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Rumors III: Sharks, Stars, Oilers, Flyers, Kings, Habs, Sens and Pens

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: A couple of people said that they heard that Sharks GM Doug Wilson had reached out to Dan Bylsma. Wilson strongly denied: “Tell whoever you want to tell that’s not true,” he said. Friedman wonders if the…

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Rumors II: Hurricanes, Panthers, Avs, Kings, Blues and Oilers

Chip Alexander of the Charlotte Observer: Hurricanes coach Bill Peters. "We're not going to get bigger overnight but that's definitely an objective of ours, to get bigger." Hurricanes GM Ron Francis continues to look for ways to improve his team. "It's…

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Updated: Rumors I: Oilers and Blue Jackets Talking Trade

9:50 AM: Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers assistant GM Scott Howson watched the Blue Jackets - Jets game on Tuesday. Perron has a $3.812 million salary cap hit. Anisimov has a $3.283 million cap hit. There had been…

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Injuries: Stars, Sharks, Rangers, Canucks, Wings, Flyers and Blues

Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News:  Stars Valeri Nichushkin will be rehabbing with the team as much as possible. “We want him up there now, because they’re the specialists, and they know what he needs, but we expect him…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Tues. Nov. 25th 2014

Seven games last night. One game was settled in overtime, while two had to go to a shootout. Ryan Miller shutout the Devils.

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Trade: Canucks Acquire Pedan From Islanders For Mallet and Pick

The Vancouver Canucks have acquired defenseman Andrey Pedan from the New York Islanders for forward Alex Mallet and a 2016 3rd round pick. The 21-year old Pedan was drafted 63rd overall in the 3rd round of the 2011 draft by…

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Quick Hits: Injuries, Lines and Starting Goalies

Alex Prewitt: Capitals Alex Ovechkin left practice early for precautionary reasons with an upper-body tweak. Farhan Lalji: Canucks Alex Burrows is expected to be in the lineup tonight. Ansar Khan: Red Wings Brenden Smith (infected hand) likely won't get clearance…

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2015 NHL Free Agents: Unrestricted – Goaltenders

It's looking like a good year if you are looking for a backup goalie come free agency. Antti Niemi is likely the only goalie on the list that is of 'No. 1' goalie status. There is a good chance that…

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2015 NHL Free Agents: Unrestricted – Defensemen

The list of potential free agent defensemen is a little more intriguing that some of the forward positions. As we saw last year with Matt Niskanen and Brooks Oprik, teams may step up and pay big money for the top…

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2015 NHL Free Agents: Unrestricted – Right Wingers

The pending unrestricted free agent right wingers list is also on the weaker side, but does contains some players that could help a team. It's also very likely that some of these right wingers will find themselves playing with a…

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2015 NHL Free Agents: Unrestricted – Left Wingers

Another list of NHL free agents that is a little thin. The list of pending left wing free agents contains some players that will get some interest, but it's lacking star power. Pending UFAs - Centermen | Left Wingers |…

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2015 NHL Free Agents: Unrestricted – Centers

NHL free agency is a long ways away, but teams are starting to lock up some of their free agents. With Stars locking up Jason Spezza, it thinned the center market even more. Here is a list off all the…

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