Mark Easson

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Video of Eric Brewer’s hit on Talbot and Jarkko Ruutu’s late hit on Erat … Suspendable?

Eric Brewer lays out Maxime Talbot Jarkko Ruutu's late hit on Martin Erat Bob McKenzie via twitter: "Ruutu hit on Erat appears late. Our video guy says 24 frames from release of puck to contact. 30 frames=1 sec. NHL std:…

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Carter injured … Pronger and Seabrook could be back for Game 5 … Video of Richards elbow on Kaleta

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The Flyers 1-0 loss to the Sabres last night could turn out to be pretty costly. Mike Richards had a 5-minute major for elbowing Patrick Kaleta, and it could be under review by the…

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Stars closer to being sold … Lou on Parise, Greene, Hedberg … Bryzgalov price lowering? Hiller sent home

Kevin Allen via twitter: Peter Forsberg will be the assistant GM to Markus Naslund for Modo. Allen wonders if Marc Crawford will be their next coach. Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: According to 2 sources close to the…

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Top 25 2011 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents

MyNHLtraderumors.com brings you it's 2011 Top 25 NHL unrestricted free agents. In creating the list we didn't just list rank on talent alone. We took into consideration: age, position, and likelihood of signing with a different team. Take a look…

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Kunitz and Downie up for suspensions this morning … What do you think?

Another day, another player facing suspension. Correction, 2 players looking at a suspension. First up according to Bob McKenzie is Chris Kunitz at 10 a.m. for his elbow to the head of Simon Gagne. Right after that the league will be…

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Bolland likely to return for Game 4 … White should be in lineup, Stoll contacts him … Ladd on Atlanta … Blue Jackets goalie situation

Chris Kuc and Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune: David Bolland has been out since March 9th with a concussion, could return tonight. "We're optimistic (Bolland) could play," Quenneville said Monday. "He's been waiting a long time to get back…

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Torres not suspended … Boucher in, Leighton backup? Update on Pronger, Bolland, Leopold, Seguin, Chara, Zetterberg and Jovanovski

Bob McKenzie via twitter: Dreger reporting there will be no supplementary discipline for Raffi Torres hit on Seabrook. Tracey Myers via twitter: Quenneville said that Seabrook is "likely" to play tomorrow and is "optomistic" that Bolland and Bickell will play…

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Wild could move Burns … Avs best bet for Vokoun … Pronger unlikely for tonight … Bogosian’s future

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Minnesota Wild may consider moving defenseman Brent Burns because they may not want to pay him $5 million a season when his current contract runs out after next year. They'll want offense in…

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Video and McKenzie breakdown of Torres hit on Seabrook … Should he be suspended?

Tim Sassone via twitter: Canucks coach Vigneault doesn't think Torres' hit was a penalty. Blackhawks coach Quenneville said "Brutal. Major. They missed it." Bob McKenzie provided a series of tweets last night talking about Torres' hit on Seabrook: "My first…

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Bolland and Pronger doubtful for their Game 3’s … Bob or Boosh? Burke to put out an offer sheet? Options for Leafs

Chris Kuc via twitter: David Bolland is doubtful for Game 3 according to coach Joel Quennville. Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Backstrom and Arnott trade places at yesterday's practice. Capitals forward lines: Ovechkin-Arnott-Knuble, Sturm-Backstrom-Semin, Laich-Johansson-Chimera, Hendricks-Gordon-Bradley, King-Beagle-Fehr Sam Carchidi…

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Will Ryan get suspended for skate stomp? Pronger and Zetterberg are unable to go in their Game 2’s

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger skated yesterday but didn't shoot any pucks due to his injured right hand. It doesn't look like he'll play until Monday at the earliest. A source denied the rumor that…

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2011 NHL Restricted Free Agents by Team

Here is a list of potential 2011 Restricted Free Agents by Team. We will update the NHL restricted free agent list throughout the off-season. Also check out potential 2011 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents and Top 25 NHL Free Agents. Restricted…

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