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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2950295" data-attributes="member: 2012">Hockey HearsayBruins' pick hints at school returnJuly 15, 2006If the reports prove true, the Boston Bruins will have to wait one more year for top pick Phil Kessel to turn pro.The Bostonherald.com is reporting Kessel, the fifth overall pick in this year's Entry Draft, will be playing at least one more year of college hockey at Minnesota.Bruins assistant general manager Jeff Gorton was neither surprised nor bothered by the report, though he said he believes Kessel’s final decision for next season hasn’t yet been made.“I think at this point with the players we’ve added, we’re kind of feeling that out. The way we’ve always had it here is that we do not force a guy to leave college. We’re certainly not going to rush him into something he’s not ready for. He’s in a good program, one that challenges for the national championship every year.”Despite the top five selection, criticism has followed Kessel through the college ranks, and another year of varsity hockey might help the player's maturation. As a freshman last season, Kessel had 14-28-42 totals in 34 games.Belfour deal stalls on bonusesJuly 15, 2006The Detroit Red Wings are keen to sign veteran goaltender Ed Belfour, but it won't happen unless the two sides can agree on bonuses -- which will count against the salary cap.The two sides are reportedly fine with the base salary -- believed to be in the $500,000 to $1 million range -- but the sticking point is performance bonuses. The WIngs have approximately $6 million in cap room, and do not want to risk alloting a large portion of that to Belfour.Holland wants to add one or two forwards, and a defenseman, to the roster in addition to a goalie. The Wings are not relying only on the Eagle, and may pursue one of the free-agent goalies via a trade."There are goalies available," Holland told Detroitnews.com.Jean-Sebastien Giguere or Ilya Bryzgalov, of Anaheim, Vesa Toskala or Evgeni Nabokov, of San Jose, and Martin Biron, of Buffalo are among them. But signing an unrestricted free agent such as Belfour, and not losing anything in a trade, is preferable.One name no longer in the mix is former Wing Dominik Hasek."We just decided to go in another direction," Holland said.Leafs close to re-signing AllisonJuly 14, 2006Jason Allison is lobbying hard to return to Leafs, albeit at a much lower salary than he earned last season.Ken Campbell reports in today’s Toronto Star Leafs GM John Ferguson has been in regular contact with Allison.Ferguson has not spoken with Mike Peca's agent Don Meehan in more than a week.</blockquote>

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