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NHL Rumors: Selanne, Staal, Some 2015 UFA Defensemen and Boyle

Janne Virtanen: There will be a news conference today with Teemu Selanne and Jokerit today. Szymon Szemberg: Press conference can be watched here. 11:00 am ET. There were rumors a few days ago that they offered him $10 million for the…

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NHL Rumors: Methot, Bissonnette, Isles, Holland and Weber

Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators defenseman Marc Methot is scheduled to become a UFA at the season. They had been talking about a contract extension, but they are at a stalemate, so don't expect a long-term deal anytime…

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Morning Hits: The Gretzky Trade, Semin and Prokhorkin

Tal Pinchevsky of NHL.com: Former Kings owner Jerry Buss had floated the idea of trading for Wayne Gretzky, and when Bruce McNall bought 25 percent of the team in 1986, the talk increased. McNall bought the remaining shares of the…

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NHL Rumors II: Senators and Sharks

Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators have seven defenseman on one-way contracts and have Cody Ceci, who plans on making the team. The Senators had promised they would make a trade at some point this offseason and could…

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NHL Rumors: Johansen, Bissonnette and Hextall on the Cap

Aaron Portzline: RFA forward Ryan Johansen has two- and four-year offers for the Blue Jackets on the table. There hasn't been much talk between the two sides lately. The Blue Jackets don't want to a four-year deal as it would…

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NHL News: Ovechkin and Hextall on Del Zotto

Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo! Sports: Alex Ovechkin in an interview: His injury at the World Championship, “A knee ligaments tear.” He continued playing in the tournament: “We did some X-rays, sent them to Washington. At first I thought: ‘That’s it.…

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NHL Rumors II: Wild, Sens, Hawks, Caps, Selanne and Pens

Craig Custance of ESPN: (mailbag) The health of Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding may leave Darcy Kuemper as their number one. A bit of risk, but carried the team for stretches last season. Custance thinks the Senators waited too long…

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NHL Rumors: Lineup Adjustments for Flyers D, Burrows and Campbell

Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: The Flyers will need to figure out their blueline with the recent loss of Kimmo Timonen and addition of Michael Del Zotto. Head coach Craig Berube, “MacDonald and Coburn played together some games last year…

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NHL Rumors: Lineup Adjustments for Flyers D, Burrows and Campbell

Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: The Flyers will need to figure out their blueline with the recent loss of Kimmo Timonen and addition of Michael Del Zotto. Head coach Craig Berube, “MacDonald and Coburn played together some games last year…

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NHL News: Ekblad Suffers Concussion … Outdoors In San Fran

Harvey Fialkov of Sun Sentinel: Panthers 2014 1st round pick Aaron Ekblad suffered a concussion in team Canada's under-20 World Juniors development camp. "We have been in communication with Team Canada and have mutually agreed to hold Aaron out for…

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NHL News: Ekblad Suffers Concussion … Outdoors In San Fran

Harvey Fialkov of Sun Sentinel: Panthers 2014 1st round pick Aaron Ekblad suffered a concussion in team Canada's under-20 World Juniors development camp. "We have been in communication with Team Canada and have mutually agreed to hold Aaron out for…

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NHL Rumors: Gonchar, Top 9 UFAs, Pitkanen, Alfredsson, Kapanen and Isles

Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars have been willing to eat $2.5 million of Sergei Gonchar's $5 million salary in a trade, but have been unsuccessful so far this offseason. Heika had thought that the Senators and…

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