Offseason Trade Targets: Jonathan Marchessault. His name popped up numerous times during the season and talk was he was open to being moved. The run to the playoffs may have changed management's thinking, but he is still the most likely veteran to be moved. #Smashville #NHL

32 Thoughts (May 4): Elliotte says he thinks Utah wants to get bigger and harder to play against. It's been an organizational target and Kyle mentions that's what led to Matias Maccelli getting moved last summer. Elliotte also thinks they look for a backup goaltender. #TusksUp  #NHL

32 Thoughts (May 4): In talking about TBL’s season, Elliotte said they looked in to trading someone who isn't a top name at the TDL to add an offensive C so they could take some of the load off Brayden Point. Ultimately it didn't happen as it would have required other moves to happen. #GoBolts  #NHL

🚨BREAKING🚨 Elliotte Friedman is reporting sources have indicted to him Toronto is hiring John Chayka as the next General Manager and Matd Sundin as Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey Operations. #LeafsForever #NHL

Offseason Trade Targets: Vincent Trocheck. There is a big asking price for Trocheck, will the Rangers be able to get what they want to make this trade happen? He has three years left on his contract at $5.625m per season. #NYR #NHL

32 Thoughts (May 1): Guys talk about what Pittsburgh do with Erik Karlsson. Dubas has always said he wouldn't move him just to do it and he has a NMC. Elliotte says Dubas will continue to make similar type moves as he did this past season. (1/2) #LetsGoPens  #NHL

32 Thoughts (May 1): Elliotte mentions James Mirtle's report from The Athletic that Toronto was turned down to speak to a current GM about their own GM position. Elliotte believes that GM was Julian Brisebois from Tampa Bay. (1/2) #LeafsForever #GoBolts  #NHL

32 Thoughts (May 1): Elliotte says Jason Robertson took care of his business this season and Dallas will have no choice but to sign him. He believes it will be 12m per year, same as Rantanen. (1/2) #TexasHockey  #NHL

Offseason Trade Targets: Jordan Binnington. Coming off a tough season and with St. Louis looking to retool/rebuild, there will be teams knocking on the door with interest to acquire the netminder. #stlblues #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 29): On Brady Tkachuk's future in Ottawa, Elliotte says it's very clear they are not even going to consider trading him unless they are forced to make a trade. #GoSensGo  #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 29): Nothing new on Nashville's GM search. Vancouver is going to start shortening their list. Patrick Burke has been interviewed. There are still 3 names Elliotte hasn't been been able to confirm. #Canucks #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 29): Elliotte thinks Mats Sundin will get hired in Toronto as the VP of Hockey Operations. He believes the GM search has come down to John Chayka and Scott White and if Sundin gets hired it will be Chayka hired as GM. #LeafsForever #NHL

Offseason Trade Targets: Elias Petterson. This was another season full of Elias Pettersson trade rumours. While his contract is going to make a trade hard to execute, it seems inevitable that him and the team will move on from each other. #Canucks #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 22): Calgary is looking for a top C. Pagnotta wonders if they would move Morgan Frost in a bigger deal to get a younger C that will be there long term. On Blake Coleman, the team will continue to have conversations about his future. #Flames #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 22): Sounds like St. Louis is looking to retool and not rebuild. They will continue to explore trades for Colton Parayko, he wants to stay in the West. Pagnotta says the player the most likely to get moved is Jordan Binnington. #stlblues #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 22): Chicago is going to be aggressive this off season. They want to add two impact wingers to play with Bedard and Frondell. Alex Tuch will be a target if he makes it to free agency. There is a willingness to make moves and they have assets. #Blackhawks #NHL

The Fan Hockey Show (Apr 16): Elliotte Friedman says CHI was looking to make moves at the deadline but prices were really hard. He thinks they will keep their 2026 1st since it will be top 4 but they have a lot of picks/prospects he could see them packaging in a trade this summer. #Blackhawks #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 15): What's next for Detroit? They have the assets to add a significant piece and Pagnotta says it sounds like this is the offseason to do that. Likens it to Montreal acquiring Noah Dobson last offseason. #LGRW #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 15): Canucks will explore moving Jake DeBrusk and have more trade talks on Elias Pettersson according to Pagnotta. Lots of possibilities on what happens in the front office and coaching. #Canucks  #NHL

DFO Rundown (Apr 15): Dave Pagnotta says whoever takes over in Toronto will be retooling not rebuilding so the team can push for the playoffs next season. They will look at moving Morgan Reilly among other pieces and need to add two Top 6 forwards. (1/2) #LeafsForever  #NHL

The Sheet (Apr 14): Greg Wyshynski says he’s heard the situation with Sergei Bobrovsky and Florida “is pretty bad”. Says the gap between both sides for his next contract is significant and he thinks FLA will go in a different direction. #TimetoHunt  #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 13): On top of the uncertainty in Vancouver's front office with the big positions, the team doesn't have many scouts signed for next season so don't be surprised to see changes there. #Canucks  #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 13): GM search updates... • Nashville is interested in Tom Fitzgerald. The belief is they will go external instead of an internal promotion. Will look at Kevyn Adams and Brad Treliving, they also want an AGM with experience. (1/2) #NHL

32 Thoughts (Apr 13): On Yzerman's future in Detroit, and the talk about him being in trouble, Elliotte wonders how Yzerman himself feels about how things are going. Elliotte mentioned again about the possibility about him bumping up in the front office. #LGRW  #NHL

HNIC Saturday Headlines (Apr 11): • TOR GM meetings to start next week, won’t be a short process. They will start w/ a goal of one person. • NSH looking for someone w/ GM or AGM experience. Interested in Tom Fitzgerald. • NJ will start next week, no word if they are looking for 1 or 2 positions.

