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NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Mark Masters: Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said that the Leafs "seriously considered" drafting Sebastian Aho in the second round of the 2015 draft. (The Leafs selected defenseman Travis Dermott at No. 34. Aho went…

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NHL Rumors: Coaching, Coyotes, Sabres, Avs and Kings

On the coaching, Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Have to think there could be some coaching changes from teams who will likely miss the playoffs - Vancouver Canucks,…

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NHL Injuries: Rangers, Penguins, Jackets, Lightning, Panthers and Blues

On the New York Rangers ... Dan Rosen of NHL.com: Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be out for the next two to three weeks with a muscle strain in his hip that he suffered in the first period of Tuesday game.…

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NHL Rumors: Kings, Avalanche and Stars

On the Los Angeles Kings ... Dennis Bernstein: The LA Kings tried to trade Marian Gaborik for months, and a buyout could be painful. On the Colorado Avalanche ... Adrian Dater of BSN Denver: Dater thinks that the Avalanche should…

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NHL Rumors: Flames, Canucks, Stars and Jets

On the Calgary Flames ... Kristen Odland of the Calgary Herald: Forward Kris Versteeg is on a one-year, $950,000  deal. He'd love to remain with the Flames. If the Flames were to re-sign him now, they would have to leave…

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NHL Injuries: Lightning, Bruins, Flames, Stars, Jets and Blues

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning announced yesterday that centers Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Namestnikov and Cedric Paquette are all day-to-day with lower-body injuries. It doesn't appear that any will be able to…

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NHL Rumors: Golden Knights, Penguins, Canucks, Avalanche and Hurricanes

On the salary cap, Vegas Golden Knights, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: If the NHL doesn't go to the Olympics next year, they could use that time for their bye week,…

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NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Oilers, Flames, Stars, Ducks, Jets and Kings

On the Toronto Maple Leafs and Valtteri Filppula ... Chris Johnston of Sportsnet: Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock called Valtteri Filppula in an attempt to get him to accept a trade to the Maple Leafs before the trade deadline.…

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NHL Rumors: Justin Schultz, Ben Bishop and Colorado Avalanche

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Jason Mackay of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pittsburgh Penguins are getting a big bargain in defenseman Justin Schultz this season. Schultz signed a one-year deal for $1.4 million, and is currently in defenseman scoring this season…

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NHL Injuries: Lightning, Habs, Rangers, Devils, Jackets, Flames, Preds, and Jets

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Centers Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Namestnikov and Cedric Paquette left last night's game early with lower-body injury. Coach Jon Cooper didn't have an update any of them after…

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NHL Attendance After 30 Home Games: 2016-17

    Here is our third installment looking at NHL attendance figures for this season. A look at each teams home attendance through 30 games, along with the arena capacity percentage. We've also included the average attendance at the 20…

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NHL Rumors: Canucks, Blue Jackets, Canadiens and Sabres

On the the Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres ... Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Elliotte Friedman was on the Sportsnet 590 talking about the Vancouver Canucks yesterday. Friedman thinks Canucks GM Jim Benning will remain…

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