Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors III: Senators, Avalanche, Blue Jackets and Blues

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators have eight defensemen under contract, so they look at trading one of them, possibly Patrick Wiercioch. The Senators are looking to add some help upfront.They've held talks with center David Legwand and…

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NHL Rumors II: Stars, Devils, Stempniak and Berglund

Pat Pickens of Sportsnet: Stars GM Jim Nill on how the Jason Spezza trade went down. When it became public knowledge he wanted to be traded, like every GM in the league, I looked into what it was going to…

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NHL Rumors I: Rangers, Toews and Kane, Nielsen and Del Zotto

Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: The Rangers are down five players, including a couple centermen. They still have Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard and Dominic Moore, but still lack depth. They didn't have the cap space to throw at…

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Quick Hits: Canucks, Leafs, Hurricanes and Penguins

Elliotte Pap: The Canucks re-sign Zack Kassian for two years and a cap hit of $1.75 million. Jason Botchford: Radim Vrbata: "I talked to Jim last night and he said they were looking for someone to play with the Sedins" Jason…

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NHL Video: The Vinny Problem for the Flyers … Senators Could Be Interested

Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: The Flyers need to pick up part of the Vincent Lecavalier's contract if they want to move him. Source saying the Flyers only want to eat $1 million, where others teams want them to eat…

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NHL Rumors VII: Capitals, Penguins, Reimer, Ott, Mueller and Downie

Adam Vigan of NBC Washington: In addressing his free agent signings Tuesday, general manager Brian MacLellan reiterated that Mike Green is very much in the Capitals' immediate plans. MacLellan and coach Barry Trotz have already begun to confer on how…

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NHL Rumors VI: Bruins, Vrbata and Blue Jackets

Nicholas Goss of NESN.com: The Boston Bruins have a surplus of NHL-caliber defensemen, which is a problem every other team wishes it had. “I think we have a good group right now, and I include (David) Warsofsky because I believe…

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NHL Rumors V: Predators, Flyers, Senators, Murray, Thornton and Teravainen

Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Predators signed Olli Jokinen yesterday, but talks about bringing in Vincent Lecavalier could still be ongoing. Source saying that Flyers GM Ron Hextall and Predators GM David Poile revisited talks yesterday afternoon.…

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NHL Rumors IV: Legwand, Stempniak, Vokoun, Ott, Green, Vrbata, Berglund and Petry

Hope Smoke: (before the Petri Kontiola signing) Darren Dreger: "We're waiting on Legwand and so are the Leafs." ... "The Leafs are one of the teams that have put in an offer on Legwand" ... "The Leafs think Legwand can be a real good…

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NHL News: Lecavalier, Canucks and Kontiola’s Signing

Nick Cotsonika: When the Flyers signed Vincent Lecavalier, an executive said to Cotsonika that Lecavalier would be the first player to be bought out twice. Pass it to Bulis: The Canucks have about $7.6 million in salary cap space with…

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NHL Rumors III: Available for Trade, Maple Leafs and Devils

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Capitals coach Barry Trotz. “I don’t think you’ll see many trades until after July 6,” he predicted. One agent yesterday: “The sense I get are teams, after going at warp speed yesterday, took a deep breath…

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NHL Rumors II: Bruins and Boychuk, Red Wings and Capitals

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli has a couple of open trade conversations still ongoing with fellow NHL teams, and it’s a safe bet it involves at least one of their defensemen. If the Bruins are…

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