Mark Easson

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State of the San Jose Sharks: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Brian Smith and can be found on twitter at @sharkfinfan32 For the past 5 seasons the San Jose Sharks have been buyers at the trade deadline and this year looks no different. In the past Sharks GM Doug…

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Leafs Dmen getting interest … Avs knew Quincey would be flipped … Stars getting calls on Ott and Ribeiro … Hemsky’s worth … plus more notes

Darren Dreger of TSN: The Maple Leafs blueline continues to get interest. Jake Gardiner is not available. Teams are looking at Luke Schenn, but Burke won't move him unless they get an offer he can't refuse. Carl Gunnarsson, Cody Franson…

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Senators GM Murray talks Kuba and the trade deadline … No talks with Karlsson yet

Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: It looks like the Senators will be keeping defenseman Filip Kuba, GM Bryan Murray: “He’s played penalty-killing, power play, been Erik Karlsson’s partner. (He) plays a lot of minutes, has great respect on the…

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State of the Ottawa Senators: Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Travis Ramsay Heading into the 2011-12  season the Senators were picked by many to finish dead last.  Last years trade deadline saw the team unload players for draft picks to start what looked like a long and arduous rebuilding…

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Steve Downie traded to the Avalanche … Kyle Quincey ends up with Red Wings … Lightning get 1st round pick

The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded winger Steve Downie to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Kyle Quincey. The Lightning then sent Quincey to the Detroit Red Wings for a 2012 1st round pick and defenseman Sebastien Piche. The Avalanche currently…

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Brandon Segal traded by Blackhawks to the Lightning for Matt Fornataro

The Blackhawks trade forward Brandon Segal to the Tampa Bay Lighting for forward Matt Fornataro. Brandon Segal Matt Fornataro  

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Twitter quick hits involving: Ruutu, Kuznetsov, Eaton, Nabokov, Lecavalier, Datsyuk, Wisniewski, Langenbrunner, Koivu and Conklin

Darren Dreger via twitter: The Hurricanes are waiting for Tuomo Ruutu to decide on their contract offer. They need to know by Wednesday, as he'll likely be back on the trade block if he doesn't re-sign. Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter:…

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State of the Columbus Blue Jackets: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Austin Lutz With only 23 games remaining in their season, the Columbus Blue Jackets sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, a place that’s been their home for the majority of the season. That being said,…

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State of the Washington Capitals: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Jeff Kleiman of Capitals Outsider (@J_dizzle_caps) and Jake Ware of DC Pro Sports Report (@JacobWare95). Through 59 games of the 2011/12 NHL season, the perennial playoff contending Washington Capitals sit in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with…

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Friedman talks Kings and Jackets … Pens could face cap crunch next year … Coyotes can make move .. Canadiens notes … McKenzie trade talk video

Elliotte Friedman of CBC: Kings defenseman Slava Voynov's solid play in 33 games may have led to Jack Johnson's name in trade rumors. Jonathan Bernier and one of the 2 defenseman could land them a scorer like Jeff Carter. If…

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Morning rumors and notes involving: Sabres, Kings, Penguins, van Riemsdyk, Eaton, Kubina, Benn and Souray

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: Sabres defenseman Jordan Leopold on the trade deadline: "It's changed a lot over the years as far as the access to blogs, rumors, Twitter, television tickers on the bottom of the page," said Leopold.…

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A Quick note

Be sure to follow us on twitter at @myNHLTradeRumor for updates.. The trade deadline is getting closer. We still have teams available for our "State of 'x' team" trade deadline feature section. Teams available are the Panthers, Blues, Coyotes and…

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