On this day in 2021: Calgary traded Sam Bennett to Florida. #Flames  #TimetoHunt  #NHL

Flames Talk (Apr 8): On the New Jersey front office hires, Seravalli says “All the smart money is on Brendan Shanahan” for President of Hockey Operations. Thinks there’s been some initial conversations. Calls it a seemless transition and says next step is hiring a GM. #njdevils  #NHL

Flames Talk (Apr 8): Frank Seravalli says Islanders players told him Patrick Roy talked a lot about the Stanley Cups he won and it really wore on them. #Isles #NHL

32 Thoughts (Mar 30): On the talk Steve Yzerman's job may be in trouble if DET doesn't make the playoffs, Elliotte theorizes what if Yzerman moves up to President of Hockey Operations and someone like Kris Draper or Shawn Horcoff gets promoted to GM. #LGRW  #NHL

32 Thoughts (Mar 30): Elliotte says he thinks Philadelphia and Trevor Zegras are working towards a contract extension. "I think they’re working away at it and I think it will get done." #LetsGoFlyers  #NHL

HNIC Saturday Headlines (Mar 28): Some college player news… • Gavin McKenna’s next step is likely to play for Canada at the World Championships. • Porter Martone and PHI could move very quickly on getting a contract signed. • There is a lot of optimism that CGY will sign Jonathan Castagna. #NHL

The Fan Hockey Show (Mar 26): Elliotte says a lot of TOR's decisions will be made for them, by how some of the players feel after the season. "Like this is going to be an offseason of change in Toronto and they're definitely not going to be coming back the same." #LeafsForever  #NHL

The Sheet (Mar 25): San Jose has been looking to figure out their blue line all season. Pagnotta expects them to be aggressive this summer, says he wouldn’t be surprised to see them in on Morgan Reilly and Darnell Nurse. #TheFutureIsTeal  #NHL

The Sheet (Mar 25): The guys talk about what happens with Detroit and Steve Yzerman’s future. Pagnotta think his leash may have shortened & this summer is the time to use some of their prospects to bolster the lineup. “This is a you-know-what or get off the pot offseason.” #LGRW  #NHL

The Sheet (Mar 25): Marek asks Pagnotta if WPG would consider moving any big players this summer, he replies that ownership wants back in the playoffs next season. They are looking to boost the 2nd line, fill some holes and Pagnotta thinks they will try to be aggressive this summer. #GoJetsGo  #NHL

HNIC Saturday Headlines (Mar 21): Elliotte Friedman says the NHL, AHL and CHL are nearing an agreement that would allow NHL teams to send 19 year old, 1st round picks to the AHL with no limits. #NHL

32 Thoughts Blog (Mar 19): Montreal was trying to move out money at the deadline and Elliotte says “There were discussions about Patrik Laine ending up either in Philadelphia or Toronto, but it obviously didn’t work out.” People say they didn’t go that down the road on Knies. #GoHabsGo  #NHL

32 Thoughts Blog (Mar 19): Quick Notes • Elliotte doesn’t think MIN was keen on moving Charlie Stramel but may have offered him in a bigger deal. • Same goes for CAR and Alexander Nikishin, “The return had to be elite for the Hurricanes to consider it.” #mnwild  #CarolinaCulture  #NHL

32 Thoughts Blog (Mar 19): Elliotte says the teams that had serious interest in Matthew Knies were Anaheim, Chicago, Montreal, New Jersey and Utah. #LeafsForever  #NHL

DFO Rundown (Mar 18): On Toronto Treliving has said they are going to be changes this summer and Pagnotta thinks big changes. They were listening on Knies due to what his return would be. (1/2) #LeafsForever  #NHL

DFO Rundown (Mar 18): Pagnotta says Frederik Andersson won’t be back next season in Carolina. Teams is “likely to explore the goalie market” just as the did at the trade deadline. They, along with Montreal and Vegas, were looking at Sergei Bobrovsky at the deadline. #CarolinaCulture  #NHL

On this day in 2022: Anaheim traded Hampus Lindholm to Boston. #FlyTogether  #NHLBruins  #NHL

On this day in 2022: Chicago traded Brandon Hagel to Tampa Bay. #Blackhawks  #GoBolts  #NHL

The pick Washington used to select Cole Hutson 43rd overall in the 2024 draft was acquired from Buffalo on June 29th, 2024 in exchange for Beck Malenstyn. #AllCaps  #Sabrehood  #NHL

Did you know? The pick Utah (then Arizona) used to draft Dylan Guenther in 2021 originally came from VAN, in the deal where they sent Jay Beagle, Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel & two other draft picks to Arizona for Oliver Ekman-Larsson & Conor Garland. #TusksUp  #Canucks  #NHL

Vancouver has traded Josh Bloom to Edmonton for Jayden Grubbs. #LetsGoOilers #Canucks #NHL

Montreal has traded Riley Kidney to Ottawa for Hunter Sheppard and Jake Chiasson. #GoHabsGo #GoSensGo #NHL

Ottawa has traded Jan Jenik to Los Angeles for Samuel Bolduc. #GoSensGo #GoKingsGo #NHL

Tampa Bay has traded Wojciech Stachowiak and Michael Milne to Detroit for Ian Mitchell. #GoBolts #LGRW #NHL

Morning Cuppa Hockey (Mar 12): Pagnotta says he can see Utah still being interested in Robert Thomas this summer and that they will be looking to add a first line caliber player but they don't want to give up some. #TusksUp  #NHL