Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: Kevin Shattenkirk – Lightning and Maple Leafs

On the St. Louis Blues and Kevin Shattenkirk ... Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Have learned that the St. Louis Blues had a trade in place to move defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk if he would agree to a…

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NHL Rumors: Avalanche, Senators, Oilers, and Penguins

On the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators ... Adrian Dater: Hearing more talk about the Senators and Avalanche talking trade involving Matt Duchene. Adrian Dater: The sticking point in a potential Duchene deal between the Avalanche and Senators is Colin…

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NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning

On the Dallas Stars Mike Heika: (answering question) Guessing the Stars could be focused on pending UFA 28-year old defenseman Karl Alzner. Will have to wait and see if he hits the open market. Isabelle Khurshudyan: notes that a lot…

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NHL Rumors: Scouting TOR-NYR, BOS-LA, NSH-COL, TB-CGY and the Flyers

Scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers ... David Pagnotta: Scouts listed to attend last night's Maple Leafs - Rangers game: Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Arizona Coyotes, Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, and…

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Eastern Conference Injuries: Pens, Rangers, Lightning, Isles, Caps, Panthers and Devils

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Pittsburgh Penguins: Defenseman Trevor Daley had surgery on his left knee and will be out for six weeks. Jason Mackey: Defenseman Kris Letang is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Jason Mackey: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford…

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Western Conference Injuries: Stars, Ducks, Oilers, Kings and Coyotes

On the Dallas Stars ... Mark Stepneski: Johnny Oduya (ankle) is not expected to play tonight, but is a possibility for Sunday. On the Anaheim Ducks ... Curtis Zupke: Coach Randy Carlyle didn't have an update on John Gibson. They…

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NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars – Vegas Could Help Them Find A No. 1 Goalie

How the expansion draft can help the Dallas Stars find a No. 1 goalie ... Mike Heika of Sportsday.com: The Dallas Stars have two 33-year old goalies in Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. They carry a combined $10.4 million cap hit,…

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NHL Rumors: Wings, Stars, Panthers, Pens, Flames, Avs, Ducks and Kovalchuk

On the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks, Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Kerfoot ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: heard that some teams called the Detroit Red Wings about Andreas Athanasiou. Wings GM Ken…

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NHL Rumors: Leafs, Deadline vs Expansion, Kings, Avs and Ducks

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Michael Augello: The only way the Maple Leafs would be able to trade Brooks Laich would be to retain 50 percent of salary, and even still it would be hard to trade him. On…

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NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and the St. Louis Blues

On the New York Rangers ... Justin Tasch: Rangers GM Jeff Gorton needs to decide whether to take another serious run at the Cup, or do they hold on to their first round pick and top end assets, look to…

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NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and Arizona Coyotes

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Peter Wallner of MLive: Drew Miller is playing with Grand Rapids in the AHL and is hoping the Red Wings are able to trade him before the March 1st trade deadline. "That's what they've…

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NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks – Selling, Burrows, Hansen and Miller

On the Vancouver Canucks ... Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks have to sell. They need to rebuild their base by trading veterans for future assets - preferably draft picks. The Canucks are one of four teams that have…

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