Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Penguins and Red Wings

On the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins .... Steve Zipay: Hearing that the Chicago Blackhawks are seriously kicking tires on Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin. It would be interesting to see how they could create the salary cap space. Steve…

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NHL Rumors: Blues, Rangers, Panthers, Bruins and the Wild

On Kevin Shattenkirk ... Darren Dreger: Seems unlikely that the Blues will be able to sign Kevin Shattenkirk to a contract extension. The Bruins are among the teams that are most interested. On Alexander Radulov ... Aivis Kalnins: Alexander Radulov's…

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NHL Rumors: Flames, Lightning, Penguins and the Trade Market

On the Calgary Flames and the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Kevin O'Donnell: "Reports out of Canada have a deal in the works for the #Lightning to trade Ben Bishop to the Calgary Flames." Joe Smith: There will be interest in…

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NHL Rumors: Panthers, Sharks and the Oilers

On the Florida Panthers ... Harvey Fialkov: The Panthers get trade inquiries on defenseman Dmitry Kulikov all the time. The Panthers don't have him on the trade block. On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area:…

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NHL Rumors: Flyers, Ducks, Blues, Bruins and Oilers

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The Flyers have a draft plan in place. "We're going to have some emphasis on skill and size," general manager Ron Hextall said. "Hopefully, combined, but that's a tough…

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NHL Rumors: Stars, Blackhawks, Red Wings and Flames

On the Dallas Stars ... Craig Custance: (from a couple days ago) Contract talks between the Dallas Stars and Kris Russell are quiet. Custance notes that talks are also quiet between the Stars and Jason Demers. On the Chicago Blackhawks…

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NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues and the Tampa Bay Lightning

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues GM Doug Armstrong said that he'd like to bring David Backes back, but he's likley to hit the open market. “I think what you find now,…

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NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Sabres, Oilers and Ducks

On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Chris Hine: Source saying that the Teuvo Teravainen trade helped push Nick Schmaltz to leave North Dakota early and sign his deal with the Blackhawks. On the Buffalo Sabres and Jimmy Vesey ... Nick Filipowski: From…

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NHL Trade: Ducks Trade Andersen To The Maple Leafs

The Anaheim Ducks have traded goalie Frederik Andersen to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 1st round pick - No. 30 that previously belong to the Penguins - and a 2017 2nd round pick. The Maple Leafs then signed Andersen…

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NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning

On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Darren Dreger: The Blue Jackets will continue to listen to offers on the No. 3 pick at the draft. Sources saying the Blue Jackets would like to include a contract in any deal, like…

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NHL Trade: Coyotes Trade Letunov To Sharks For Picks

  The San Jose Sharks have traded their 2016 4th round pick (No. 120) and Detroit's 2017 3rd round pick that was previously acquired for forward Maxim Letunov and a 2017 6th round pick. The 20-year old Letunov was drafted…

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NHL Rumors: Ducks, Oilers, Avs and Offer Sheets

On the Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson: If the Anaheim Ducks are looking for a high-end left winger, and if they would be interested in Edmonton Oilers winger Taylor Hall, would the Oilers be good with defenseman…

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