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Rumors VIII: Stamkos and the Jets

Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Steven Stamkos has a year left on his deal, and is confident a contract extension will get done. "A lot of people forget I still have another year left on my deal, it's…

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Rumors VII: Blue Jackets, Beleskey, Pens, Habs and Soderberg

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets are thought to be the team that made an offer to the Coyotes for the 3rd overall pick. The Blue Jackets currently hold the 8th overall pick. GM Jarmo Kekalainen said…

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Rumors VI: Chiarelli on Draft and Goalies … B’s and Hamilton to Talk

Mark Spector of Sportsnet: Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli might trade the 16th overall pick, but he may be leaning towards keeping it. “Instinctively you want to keep the pick. Especially as the draft approaches, you get more pumped about that…

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Rumors V: Leafs … Cheveldayoff on Burmistrov, Byfuglien and Ladd

Chris Johnston of Sportsnet: Maple Leafs assistant GM Kyle Dubas on trade chatter picking up. "It just seemed that we were getting multiple calls every hour, people trying to test the waters and see what's happening," he said. "It's getting…

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Rumors IV: Coyotes – Cap Flexibility, Free Agents and Offers For No. 3

Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: The Coyotes have 11 players under contract for next year, and with Mike Ribeiro's buyout and the retaining of a portion of Keith Yandle's salary, the Coyotes sit at about $34.2 million. The salary…

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Rumors III: Hedja, Stone, Available Players and Capitals

Darren Dreger: The Avalanche will meet with UFA defenseman Jan Hejda's agent at the draft. He will draw some interest if he hits the open market. Wayne Scanlan: The Senators met with Mark Stone's agent yesterday. Contract talks are progressing, but…

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Rumors II: Wild – Dubnyk, Sprugeon, Draft and RFAs

Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher met with Devan Dubnyk, family and friends (his wife, son, parents, brother, sister, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, three buddies) yesterday morning for half an hour in Las Vegas. “We had a good…

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Rumors I: Hamilton and a Stars Chat

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Source saying that the Bruins are prepared to go as high as $7 million a year to match an offer sheet for Dougie Hamilton. That seems to be the range for what Hamilton's camp is looking…

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Videos: Chiarelli and Dreger Talking Draft, Goalies and Player Movement

Above: Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli talking about trade of draft picks and Connor McDavid. Below: Darren Dreger on NHL Live talking about the draft, goalies and possible player movement.

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Rumors XI: Maple Leafs – Phaneuf, Kessel, Draft and Bernier

Lance Horby of the Toronto Sun: With the NHL's Entry Draft beginning on Friday night, and free agency set to begin on July 1st, the Toronto Maple Leafs have much to do in order to regenerate success and intrigue. "The…

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Rumors X: Blackhawks, Capitals, Coyotes and Red Wings

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: As of Monday night, the Blackhawks weren't far along with trade talks involving any of their players, including Patrick Sharp. Talk is that GM Stan Bowman has been doing rounds to find out the interest level…

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Rumors IX: Talbot Offer, Sharp, Okposo, Frolik and More

Ian McLaren of theScore: Darren Dreger on TSN 1260 radio on a Cam Talbot trade offer. I'm told that there was a team that offered two second-round picks for Cam Talbot and that didn't close the deal. So (general manager…

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