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Scouting the Stars … Nonis on Bozak and MacArthur … Oshie Sued … Granlund Reassigned … Montador Clears Waivers

Dallas Morning News: From Dennis Bernstein and Mike Heika: the Bruins, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Blue Jackets, Wild and Rangers have scouted the Dallas Stars the last two games. The Stars scouted the Bruins-Senators game on Monday. Bruce Garrioch noted that…

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Injury notes: Dubinsky, Poti, Leino, Tallinder, Brodeur, Grabner, Kelly, Steen and Tarasenko

Jeff Rimer via twitter: Looks like Blue Jackets Brandon Dubinsky will return to the lineup tonight. He's missed the last 11 games. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals defenseman Tom Poti is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. John Vogl via twitter:…

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Lines and Goalies: Caps, Pens, Isles, Habs, Blue Jackets, Devils, Rangers, Sens, Panthers, Lightning, Blues and Jets

Katie Carrera via twitter: Capitals lines: Johansson-Ribeiro-Ovechkin; Fehr-Backstrom-Brouwer; Chimera-Hendricks-Ward; Wolski-Perreault/Beagle-Crabb. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Alzner-Kundratek, Schultz-Carlson, Schilling-Oleksy. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Bennett-Jeffrey-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams. Pens Inside Scoop via twitter: First line power play unit: Bennett, Letang, Crosby, Neal and Kunitz. Second unit…

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The Ryan Getzlaf Fallout: Perry and UFA Centers

Elliotte Friedman of CBC: Ryan Getzlaf signed an eight year, $66 million deal with the Ducks last week. They were hoping to get him signed to salary cap hit of $7.5 million, but there was no way that they could…

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Daugavins Tries a Bourque-ian Spin-O-Rama

Ottawa Senators forward Kaspers Daugavins tries a spin-o-rama in last night's shootout in an unconventional way. He's pulled the move off before in the AHL. What are your thoughts on Daugavins shootout attempt?

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NHL Rumors: Malkin, Smid, Hemsky, Horcoff, Blackhawks, Capitals, Red Wings, Panthers, Lightning, Leafs, Devils and Scouting LA-CAL

Elliotte Friedman of CBC: The Penguins can talk to Evgeni Malkin about a contract extension, but can't re-sign him until the summer. Same goes for the Blackhawks and Jonathan Toews. There hasn't seemed to be much conversation between the Oilers…

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Escrow … Injury updates: Filppula, Helm, McDonald, Steen, Tarasenko, Lombardi and Schlemko … Lindback to start

James Mirtle via twitter: 20% for escrow will come off the players checks this pay period. The league is saying revenue projections are down. Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Revenue projections are down to $2.1 billion from $2.4 billion. Pierre LeBrun via…

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Ducks send Sexton to Lightning for Wilson

The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Dan Sexton to the Tampa Bay Lightning for center Kyle Wilson. Sexton was signed as a free agent from Bowling Green State University. The 25-year old carries a $550,000 salary cap hit and will…

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Quick Hits and Injuries: Realignment, waivers, Latendresse, Lupul, Malkin, Brodeur, Michalek, Benn and Morrow

Pierre LeBrun via twitter: The Board of Governor will vote on realignment by fax this week. Should be done by the end of the week. Tim Wharnsby via twitter: Brendan Mikkelson cleared waivers. The Blackhawks placed Steve Montador on waivers. Brue…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Sabres, Senators, Stars, Kings, Flames, Bruins and Canucks

John Vogl via twitter: Sabres lines: Vanek-Hodgson-Pominville, Foligno-Porter-Flynn, Ott-Hecht-Gerbe, Scott-Grigorenko-Stafford. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Latendresse-Smith-Alfredsson;Greening-Turris-Silfverberg;Stone-Zibanejad-Neil;Condra-O'Brien-Daugavins. Mark Stepneski via twitter: Stars lines: Whitney-Roy-cole; Smith-Eakin-Jagr;Fraser-Roussel-Eriksson; Nystrom-Fiddler-Garbutt. Jon Rosen via twitter: Jonathan Quick left the ice first and is the likely starter tonight. John…

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NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Ducks, Flames, Maple Leafs and top 20 UFAs that could be traded

Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Blackhawks could have some cap issues in the future. Marian Hossa contract runs through 2020-21, but if the 34-year old retires before it expires, they could get hit with a minimum of $4.6…

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Quick Hits: Mikkelson, Dubnyk, Ennis, Latendresse and Arnott

Darren Dreger via twitter: The Lightning put Brendan Mikkelson on waivers. Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk left yesterday's game against the Blackhawks with a stinger after he was run over by  teammate Teemu Hartikainen. He…

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