Mark Easson

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Scouting the Leafs-Panthers, Flames-‘Hawks and Blues-Oilers … Injury notes on MacArthur, Sharp, Hossa and Fleury

George Richards: Oilers Craig MacTavish and Kevin Lowe attended the Maple Leafs and Panthers game. Others scouting the game: Avalanche, Ducks, Canadiens, Blues, Kings, Blackhawks, Bruins, Flames, Blue Jackets, Stars, Canucks, Coyotes and Predators. Chris Kuc: Scouting the Flames-Blackhawks game: Ducks,…

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Hurricanes lines … Edler in … Starting goalies

Michael Smith via twitter: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E.Staal-Semin, Skinner-J. Staal-LaRose, Ruutu-Nash-Dwyer, Westgarth-Brent-Hall. Elliott Pap: Canucks defenseman Alex Edler is in for Cam Barker. Dave Isaac: Ilya Bryzgalov will start in net for the Flyers. Arthur Staple: Evgeni Nabokov will start in net…

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Quick Hits: Jokinen, Wallace and Daugavins on waivers, DeKeyser, Weiss, Sharp and Hossa

Michael Smith on NHL.com: The Hurricanes put Jussi Jokinen and Tim Wallace on waivers today. Jokinen has 5 goals and 5 assists in 30 games this season. He's in the 2nd year of 3 year deal which pays him $3…

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NHL Trade Deadline: Info Links

A collection of links for the April 3rd trade deadline. Twitter: Follow @MyNHLTradeRumor Hockey Central Trade Tracker Videos: Centers | Left Wingers | Right Wingers | Defenseman | Goalies Free Agents: Top 30 | By Team (RFA and UFA) |…

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NHL Rumors II: Luongo, Briere, Couturier for Ryan, Kiprusoff, Iginla, Jagr, Smid, Horcoff, Campbell, Trouba, Bobrovsky and the Blues

From twitter unless noted otherwise Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger on TSN Radio: "Leafs haven't spoken to Vancouver in a long time about Luongo or anyone else." Todd Cordell: Dreger on TSN Radio: Daniel Briere to the Canadiens for a draft could…

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NHL Rumors I: Bruins, Iginla, Clowe, Subban, Jagr, Roy, Luongo and Schneider, Leopold, Glencross and Nystrom

From twitter unless noted otherwise Wes Gilbertson: Two reports out of Boston are that the Flames could target goalie Malcolm Subban in any Jarome Iginla talks. James Murphy of ESPN: 3 sources have said that Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli had…

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Quick Hits: DeKeyser, Clarkson, Merrill and Rangers scouting Sharks-Ducks

Chris Peters: Source with knowledge of the Danny DeKeyser situation believes that the Red Wings, Ducks, Predators, Oilers, Blues and Lightning are the strongest contenders. Todd Cordell: Dreger on TSN: There hasn't been any meaningful dialogue between the Devils and…

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Injury Notes: Smith, Michalek, Hossa, Stastny, Wilson, Salvador and Gionta

Jerry Brown NHL.com: Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith hasn't been on the ice since being hit by Alex Edler last Thursday. Defenseman Zbynek Michalek is getting closer to returning. He's been out since March 9th. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune:…

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Quick Rumors Hits: Kiprusoff, Visnovsky, Crombeen, Iginla and the Bruins

From twitter unless noted otherwise Mark Spector:  For those wondering about Miikka Kiprusoff to the Maple Leafs: Spector is told that the Leafs will be holding onto picks and prospects. Andy Strickland: The Islanders have held preliminary talks with defenseman…

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Alex Semin Re-signs with the Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed winger Alex Semin to a 5 year, $35 million contract extension. Semin signed a one-year, $7 million contract with the Hurricanes last offseason after spending the previous seven season with the Washington Capitals. He was…

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Injury Notes: Liles, Bourque, Letang, Anderson, Hossa, Shaw, Briere and Grossman

All from twitter Jonas Siegel: The Maple Leafs recalled defenseman Jesse Blacker as John-Michael Liles is out. Marc-Antoine Godin: Canadiens Rene Bourque has stopped skating which may be a concern for the rest of the year. Seth Rorabaugh: The Penguins…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Senators, Hurricanes, Leafs, Devils, Blackhawks, Stars, Ducks and Oilers

All from twitter Brent Wallace: Senators lines: Latendresse Turris Alfredsson; Greening Zibanejad Silfverberg; Dziurzynski Smith Neil; Kassian Regin Condra. Defensive pairings: Methot Gryba; Wiercioch Gonchar; Phillips Lundin. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Semin, Skinner-J. Staal-LaRose, Ruutu-Nash-Dwyer, Bowman-Jokinen-Wallace/Westgarth-Brent-Hall. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, MacArthur-Grabovski-Frattin, Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin,…

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