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Rumors I: Flyers, Ducks, Leafs, Senators and Bertuzzi

Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: Flyers GM Ron Hextall could be looking towards next year and beyond. “We’re not at the point where we’re looking at getting rid of guys, but I would say that probably we’re not far from…

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Injuries: Lightning, Wild, Flyers, Jets, Caps, Sens, Pens and Hawks

Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning's Radko Gudas will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out indefinitely. He suffered the injury after crashing awkwardly into the boards on December 29th against the Maple Leafs. He…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Mon. Jan. 5th, 2015

Only one NHL game to go along with the gold medal World Junior game. Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture and Brent Burns each record two points, leading the Sharks over the Jets. Russia makes a game of it after Canada built…

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Rumors III: Bruins, Coyotes, Maple Leafs and Blues

Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger:  "I look at Boston as a team perhaps getting involved in something as early as this week." ... "we've been talking about the Vermette rumours for weeks. I know Boston is a team that has considerable…

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Rumors II: Coyotes, Bruins, Rangers and Wild

Zach Buchanan of the Arizona Republic: Coyotes new majority owner, Andrew Barroway, said he's committed to making the Coyotes work in Glendale. The five-year, $50 million in loses trigger is still in place.  Barroway added that he has no interest…

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Injuries: Sharks, Hawks, Panthers, Flames, Stars and Leafs

Sharks.NHL: The Sharks put Joe Thornton on the IR. Tracey Myers: Blackhawks Kris Versteeg will be out about a month with a left hand injury. Coach Joel Quenneville thinks surgery is "doubtful." George Richards: Roberto Luongo left the game, but…

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NHL Rumors: O’Reilly, Doan, Oilers, Wild and Sabres

Nick Groke of Denver Post: Ryan O'Reilly's name continues to come up in trade speculation. When asked about it. “You know, I…” O’Reilly said, before stopping and sighing and changing course. “I couldn’t care less. Knowing where we are, and…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Sun. Jan. 4th, 2015

Seven games were on the schedule yesterday. Lightning's Tyler Johnson scores twice in a 4-2 win over the Senators. Matt Hendricks scored twice in a 5 - 2 win over the Islanders.

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Sat. Jan. 3rd, 2015

Ten games last night. Nightly recap video of all eight games in just under four minutes, plus extended highlights of each game. Six teams record at least six goals. Jaromir Jagr becomes the old player to record a NHL hat…

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Rumors: Jackets, Blues, Leafs, Sabres, Oilers, Kings and Wings

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Blue Jackets are going to have to pay a big price to re-sign Sergei Bobrovsky. He could be looking for something similar to Pekka Rinne, $7 million a season. He is arbitration eligible…

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Top 5 2015 NHL Free Agent Goalies

There isn’t a big premium on goaltending anymore in that 20-25 goaltenders are legitimate starters and the difference between the top-tier and bottom-tier of the 20-25 is about one save per 100 shots (or .10SV%). That said, bad goaltending completely…

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Rumors: Senators, Rangers, Coyotes, Maple Leafs and Oilers

Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: The Senators will have a bunch of RFAs to deal with this summer: Mika Zibanejad, Mark Stone, Alex Chiasson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mike Hoffman. Hoffman has arbitration rights. He's tied for the team lead…

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