Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes, Vancouver Canucks, and the Detroit Red Wings

Teams calling the Coyotes about Panik Craig Morgan: If the Arizona Coyotes are no longer in the playoff race or if they become healthy enough, pending unrestricted free agent forward Richard Panik would be their most likely trade chip. Teams…

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NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and Mitch Marner

Now on to Mitch Marner This morning on the comments made last night Dave Feschuk: "To clarify, the quotes from Darren Ferris in this piece were from yesterday, not from the summer as Ferris mistakenly implied on @FirstUp1050. Just spoke…

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NHL Rumors: Ferland, Silfverberg, Boyle, Brassard, Howard, and the Islanders

Notes on Micheal Ferland, Jakob Silfverberg, Brian Boyle, Derick Brassard and Jimmy Howard Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Interest in Micheal Ferland has cooled as teams like the Nashville Predators and Boston Bruins may be wanting to see what happens…

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Western Conference Injuries: Coyotes, Flames, Blackhawks, Stars, Oilers, Kings, Wild, Sharks, Canucks and Jets

Kuemper out with an upper-body injury Craig Morgan: Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper suffered an upper-body injury after a collision with Mattias Janmark. Hamonic could be ready for Thursday Pat Steinberg: Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters said that defenseman Travis…

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Eastern Conference Injuries: Red Wings, Canadiens, Rangers, and Senators

Bertuzzi out with an upper-body injury Ansar Khan: Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said that Tyler Bertuzzi has an upper-body injury and could be out through the weekend. Michael Rasmussen will return from his conditioning stint after tomorrows game…

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NHL Rumors: Scouting MTL-ANA, WSH-VAN and PIT-CAR … Top 50 Trade Bait

Scouting the Montreal Canadiens and Anaheim Ducks Stu Cowan: Scouts listed to attend last night's Canadiens-Ducks game: Tampa Bay Lightning (2), Chicago Blackhawks (2), Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, Philadelphia Flyers, and the New Jersey Devils. Scouting the…

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NHL Free Agency: Auston Matthews Signs Five-Year Deal – Numbers, Notes, and Thoughts

The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Auston Matthews to a five-year contract for $58.17  million - a $11.634 million salary cap hit. Bob McKenzie: Salary and bonus breakdown. Year 1: $15.2M SB, $700K salary. Year 2: $15.2M SB, $700K salary. Year…

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NHL Rumors: Matthews Signs Five-Year Extension … Marner Still Wants To Wait

Matthews extension with Maple Leafs appears imminent Update: Kristen Shilton: #Leafs have signed Auston Matthews to a five-year contract extension, with an AAV of $11.634 million." Chris Johnston: 93 percent of Matthews contract will be money paid out in signing bonuses.…

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NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Penguins, Blackhawks, and Capitals

Coyotes not really into the rental market Matt Layman: Arizona Coyotes GM John Chayka last week: "We're not looking at the rental market as strongly as maybe other teams are." Chayka added that he's having a lot of discussions looking at…

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NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and the Winnipeg Jets

Brisson and Dorion meet for hours TSN 1200: Darren Dreger is reporting that Matt Duchene's agent Pat Brisson is in Ottawa for face-to-face contract talks. Darren Dreger: Brisson and Senators GM Pierre Dorion met for a few hours yesterday. There…

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NHL Rumors: Scouting TOR-ANA, DAL-ARI and PHI-VAN … Bobrovsky and Brassard

Scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks David Pagnotta: Scouts listed to attend last night's Leafs-Ducks game: Carolina Hurricanes (3), Columbus Blue Jackets (2), Florida Panthers (2), New York Rangers (2), Montreal Canadiens (2 - including GM Marc Bergevin),…

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NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, and Artemi Panarin

The Wild could use some scoring help but will wait for now Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune: Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton on the trade deadline. “I’m just going to watch here the next couple weeks,” Fenton said, “and…

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