Mark Easson

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State of the Philadelphia Flyers: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Dustin Leed of The Hockey Guys and can be found on twitter at @D_LEED . The NHL Trade Deadline is 14 days away and like always, the Philadelphia Flyers should be busy leading up to Feb. 27. Following…

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State of the Calgary Flames: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Ryan Pike of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @RyanNPike. Heading into this year's trade deadline, the Calgary Flames sit in largely the same position they have been over the last few seasons: not…

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Morning NHL rumors involving the Flyers, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Capitals and Lightning … Teams scouting last night

Craig Custance of ESPN: Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is waiting for more teams to becomes sellers. "There's still a lot of teams that are deciding what to do, which way to go. You look at the standings, that's easy to…

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Afternoon NHL rumors and notes: Carter, Kings, Radulov, Ruutu, Capitals, Stastny, ‘Hawks, Glencross, Duchene, Green … Devils and Leafs lines

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson and Jeff Carter's agents won't speak publicly about the situation. Carter agent did confirm though that Carter has not requested a trade. There are probably 5 or 6 teams…

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Jets and Ducks pull off small trade

The Winnipeg Jets have acquired center Maxime Macenauer from the Anaheim Ducks for center Riley Holzapfel. Macenauer was a 3rd round pick of the Ducks in 2007. Holzapfel was a 2nd round pick of the Thrashers in 2006. Macenauer has…

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State of the Tampa Bay Lightning: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Brent Lemon of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @LemonSports. For most of hockey-country, thunderstorms are a summer phenomenon. Places like Ontario, Minnesota, or New York just don’t see much lightning in February. And…

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Morning NHL rumors involving the Flyers, Sabres, Canadiens, Wild, Blackhawks, Islanders, Oilers and Rangers

Sam Carchidi via twitter: Carchidi thinks the Flyers should go after Luke Schenn if the Predators won't trade Ryan Suter or Shea Weber. He'd give up a 1st and 2nd round pick for Schenn. Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Schenn isn't…

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Free Agent and injury notes involving Parise, Parenteau, Mueller, and Malone … Potential Habs GMs

Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said, “We will make every effort to re-sign Zach.” Parise might get $8 million on the open market. Arthur Staple of Newsday: Islanders GM Garth Snow has had preliminary talks with…

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State of the Minnesota Wild: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Anatoliy Metter of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @anatoliymetter. The Minnesota Wild are fighting for their playoff lives in the Western Conference as they are trying to stave off teams such as Phoenix,…

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A short list of players available … Bruins could look at? Parise not talking contract anymore … Oils close on Sutton deal … Knuble could get interest

Kevin Paul Dumont of the Boston Globe: The Bruins could look at Hurricanes defenseman Jaroslav Spacek and forward Tuomo Ruutu. If the Ducks make Bobby Ryan and/or Corey Perry available, the Bruins might be interested. For Ryan it may take…

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Sunday morning mash of names in the NHL rumor mill

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Several GMs are looking to have a one time amnesty buyout in the next CBA that wouldn't carry a salary cap hit. The Rangers would be interested in Rick Nash, and the Blue Jackets…

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HockeyCentral Trade Tracker Videos: Forwards

Follow the below link to a collection of Sportsnet's HockeyCentral Trade Tracker videos. The forward collection includes: Tuomo Ruutu, Brenden Morrow, Mikhail Grabovski, We'll update more when they do. They've taken down Teemu Selanne, Ales Hemsky, Derek Roy and Bobby…

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