samberg and Pionk allowed just 21 goals while on the ice together and had the second-best goal differential of any defensive pairing with 700 or more minutes played together. 3rd Pair: Logan Stanley - Luke Schenn Schenn was one of the Jets most notable adds from the trade deadline this past season but his chemistry with Stanley wasn't as smooth as people hoped. They played 36 minutes together over five playoff games and were on the ice for one goal scored and four surrendered. The regular season wasn't much better as they played 38 minutes together and totaled another three goals against with no goals scored. This lack of time together likely didn't give them much of a rhythm when working with each other and an offseason with extended time playing together should completely revitalize this line and make them far more productive. If the line doesn't work out, the Jets will have options in Haydn Fleury and Colin Miller that will both likely work in and see time if this line continues to struggle. Could Winnipeg Target Pending Free Agent Martin Necas? Insider reports indicate the Avalanche feeling forward Martin Necas may not re-sign and could look to deal him.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
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Boston Bruins sign 28-year-old forward to 2-year deal (report)
The Bruins continue to fortify their bottom six. Boston signed Michael Eyssimont to a two-year deal with a $1.45 million AAV, according to Anthony DiMarco of Daily Faceoff. The 28-year-old has played with the Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, and most recently Seattle Kraken. Advertisement Eyssimont's best season came with Tampa Bay in 2023-24, when he registered 11 goals, 14 assists, and racked up 104 penalty minutes in 81 games. The forward was dealt from the Lightning to the Kraken at the deadline last season, and scored nine goals and added seven assists in 77 games between the two teams. A 6-foot, 190-pounder, Eyssimont has registered 352 hits in 213 career NHL games. More Bruins content Read the original article on MassLive.
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05-07-2025
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New Details About Rasmuss Andersson's Blocked List, Trade Suitors Emerge
New Details About Rasmuss Andersson's Blocked List, Trade Suitors Emerge originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Rasmus Andersson's situation with the Calgary Flames continues to generate league-wide attention. Advertisement A new report has added more complexity to the situation, given that Andersson's possession of a modified no-trade clause makes things even more complicated. The defenseman is entering the final year of his six-year, $27.3 million contract, and extension talks with Calgary have stalled. Andersson is believed to have taken advantage of his no-trade list to block moves to the Ottawa Senators and, more recently, to the Los Angeles Kings. According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, reporting a month ago, the Ottawa Senators were already interested in trading for the blue liner back then. The problem, as reported shortly after by Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco, is that Andersson "has the nation's capital on his modified no-trade clause (six teams)." Advertisement Earlier this week, TSN's Darren Dreger revealed that the Kings made what he called a 'blow your socks off' offer for Andersson, but added that the defenseman is not interested in that market. In a report published on Friday by The Fourth Period, Andersson is, in fact, believed to have blocked moves to Ottawa and Los Angeles. Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4) looks on during warm-up before a Kirouac-Imagn Images "The veteran blueliner also owns a six-team no-trade list, with the Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings believed to be among them," the report reads. The Dallas Stars and the Vegas Golden Knights have also shown interest in acquiring Andersson, as revealed in the same report by The Fourth Period. Both teams, however, would need to clear cap space to take on Andersson's $4.55 million hit. Advertisement The same outlet has Andersson listed as the third-best player reportedly available for trade, although Flames general manager Craig Conroy has made clear the player is still committed to the club. 'Right now, he's totally fine with playing for the Calgary Flames,' Conroy said. 'That was the last conversation. And he's always said that he's a Calgary Flame. 'It's all the speculation. Until something is done, nothing is done.' Related: Flames GM Addresses Growing Speculation About Rasmus Andersson Related: Flames' GM Shuts Down $27.3 Million Defenseman Trade Rumors This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Edmonton Journal
03-07-2025
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- Edmonton Journal
