Mark Easson

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Tampa Bay Lightning 2014-15 Season Primer

The Tampa Bay Lightning are next up in our Atlantic Division 2014-15 season preview. Use the below Tabs to view Lightnings info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last year. 2013-14 record: 46-27-9, 101 points Where…

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Rumors II: Johansen, Wideman, Stars, Semin and Bennett

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Two sources saying that there have been next to no talks for awhile between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen. They remain $3 million per season apart on a two-year deal. Johansen could be willing to…

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Rumors I: Ryan, Alfredsson, Brodeur and Maple Leafs

Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators Bobby Ryan is expected to take a bigger leadership role this season. Ryan will be a UFA at the end of this season and he hopes contract talks on a new long-term deal…

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News: Rinaldo, Bowman, Fabbri, O’Brien and Advanced Stats Sites

Dave Isaac of the Courier Post: The Flyers have re-signed Zac Rinaldo to a two-year contract extension with a cap hit of $850,000 per season. Rinaldo would have been a RFA at the end of this season. “I’m surprised that…

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Ottawa Senators 2014-15 Season Primer

The Ottawa Senators are the next up in our Atlantic Division season primers. Use the below Tabs to view Senators info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last year. 2013-14 record: 37-31-14, 88 points Where they finished: 5th in the…

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Rumors: Ovi and Malkin, Wild, Canucks, Heatley and UFAs

Igor Eronko: KHL president Alex Medvedev to Sport-Express.ru on when we'd see Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in the KHL: 'You mean comeback to Russia? There might be good surprises in a year' Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Training camp…

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Montreal Canadiens 2014-15 Season Primer

The Montreal Canadiens are the next up in our series. The Canadiens will be looking to improve on their Conference Finals result from last season, which saw them lose the series 4-2 to the Rangers. Use the below Tabs to…

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Rumors: Red Wings, Avalanche and Oilers

Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) Tyler Myers and Mike Green were among the players the Red Wings looked at acquiring this offseason. The Wings inquired about Ryan Kesler but they didn't have the assets to acquire him or didn't want…

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Morning Hits: Datsyuk, Kuznetsov and Vincour

Katie Flynn of theScore: Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk hasn't ruled out playing for his hometown Avtomobilist Yekaterinberg of the KHL before his hockey days are finished. He'll be 38-years old when his Red Wings contract expires in three years. Datsyuk…

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Florida Panthers 2014-15 Season Primer

The Florida Panthers are the fourth Altantic division team we are taking a closer look at heading into the 2014-15 season Use the below Tabs to view Panthers info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last…

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Rumors: Stars, Blue Jackets and Oilers

Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Heika thinks it's too early to trade Devin Shore or Jason Dickson, need to see if they can re-sign Jason Spezza to a contract extension first. Sergei Gonchar, Shawn Horcoff and Erik…

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Morning Hits: Leafs, the “No Sense” Part of Expansion and Burns

Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: The Maple Leafs are considering splitting up Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk as they are concerned that there is too much fire power on their first line and not enough on their second…

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