Today’s NHL Rumors begins with another big piece of the the board. When the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues on Friday night, it bumped up the stock of players like James van Riemsdyk.
The 33 year-old forward from Middletown New Jersey is starting to receive significant interest from contenders after also seeing Bo Horvat and Vladimir Tarasenko taken off the board weeks prior.
NHL Rumors: James van Riesmdyk
The Philadelphia Flyers are not going to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. That’s why moving pending UFA forward van Riemsdyk makes so much sense.