'Disappointing': Oilers GM blasted as a "loser" for free agency work. Maybe that's a good thing
You will not find Stan Bowman's name on any major list of NHL July 1 free agent frenzy winners. Article content Bowman had limited cap space to work with. He cleared out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane's contracts and said good-bye to Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Jeff Skinner and John Klingberg in large part to pay for $6.6 million and $5.5 million million per year raises for Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl respectively. Article content Article content The cap shot up, which helped pay for new deals for free agent Andrew Mangiapane and prospective free agent Trent Frederic. Article content Article content One test of an NHL GM is to use cap space wisely on July 1, something interim GM Jeff Jackson failed to do last season. Bowman did it this year but that's an easier test to pass when your cap space is limited, as Bowman faced this year in Edmonton. Nonetheless, he made what looks to be two solid bets on two solid forwards, Mangiapane and Frederic, as well as a great cheap bet on energy forward Curtis Lazar. For all this, however, Bowman has now been labelled a 'loser,' by many a hockey commentator on their annual Free Agent Frenzy winner and loser lists. Article content Here's what former NHL goalie Martin Biron had to say at TSN. 'They did not address their goaltending. So there's a lot of question marks. Is the Edmonton Oilers a better team now? They're not. They're not a better team now than they were when the season ended. They're not a better team now that they were at the start of the season when they didn't even have Evander Kane healthy like they did in the playoffs. So, I'm looking at the Oilers and I'm saying this is disappointing.' Article content Article content At the Athletic, VGK writer Jesse Granger also put the Oilers in the 'loser' category when it came to the NHL's goalie carousel. 'The Oilers shocked many by standing pat in the crease – at least for now. Edmonton still has Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard under contract for one more season, and GM Stan Bowman chose not to add a goalie on Tuesday. In Bowman's defense, it's not as if there was a bounty of options available to upgrade his goaltending. Still, he passed on John Gibson, who Anaheim traded to Detroit for Petr Mrazek and two draft picks. He also passed on signing one of the veteran backups on the open market.' Article content At the Daily Faceoff, writer Matt Larkin also has the Oilers as overall losers: 'The Oilers got two big swings at the Stanley Cup and missed. Now Leon Draisaitl's and Evan Bouchard's new deals kick in at a combined $24.5 million, and voila, you've squeezed Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Evander Kane, Arvidsson and John Klingberg from your roster while adding nothing on July 1. It's not an utter catastrophe given the Oilers' top-end stars remain aboard, but when your depth gets decimated and you don't address your goaltending problem…we have to call it like it is and say the Oilers are a significantly weaker team now than they were even two weeks ago.' Article content At The Athletic, writer Shayna Goldman also said that teams (like Edmonton) looking for a goalie ended up as losers. 'The goalie market was incredibly weak this year. ' Article content And at Bleacher Report, writer Lyle Fitzsimmons also pegged the Oilers as NHL free agency losers. '(Bowman) did prompt some league-wide head scratching by signing middle-six forward Trent Frederic for eight years at $3.85 million annually, but it hardly seems the kind of move that'll convince Connor McDavid, who's entering the last year of his deal, to stick around.' Article content And at The Hockey News, writer Adam Proteau also had the Oilers as losers: 'Despite nearly winning a Cup this past season, the Oilers weren't able to persuade key role players to re-sign with the team… At best, the Oilers are approximately the same in terms of all-around talent, and that may not be good enough to keep Pacific Division and Western Conference teams at bay next year. That makes them a loser on our list.' Article content Article content The same went for Ryan Dixon at Sportsnet: 'A lot of valuable depth — from Corey Perry to Connor Brown to John Klingberg — went out the door and any notion the Oilers could do something to upgrade the crease was killed by a grim goalie market that became completely barren once Jake Allen re-upped in New Jersey.' Article content 1. Maybe it's a good thing that so many commentators see the Oilers as 'losers' just now. Maybe it's not so wise to be hailed as a winner early in July. Article content We will all recall that last year at this same time that interim GM Jeff Jackson and the Oilers were widely seen as major winners of free agency. The team went over the cap momentarily to