Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins – Cap Situation, Free Agents and Shinzawa Comments

On the Boston Bruins - Cap Outlook,  Free Agents, NMCs and NTCs ... Cap Friendly - Projected Cap Hit: $69,171,167 Projected Cap Space: $3,828,833 Projected LTIR Used: $0 Current Cap Space: $7,743,707 Deadline Cap Space: $17,229,749 Today's Cap Hit: $68,741,668…

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NHL Rumors: Olympics, Avalanche, Hurricanes, Kings, and Rangers

On the 2018 Winter Olympics, Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and teams looking to make a move ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The IIHF no longer has a January 15th deadline for the a decision on the 2018 Winter Olympics in South…

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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning Looking To Make A Move

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: If the Tampa Bay Lightning are going to make some changes, it won't involve their coaching staff. GM Steve Yzerman said yesterday that Cooper "is doing an…

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Eastern Conference Injuries: Habs, Bruins, Wings, Isles, Sabres, Pens and Lightning

On the Montreal Canadiens ... Arpon Basu: The Canadiens announce that Andrei Markov, Alex Galchenyuk and Andrew Shaw won't travel with the team on their road trip. On the Boston Bruins ... Boston Bruins: Defenseman Adam McQuaid left last night's…

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Western Conference Injuries: Sharks, Blues, Predators and Stars

On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz: Coach Pete DeBoer said the defenseman Dylan DeMelo's injury “doesn’t look promising.” Curtis Pashelka: Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic was activated from the IR yesterday and the the Sharks put defenseman David Schlemko on the…

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NHL Rumors: NY Islanders and Tavares … Friedman on the Trade Market

On the New York Islanders and John Tavares ... Steven Marcus of Newsday: John Tavares will be a free agent after next season, and once again stated his commitment to the organization. “I think for myself, I’ve always shown and…

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NHL Rumors: Bruins and Avs – Carlo, McAvoy and Landeskog

On the Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Haggerty thinks the Bruins shouldn't trade either Brandon Carlo or Charlie McAvoy in a package for Avs forward Gabriel Landeskog, and it appears the Bruins don't want to…

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NHL Rumors: Scouting Habs-Caps, Kings-Stars … Richards and Hanzal

Scouting the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals game ... Stu Cowan: Scouts listed to attend last night's Canadiens and Capitals game in Montreal: Washington Capitals (2), Vegas Golden Knights (2), Buffalo Sabres (2), Chicago Blackhawks (2), Detroit Red Wings, San…

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NHL Rumors: Avalanche, Stars, and Flyers

On the Colorado Avalanche ... Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: The Avalanche will likely be able to get some future assets for Jarome Iginla. There is no chance the Avs would be able to move Carl Soderberg. He has…

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Western Conference Injuries: Stars, Ducks, Canucks, Sharks and Blues

On the Dallas Stars ... Mark Stepneski: Coach Lindy Ruff said that Jamie Benn is getting better. Benn is a "possibility" for tonight. They'll see where he's at after their morning skate. On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens: Coach…

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Eastern Conference Injuries: Pens, Habs, Wings, Devils, Sabres and Panthers

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Dave Molinari: Goaltender Matt Murray was a full participant in practice yesterday. Olli Maatta was also on the ice. On the Montreal Canadiens ... Eric Engels: Paul Byron could return after missing Saturday's game with an…

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NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins – Expansion Draft and Coaching

On the Boston Bruins ... Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: If the Bruins find a team to take goaltender Anton Khudobin, they can still expose Zane McIntrye or Malcolm Subban in the expansion draft. Both are are pending RFAs and…

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