Mark Easson

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The Central Division: Player Movement

The Detroit Red Wings lost in the Stanley Cup finals, then lost several pieces off of their roster, Marion Hossa, Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Kopecky, and most likely Jiri Hudler. Hudler signed with a KHL team for 2 years, but he…

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Sens Talking to Comrie and Sykora

The Ottawa Senators have held discussions with free agent center, Mike Comrie, and winger, Petr Sykora. Both I'd image would be contingent on Dany Heatley being moved. The Sens are already over the cap. They'd love to dump Jason Smith…

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Forsberg and Allison on the Comeback Trail

Is Peter Forsberg attempting to get back to the NHL? After his comeback last year only lasted 2 games before his foot acted up, Forsberg is back at it this year, after playing his 1st game in the Swedish Elite…

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Interest in Chelios?

The 74 year old 47 year old Chris Chelios still believes he can be a capable NHL defenceman. It doesn't appear that he'll be back with the Red Wings. While the KHL might have been an option, an NHL team…

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The Northwest Division Player Movement

The Northwest division is the second Western Conference we're looking at. The Flames got off to an early off-season start with trading for, and the signing of Jay Bouwmeester. Minnesota lost Gaborik to the Rangers, but brought in Havlat. The…

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Schneider Close to Joining the Canucks

According to Sportsnet.ca, the Vancouver Canucks are close to signing offensive defenceman Mathieu Schneider. The deal is reportedly for 1 year. This would be good move for the Canucks who need an offensive minded dman to help run the powerplay.…

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The Pacific Division Player Movement

Here we'll take at the off-season player movement for the Pacific Division. Every day or two, we'll roll out player movement for each division. Which Pacific division team(s) do you think improved the most? Which team(s) will have trouble repeating…

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Sundin Decision Soon, Heatley to Speak

Shocking news ... Mats Sundin is still undecided if he's going to play hockey next year. Feels like 2008 all over again, but thankfully this year there has been virtually no mention of it. Sundin was supposed to have made…

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Bertuzzi to the Red Wings? Marleau loses Captaincy

According to MLive.com, the Detroit Red Wings are close to signing free agent winger Todd Bertuzzi. The deal is reportedly worth $1.5 million for 1 year. This would be Bertuzzi's second stint with the Wings; playing 8 regular season games…

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Tomas Kaberle Deadline Approaching

I`m a little surprised there hasn`t been a Tomas Kaberle countdown for his `trade window`. In today`s Sun, it was the first time in a weeks that I`ve heard mention of him. Kaberle`s `no-trade` clause will kick back in after…

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A Little More on Jeremy Roenick’s Retiring

To continue a little further on Jeremy Roenick's retirement from the NHL, here are some video clips. The first is a clip from the news conference yesterday, a Top 10 J.R. soundbites, and a couple great J.R. Dancing highlights. His…

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Phoenix Coyotes Bidding Now Open to Anyone

The botched handling of the Phoenix Coyotes situation continues to make story lines. They say that 'Any press is good press', but I don't see how this whole situation will have any good effect on the NHL (other than maybe…

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