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Rumors II: Bruins, Penguins, Rangers, Wings, Leafs and Blues

Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: The Bruins obviously need to make some cap room for RFAs Torey Krug and Reilly Smith. Marc Savard can't go on the LTIR until the start of the season. If the young kids like…

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Rumors I: Schwartz, Penner and Kassian

Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The agent of Blues RFA Jaden Schwartz's said they are not close on a contract . "I would characterize it as the discussions are ongoing," Wade Arnott, Schwartz's agent, told the Post-Dispatch Wednesday. "We've had…

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News: Krejci, Ekblad, Vincour, Nieuwendyk and Blackhawks

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins signed David Krejci to a six-year, $43.5 million contract. Salary breakdown: $7.25 million, $7.25 million, $7.5 million, $7.5 million, $7 million and $7 million. The deal carries a no-movement clause for the first four…

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Toronto Maple Leafs 2014-15 Season Primer

The Toronto Maple Leafs are the final Atlantic division team in our 2014-15 Season Primer series. Use the below Tabs to view Maple Leafs info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last year. 2013-14 record: 38-36-8, 84…

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News: Crosby Training in Colorado, Not Arrested in Ottawa

Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: The Ottawa Sun, owned by QMI Agency, ran the below story involving Sidney Crosby before pulling it down ... Posted by Yahoo! Sports Puck Daddy blog. Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby was arrested by Ottawa Police…

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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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