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Souray provides list, 10 Intriguing Teams for Kevin Allen, Could the Hawks go after Niedermayer? Could the Predators trade Hamhuis?

1:00 pm: The St. Louis Blues made a push Ilya Kovalchuk, but felt the Thrashers wanted a little more than they were willing to give up. ”We had been working at it for the better part of the week,” Davidson…

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Atlanta Thrashers Trade Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils

The Atlanta Thrashers have traded all-star forward Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils. NHLSourcesSay (twitter), say that the Devils are sending Bergfors, Oduya, Mattias Tedenby and a 1st round pick. Bob McKenzie via Twitter confirms the Devils are sending…

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Ilya Kovalchuk Trade Rumors

We'll be giving Ilya Kovalchuk his own trade rumors section from here on out, updating each day with any new rumors we find. Feb. 4th: 7:45 pm: TSN is reporting, from USA Today, that Ilya Kovalchuk has been traded to…

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Komisarek done for the year, Nic Wallin to Sharks? Extension for Emery? Possible Moves for Dallas and Boston

Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: The Toronto Maple Leafs and the USA Olympic team took a hit yesterday, when it was announced that defenseman Mike Komisarek is done for year. Komisarek has already been out for a month, will…

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Don Waddell tells Ilya Kovalchuk to Expect a Trade Soon

TSN is reporting that Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell has told Ilya Kovalchuk to expect a trade in the next couple hours or days. It hasn't been reported where he'll end up. Nick Kypreos was saying last night during the…

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Kings and Hurricanes might have had a trade worked out, but … Flames looking for a Center? Ponikarovsky, Staying or Going?

Bob McKenzie of TSN: The Kings and Hurricanes were far enough in talks, that the Kings talked to Whitney about an extension. Whitney wanted 3 years, the Kings were thinking 1. The Kings were going to give a draft pick,…

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Plenty of NHL Rumors to go along with some Injury news

Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports: The Leafs wanted to send Jeff Finger to the Ducks instead of Jason Blake, the Ducks said no. Friedman thinks the Canucks might have been scouting Tomas Plekanec the other night, though he thinks there…

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Flames-Rangers trade goes through after the Flames game

It's official now, the Calgary Flames have acquired forwards Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins from the New York Rangers for forwards Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust. The trade was officially announced after the Flames game was over last night. ''Definitely,…

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Heroic Story of new Leaf, Keith Aulie

This video aired last year during the World Junior Championships. A heroic story of a 16 year old Keith Aulie saving his dad's life.

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Souray out with Broken Hand, More moves coming for Leafs? Kesler-Canucks talks on hold

Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Throwing a wrench in to the Edmonton Oilers and Sheldon Souray trade plans, is Souray's broken hand that he suffered fighting Jarome Iginla on Saturday. How long he'll be out is still unknown, but…

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Calgary Flames are not finished dealing

Update 10:40: Bob McKenzie of TSN There's a chance this deal won't happen today, and maybe not at all. The Flames aren't ready to pull the trigger just yet, with one reason being they want Jokinen in the lineup tonight.…

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Kings interested in Lecavalier? Phaneuf to Atlanta or Philly? Messier the Rangers GM next season?

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Talk that Dion Phaneuf was offered in a package for Ilya Kovalchuk. The Flyers are also said to be interested in Phaneuf but they have cap issues and would have to send money back…

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