Evan’s NHL Daily: Suter’s Central Shuffle, Askarov Wants Opportunity

Ryan Suter is running out of time on his NHL career to collect money from every Central Division team, but he’s certainly trying. A lot players prefer the East Coast or the West Coast, but he’s stayed in the middle of the US his entire career, and on Wednesday, signed with his fourth Central Division team. And somehow he’s getting paid by three at the same time.

Nashville was apparently shopping Yaroslav Askarov but nothing has happened yet. Given most teams have spent their money this summer, a trade seems less and less likely with each passing day. That means Askarov would be stuck in the AHL. That’s not what he wants, and his agent thinks he’s proven he has what it takes to be an NHL goalie.

Colorado Hockey Now

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Both Pavel Francouz and Andrew Cogliano now have official roles with the Avalanche.

News and Rumors

ESPN: The Blues have built one of the strangest bluelines in the NHL, so why not add someone who is about to turn 40 to it? The Wild and Stars are paying him not to play for them, so it’s more money in the bank for Ryan Suter.

Russia: Nashville has a great young goalie on their hands, but they signed Juuse Saros to a huge extension and he’s got nowhere to go. Dan Milstein believes Yaroslav Askarov has proven himself as an NHL goalie, which sounds to me like they want a move.

“Yaroslav Askarov has potential and should become an elite goalkeeper in the future. To date, we are working together with the club on different options. Yaroslav proved to everyone that he is an NHL player,” Milstein told a Russian outlet.

We’ll see how long Barry Trotz can hold onto him before it gets ugly.

Florida Hockey Now: The Panthers keep adding cheap talent to their blueline, this time with former first round pick Adam Boqvist.

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Kyle Dubas is poaching more people form the Maple Leafs, adding their draft guru Wes Clark to the Penguins. That won’t help during Sidney Crosby‘s window, though.

Philly Hockey Now: The Flyers traded Cutter Gauthier for a guy who seems to be hurt a lot. Interesting strategy. Jamie Drysdale is hoping to be 100% next season.

Chicago Hockey Now: He’s back where he started his NHL career and Teuvo Teravainen couldn’t be happier.