{"id":48881,"date":"2019-06-14T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=48881"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:09:58","slug":"nhl-rumours-toronto-maple-leafs-blackhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/06\/14\/nhl-rumours-toronto-maple-leafs-blackhawks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Stanley Cup Final over and the St. Louis Blues<\/a> crowned as the new champions<\/a>, the off-season is officially underway. And that is the perfect time for NHL rumours to start dropping quickly. We’ve got you covered with just a few that are going around. We’ll take a look at rumours related to the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> and San Jose Sharks<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

NHL Rumours<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rumour: To kick off NHL rumours, we’ll start with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Rumours continue to swirl about the likely departure of Nikita Zaitsev<\/a><\/strong>. On Sportsnet 650, David Pagnotta<\/a> mentioned the Leafs are looking for a bottom pairing defenceman, mid round draft pick and a prospect.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

TSN’s Darren Dreger<\/a> also mentioned<\/a> the Edmonton Oilers as a team interested in Zaitsev. The Vancouver Canucks have been in on him as well.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Doug Armstrong bet on a last place team – and it paid off with a #StanleyCup<\/a> @TheFourthPeriod<\/a> joined @DanRiccio650<\/a> and @RandipJanda<\/a> on #ReachDeep<\/a> to talk about the Blues win, #Canucks<\/a> season, and more.<\/p>\n

LISTENhttps:\/\/t.co\/ENAQbTnZuO<\/a><\/p>\n

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