sign Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, while retaining Adam Henrique, Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark, while saying good-bye to Warren Foegele. Everyone raved about Jackson's brilliant moves. Article content Article content A few days later Edmonton traded Ryan McLeod for prospect Matt Savoie, and folks loved that move to. Article content Said Sportsnet Caglary's Eric Francis: 'I'm just going to tell you right now that that team on paper is the most terrifying team in the West and I think in all of hockey. Kudos to the Oilers.' Article content Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic found that of the teams that made the Final Four in the 2024 playoffs, the Oilers were the only one that got better during the July free agency period and not worse. 'Most Stanley Cup finalists don't get to run it back. Usually, they have to lose some key pieces to make the cap work the following year. Lucky for Edmonton, the Oilers not only didn't have to lose any vitals cogs, they actually got to add reinforcements… A team that was a goal away from glory getting better — even marginally so — is a big deal.' Article content And hockey writer Scott Wheeler of The Athletic: 'Really nice offseason in Edmonton for Jeff Jackson.' Article content And NHL podcaster Peter Blackburn of the What Chaos show: 'The Oilers are having an outrageous offseason.' Article content And Oilers blogger Matt Henderson: 'Jeff Jackson has thoroughly blown me away.' Article content And hockey writer Jonathan Willis: 'I'm not prone to unconditional praise, but this was just a great day for Jeff Jackson, his staff, and the Edmonton Oilers.' Article content And The Athletic's Thomas Drance: 'The Edmonton Oilers forward group is shaping up to be nasty. After Edmonton's moves today, the 'to win Stanley Cup' futures market has adjusted to price them as the favourite at +850. And that's dead right. Article content And Spittin' Chiclets podcaster Ryan Whitney: 'I am actually over the moon right now.' Article content And me, David Staples of the Cult of Hockey: 'Jackson has had an outstanding off-season, the best in twenty years in Edmonton.' Article content And, most importantly, Oilers captain Connor McDavid: 'I thought the whole management staff has done a great job. They've had a great offseason so far.' Article content Article content 2. So all was good, right? Not ever close. Doomsday came six weeks later when the St. Louis Blues took advantage of Jackson's over-exuberant, over-extended spending spree and made offer sheets to Oilers prospects Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. And then came the regular season, when Broberg and Holloway both stepped up, as did Foegele in Los Angeles and McLeod in Buffalo, but Arvidsson and Skinner failed to shine as hoped in Edmonton, with Janmark's play dropping off appreciably. Only Brown and Henrique maintained steady levels of play from the 2024 Stanley Cup run. Article content 3. Who knows how things will turn out this time? No one knows, evidently. Article content Things can change fast. But it was imperative to sign up Draisailt last summer and Bouchard this summer. Bowman did both. I see both the Mangiapane and Frederic signings as decent bets, but I also worry Kane and Arvidsson will come up big in new cities. Article content Article content 4. I went into this free agent period hoping the Oilers would get a new goalie and a bunch of fast, nasty and aggressive forwards on value contracts, two-way players like Vasily Podkolzin, a major Bowman find after Holloway went to St. Lou. Article content Lazar can be that kind of player if he's healthy. As for the goalie situation, the market wasn't there to bring in the right player and the right price, so that's a move that will come as the season develops. Article content 5. Bowman described to Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now the early July 2025 goalie market as following: 'We looked around at different options and certainly there were some things, but we didn't think any of them really came close to making sense as far as making our situation better. So we certainly want to try to improve there, whether it's the current group we have, you know, we're comfortable with them. We've gone with them, you know, with Stu and Picks in the past and they got us right to the Final two years in a row. So I think there's a lot of positives there. And can we improve? Sure. And we want our not just the goalies, though, want everyone to try to take a step forward next year. And, you know, sometimes incremental little benefits can make your team better. So we're looking for that. But we're comfortable with where we are right now. Part of your job as a manager is to always see what the options are. There was a lot of movement yesterday with goalies moving around. But none of those really made sense for us.' Article content Article content
