Taylor Hall is looking to join a 'winning' team while the Penguins weigh trade offers for Matt Murray and Tristan Jarry. That and more are covered in a new NHL Rumour Roundup.
Especially with another expansion draft on the horizon in a year, the Penguins don’t want to be in a similar situation to the one they were in with Fleury when Vegas snapped him up. Rather than face the prospect of losing either Murray or Jarry for nothing in 2021, they’d rather move one of them now.
“I haven’t gotten to the point yet where I’m having serious talks or seeing exactly how much I can get,” Rutherford said. “But, I will say, I’m getting close to that point, to understanding just what people are willing to give.”Get the best of our NHL coverage and exclusives delivered directly to your inbox!HAS BRADEN HOLTBY PLAYED HIS LAST GAME AS A CAPITAL?
As it stands, the Capitals have roughly $10 million in salary cap space for next season with not a lot of notable free agents. Still, Jakub Vrana will need an extension a year from now, as willAnd besides, keeping Holtby around would mean one of he or Samsonov would be left exposed to Seattle next summer.Speaking of Ovechkin, the two sides have not been too engaged in extension talks yet and it doesn’t appear there’s any rush to do so.
Hall’s situation is an interesting one because he’s talked in the past about a desire to be on a playoff team. He has been in the NHL for 10 years now with just 14 post-season games to show for it. In normal circumstances, we’d expect Hall could get a substantial pay day on the market, but not many teams will have room for that now.“I think honestly it’s probably all winning,” he said after the Coyotes were eliminated by Colorado.
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