{"id":87857,"date":"2020-10-04T08:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=87857"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:48:33","slug":"nhl-rumours-dallas-stars-minnesota-wild-2020-21-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/04\/nhl-rumours-dallas-stars-minnesota-wild-2020-21-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, 2020-21 Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019re just days away from the start of the draft and free agency, but <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the NHL <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rumours<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are flowing. The 2020 off-season is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">going to be nothing like we\u2019ve ever seen in history. We have NHL <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rumours<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\"> Dallas Stars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> and a training camp start date for 2020-21.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All NHL <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rumours<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NHL Rumours<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dallas Stars<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic said the Stars have informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/khudoan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Khudobin<\/a>\u2019s camp the team would love him back.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Stars have informed Anton Khubodin&#39;s camp they want to keep him around. Easier said than done, of course. That plus another whirl around the NHL goalie carousel one week before free agency in my weekend Rumblings:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vus1DatmJt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vus1DatmJt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/1312044051798077442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis: <\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LeBrun\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> tweet also stated that re-signing the Russian netminder <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/2110320\/2020\/10\/02\/lebrun-stars-want-to-keep-khudobin-the-latest-on-crowded-ufa-goalie-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is going to be easier said than done<\/a>. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, Khudobin and his camp do want to return to the club after his deep Stanley Cup post-season run.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He\u2019ll surely get a raise from his salary of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$586,667 over the last three seasons. However, one wonders how long the Stars will get the 34-year-old goalie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a term. Goalies can last a little longer than <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on-ice players, but age will be a concern.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khudobin\u2019s re-signing w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u2019t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> spell the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bishobe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Bishop<\/a>\u2019s tenure in the Lone Star State. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bishop still has three years and a $4.91 million average cap hit. However, Dallas wants to keep their goalie tandem together.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> There\u2019s plenty of speculation that next season will have a compressed schedule and it could be all goalies on deck.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Some teams may even have three goalies if injuries are factored into everything.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Minnesota Wild<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman said that talks between the Wild and<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sharks\/\" target=\"_self\"> San Jose Sharks<\/a> involving goalie <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dubnyde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devan Dubnyk<\/a><\/strong> are picking up steam. <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/ryan-donato-devan-dubnyk-san-jose-sharks-minnesota-wild-trade-rumor\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Hockey Now added<\/a> that Minnesota general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueribi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Guerin<\/a> is looking for a first-round pick.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1312203036291330050<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Analysis:<\/em> The Sharks want cover for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesma02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Jones<\/a><\/strong>, who has been shaky over the last couple of seasons. However, there are goalies like<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundqhe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrik Lundqvist<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/09\/29\/report-new-york-rangers-buyout-goalie-henrik-lundqvist\/\" target=\"_self\">on the market<\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderfr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederik Andersen<\/a><\/strong> may be available via trade.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dubnyk struggled last season <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and carries a cap hit of $4,333,333. The Regina, Saskatchewan native went 12-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15-2 with an .890 save percentage and 3.35 goals-against-average. He <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lost his starting job to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/staloal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Alex <\/strong><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/staloal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stalock<\/strong><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the Wild have AHL goalie of the year <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kahkoka01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaapo Kahkonen<\/a><\/strong> waiting in the wings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Veteran reporter Michael R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">usso of The Athletic added that<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/donatry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Donato<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/2104772\/2020\/09\/30\/russo-what-im-hearing-about-the-wilds-offseason-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> could be part of any deal<\/a> that sends Dubnyk to the Sharks. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Donato has yet to find his way with either the Boston Bruins and the Wild. However, he could be a sneaky-good acquisition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2020-21 Training Camp<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was told by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> goalie <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jarrytr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Jarry<\/a><\/strong> to be prepared for a November 15 training camp.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tristan Jarry indicated he and his teammates have been told to prepare for training camp to start on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethRorabaugh\/status\/1312484672425783296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Analysis:<\/em> This is the first sign that the NHL season could be starting sooner rather than later. However, there\u2019s still plenty to be sorted out. There are still plenty of conc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">erns surrounding carrying out a season during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NFL is dealing with their own outbreak that has postponed a pair of games for Week 4. Plenty of fallout may still happen in regards to the schedule. Major League Baseball and college football has als<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o dealt with similar outbreaks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are also concerns how Canadian teams will get games in for the season. The league could have a Canadian division of seven teams while the U.S.-Canadian border remains closed. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t could be similar to what Major League Soccer did with the Canadian squads.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1277241782\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.36027% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1277241782?et=p56nKcs3RxNH2V6_xntfPw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=OtPP781-pCKu4T87GfM_aAZA1bE_NCeeDdDDFSs-mqA=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"412\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re just days away from the start of the draft and free agency, but the NHL rumours are flowing. The 2020 off-season is going to be nothing like we\u2019ve ever seen in history. We have NHL rumours on the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and a training camp start date for 2020-21.\u00a0 All NHL rumours come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":87861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2,4547,30,4548,4321,25],"tags":[1208,801,263,241,372,4288,523,5715,3877,4150,3059,2484,477],"class_list":["post-87857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-featured","category-hockey","category-wild","category-nhl","category-rumours","category-sharks","tag-alex-stalock","tag-anton-khudobin","tag-ben-bishop","tag-devan-dubnyk","tag-henrik-lundqvist","tag-kaapo-kahkonen","tag-martin-jones","tag-nhl-rumors","tag-nhl-rumours","tag-rumours","tag-ryan-donato","tag-training-camp","tag-tristan-jarry"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}