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Toronto Maple Leafs Rumors for June 24th

1:22 PM: Darren Dreger of TSN: The Maple Leafs now have at least 5 offers on the table for Tomas Kaberle. Offers range from players to draft picks. One team that is familiar with the discussions is saying the Leafs…

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Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski Re-sign with Sharks

Sportsnet.ca: The San Jose Sharks locked up 2 key pieces of their team today. Unrestricted free agent Patrick Marleau re-signed with the Sharks for 4 years and $27.6 million.  This is a salary cap hit of $6.9 million. In 953…

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Ducks defenseman situation … Souray to Sabres/Sharks? Thrashers still not done?

Randy Youngman of the OC Register: The Ducks will have to rebuild their defensive corps this off-season, and potentially 2/3rds of their 2nd line if Selanne retires and Saku Koivu moves on. RFA James Wisniewski is wanting more money than…

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Hawks still shopping Versteeg … Jordan Staal not going anywhere … Filatov back to the NHL next year? “we’ll see”

Michael Russo via Twitter: Russo talked to the few NHL Executives and they confirmed that the Stan Bowman and the Blackhawks are still shopping Kris Versteeg. EJ Hradek of ESPN: The Senators will listen to offers for Jason Spezza. Though…

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Dustin Byfuglien being traded to the Atlanta Thrashers

TSN: The Chicago Blackhawks in the process of trading Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel, Ben Eager and Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for a 2010 1st round pick (#24), a 2010 2nd round pick (#54), Marty Reasoner and Jeremy Morin.…

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Rumor roundup from LeBrun … Oilers to draft Hall? When will Kaberle to Bruins talk start-up again? Canucks interested in Ladd

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: With Scott Niedermayer retiring, the Ducks will move to 'Plan B' with their defense needing an overhaul. Teemu Selanne is still undecided if he'll retire or not, the two sides will talk again next week. Three…

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Tomas Plekanec re-signs with the Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed Tomas Plekanec to a multi-year deal. Plekanec would have been an unrestricted free agent on July 1st. The deal is believed to be 6 years for $30 million. Plekanec scored 25 goals last season and…

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Nathan Horton traded to the Boston Bruins

The Florida Panthers have sent Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell to the Boston Bruins for the 15th pick in this years NHL Draft, Dennis Wideman and a 2011 3rd round pick. Horton has never really lived up to expectations in…

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Scott Niedermayer will announce his retirement today

TSN: Future Hall-of-Fame defenseman, Scott Niedermayer, is expected to hold a press conference later today to officially announce his retirement. Niedermayer has contemplated retirement the past couple seasons, and despite being 36-years old, and still putting up good number (48…

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Rumors centered around the NHL Draft

There are plenty of entries of rumors this morning, so we've broken them down in to 3 separate entries. Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has had talks with Oilers GM Steve Tambellini, not about moving…

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Ryan to Leafs unlikely … Volchenkov and Spezza update … Bruins how to trade Thomas this week

Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Despite some wishes from Leaf Nation, it's unlikely that Bobby Ryan will end up with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs have made no contact with the Ducks, but have been monitoring the situation.…

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Rumor Roundup from Dreger and LeBrun

Darren Dreger of TSN: There's a good chance that Sergei Gonchar and the Penguins won't reach a deal by July 1st, and the Pens could look at trading his rights. Gonchar could get upwards of $6 million on the open…

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