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NHL Draft Day Rumors

George Richards of the Miami Herald: It's looking like the Florida Panthers will be selecting Erik Gudbranson with the 3rd overall pick. Erik Erlendsson via Twitter: The Tampa Bay Lightning are getting calls about the 6th overall pick, but Yzerman…

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Wave 1 of NHL Trade Rumors on Draft day

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Edmonton Oilers are trying to acquire another 1st round pick. They have 2 second round picks, #31 and #48, as well as some players that they could include. The Panthers, Ducks, Blackhawks and…

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Tomas Kaberle Trade Rumors

The Tomas Kaberle trade rumors will be heating up again. We're creating an entry/page dedicated just for Tomas Kaberle rumors. Kaberle has 1 year left on his contract at a cap friendly hit of $4.25 million. His 'trade window' opens at…

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Some late day NHL Rumor quick hits

Dmitry Chesnokov via Twitter: Filatov: "I am coming back to CBJ in August. I have already spoken with GM. Haven't talked to coach, but read he's good w/young players." TSN: The Boston Bruins have granted Tim Thomas' agent, Bill Zito,…

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Wolski re-signs with Phoenix … Boychuk re-signs with Boston

TSN: The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed Wojtek Wolski to a 2 year, $7.6 million deal. The is a $3.8 million cap hit. Wolski tallied 18 points in 18 games after arriving in Phoenix from Colorado in a trade deadline day…

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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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