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Afternoon Rumors for your midweek fun

June 13, 2007, 3:45 PM ET [ Comments]
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AFTERNOON QUICK HIT RUMOURS


A source of mine has informed me that the Florida Panthers are attempting to land a "top 5" free agent. As I have reported before, there are rumors that Briere may be their guy.

Another source has stated that Giguere is likely to land over 7 million per year with "a particular team." That source could not reveal the team as of yet, but I still believe that team to be the Kings, but it could be the Red Wings since I am also hearing at this hour that it is looking more and more likely that Hasek is NOT returning. Official word will come in the next week or so.

There is word out of Dallas that a "Major Draft Deal" could be in the works. Looking for specifics...(e2)

Paul Kariya could be staying in Nashville after all. Despite earlier reports that his house was up for sale, I am hearing that there are some serious thoughts going on to keep Paul where he is (e3). When it comes to interest in Paul, the Canucks and Oilers are two teams that keep coming up as well as Florida and Carolina in the last day or so.

Slava Kozlov does look destined to be heading north out of Atlanta. One source put the percentage at 80% Kozlov does not return. A source told me today that Washington is a VERY STRONG bet, with Detroit and Minnesota being factors as well.

The NJ Devils will probably be the biggest bidder for Tom Priessing. At least as of now...

The Oilers are looking to grab a solid d-man and really are hot on getting Redden out of Ottawa. "Look for that move to come down just prior to the draft," a source told me today.

The NY Rangers are interested in picking up some depth on the blueline to and may get into the Hamrlik sweeps, which will go higher than I was predicting a few days ago.

The Leafs are still very hot on Ryan Smyth, but the Oilers may make one more grand attempt on July 1 to return Ryan to his rightful place in the Hockey cosmos.

The Islanders are interested in McCabe (e3)




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