Mark Easson

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Morning Rumors I: Scouting Five Games Last Night

Randy Miller of NJ.com: Scouting the Devils - Blue Jackets game last night include: Blackhawks (2 - director of player personnel Pierre Gauthier and pro scout Dennis Bonvie) and the Wild's assistant GM Jim Mill. Both the Blackhawks and Wild have…

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Injury Notes: Letang, Dupuis, Datsyuk, Yakupov and Butler

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Kris Letang's wife found him on the floor in their house on Jan. 29th, he was conscious, but “I was just not able to function,” he recalled. He's at the rink and trying to recover…

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2013-14 NHL Trade Deadline Features

Here are our 2013-14 NHL trade deadline featured pieces submitted by bloggers, journalism students and first time writers. We hope you enjoy their take on what teams may do leading up to the March 5th trade deadline. In most cases,…

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Evening Rumors: Kings Look AT Forwards and Dmen … Wings Looking For D … Risks/Rewards for Six

The Fourth Period: The Kings have shown interest in forwards: Matt Moulson, Thomas Vanek, Mike Cammalleri and Ray Whitney. On the blueline they have shown interest in: Andrew MacDonald, Henrik Tallinder and Dan Girardi. Multiple sources saying they even discussed…

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VIDEO: SportsNet HC Trade Tracker: Rangers Ryan Callahan

Hockey Central panel discusses whether the New York Rangers will trade Ryan Callahan. The 28-year old is a pending UFA carries a $4.275 million salary cap hit and $4.825 million salary. Gord Stellick thinks possible destinations are the Red Wings, Coyotes…

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VIDEO: SportsNet HC Trade Tracker: Capitals Martin Erat

Hockey Central panel discusses whether the Washington Capitals will trade Martin Erat. The 32-year old Erat carries a $4.5 million salary cap hit that runs through 2014-15. He has a $3.75 million salary this season. Erat has one goal in 51…

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VIDEO: SportsNet HC Trade Tracker: Sabres Christian Ehrhoff

Hockey Central panel discusses whether the Buffalo Sabres will trade Christian Ehrhoff. The 31-year old carries a $4 million salary cap hit and salary, and the deal runs through 2020-21. Billy Jaffe thinks possible destinations are the Stars, Oilers and Islanders.…

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2013-14 NHL Trade Deadline Feature: Phoenix Coyotes

Written by Dale Lamontagne , who can be followed on twitter at @Dale Lamontagne We’re just a few short days away from the 2014 NHL trade deadline, and the Phoenix Coyotes find themselves in a tight playoff race with the…

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Morning Rumors VII: Kesler, St. Louis, Erat, Panthers, Devils, Islanders, Senators, Leafs and Kuznetsov

Eric Macramalla: "Kesler/St. Louis have no-trades; ok to give to player; BUT trade demand should trigger a list of teams he can be traded to, otherwise the team will have difficulty getting a return on that player - so no trades…

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VIDEO: SportsNet HC Trade Tracker: Lightning’s Martin St. Louis

Hockey Central panel discusses whether the Tampa Bay Lightning will trade Martin St. Louis. The 38-year old St. Louis carries a $5.62 million salary cap hit and has a salary of $6.5 million this season. He has one year left on…

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Morning Rumors VI: Martin St. Louis Edition

Arthur Staple: Three different people have said that Martin St. Louis did request a trade last month. Darren Dreger: "Teams may continue to call TBay on St Louis, but, as of now, Lightning are telling teams St Louis is locked…

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Morning Rumors V: Canucks, Blue Jackets, Rangers, Lightning, Markov, Legwand, Reimer, Whitney and Red Wings

TSN: Bob McKenzie: the Canucks are not aggressively shopping or trying to move Ryan Kesler, but they are listening. Kesler has a no-movement clause, and he might have a broken finger. If they were going to trade him, they would…

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