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Bruins sign Lucic to a 3 year contract extension

Boston Bruins on NHL.com: The Bruins have signed Milan Lucic to a 3 year contract extension worth $6 million per season. Lucic would have been a RFA after this season. Lucic was drafted in 2006 by the Bruins, 50th overall…

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Lucic to sign extension … Benn deal unlikely … Doan has no-movement, says 6 teams were in mix … Panthers injuries

Kevin Paul Dupont via twitter: The Bruins will sign Milan Lucic to a long-term contract extension this morning. Dupont guesses the money will be upwards of Tyler Seguin's $5.75 million. Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: It's unlikely that…

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NHL-NHLPA to touch base this morning … Jamison won’t get Coyotes before lockout … 63 put on waivers

Pierre LeBrun via twitter: The NHL and NHLPA will touch base this morning, it's not known if they'll meet formally. Aaron Ward via twitter: A source is saying that Oilers and Flames players will have a hearing with the Alberta…

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Shane Doan re-signs with the Coyotes

John Gambodoro via twitter: The Phoenix Coyotes have signed Shane Doan to a 4 year, $21.2 million contract. He'll get a $2 million bonus. Darren Dreger via twitter: The $2 million will be deferred until the contract expires. He'll get…

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Alex Burrows signs 4 year extension with the Canucks

Bob McKenzie via twitter: Alex Burrows signs a 4 year contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks for $18 million, a cap hit of $4.5 million. After the Burrows signing, the Canucks currently have a cap hit of approximately $55.4 million…

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Lehtonen gets 5 year extension from the Stars … Carlson gets 6 years from the Capitals

Kari Lethonen signed a 5 year contract extension with the Dallas Stars worth $29.5 million. A $5.9 million salary cap hit. John Carlson signed a 6 year contract extension with the Washington Capitals worth $23.8 million. Mike Morreale via twitter:…

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Doan to sign with Coyotes or Canucks today … Canucks-Burrows not close … Ryan staying … A. Kostitsyn to KHL … Versteeg, Lilja injury update

Harrison Mooney of the Vancouver Sun: John Gambadoro of Sports 620 KTAR in Phoenix is saying that Shane Doan will sign somewhere by 2 pm today (PST), as all contracts have to be signed by then to count under the…

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20% rev share tax … NHLPA to meet with QBLB … Players on put on waivers yesterday

Renaud Lavoie via twitter: "The NHLPA propose a 20% tax for every team to help revenue sharing. How it will technically works is different for a club receiving revenue." Bruce Garrioch via twitter: The Quebec Labour Relations Board will hold…

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Gary Bettman’s Press Conference – Sept. 13th

Gary Bettman holds a press conference after their Board of Governors meeting.

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Don Fehr’s Press Conference – Sept. 13th

Don Fehr holds a press conference today talking about the CBA negotiations and answers questions from the media. It's looking like the players will be locked out on Saturday.

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A collection of CBA tweets from yesterday … Don Fehr press conference … Bettman update

Darren Dreger via twitter: "NHL players aren't interested in any offer that includes taking less than the $1.87 bil share made last year. Insider Trading tonite on TSN." Michael Grange via twitter: "if league is offering 49% of HRR in…

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Subban rumors … Luongo on way back to Vancouver … Canucks working on Edler, Burrows extensions … Wings get Colaiacovo?

Bertrand Raymond of RDS: (through google translate) P.K. Subban is not worried that he doesn't have a contract with the Canadiens yet, and his agent said things are going normally. The Canadiens won't admit that there were talks with the…

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