Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Rangers, Maple Leafs and Canadiens

On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: The agent for restricted free agent forward Jordan Martinook - Jeff Helperl - said that there have been no progress in contract talks so far. Craig Morgan: The agent for restricted free agent…

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NHL Rumors: Red Wings and Tatar Talks Aren’t Going Anywhere … Do They Look To Move Him?

On the Detroit Red Wings ... George Malik of Kukla's Korner: Red Wings RFA forward Tomas Tatar spoke CAS.sk about his free agent status and filing for salary arbitration. (through Malik's translating the article) His agent, Rich Winter has been…

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NHL Rumors: Canucks, Capitals, Rangers and Blues

On the Vancouver Canucks ... Rick Dhaliwal: Unrestricted free agent Darren Archibald should sign a contract soon and the Canucks are still in the running. He was the MVP in Utica last season. On the Washington Capitals ... JJ Regan:…

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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres and Evander Kane

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Both Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat filed for salary arbitration, but there is still plenty of time for the Lightning to sign them. Hearing will be scheduled…

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NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins and David Pastrnak … Offer Sheets Coming?

On the Boston Bruins ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins are still looking for a left-handed top-four defenseman and a maybe a left winger for David Krejci. The Bruins biggest priority remains to get David Pastrnak signed, who is…

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NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs – Depth On The Wing And A Need For A Defenseman

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Maple Leafs have forwards under contract next year, not including RFA Connor Brown, injured Joffrey Lupul and Nathan Horton, and youngsters Kasperi Kapanen and Miro Aaltonen. In…

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NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes and the Edmonton Oilers

On the Arizona Coyotes ... Darren Dreger: Sounding like Rick Tocchet could be the next head coach of the Coyotes. Frank Seravalli: Keep hearing Ralph Krueger's name being attached to the Coyotes. Craig Morgan: The Coyotes will only say that…

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NHL News: Canadiens, Oilers, Maple Leafs, Salary Arbitration, Coyotes, Galiev and Islanders

Catching up on some NHL news from the past 24 hours ... On the Montreal Canadiens ... Chris Johnston: The Canadiens signed Alex Galchenyuk to a three-year contract extension with salary cap hit of $4.9 million. He'll be an unrestricted…

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NHL Rumors: Bruins, Oilers, Blue Jackets and Avalanche

On the Boston Bruins ... Jimmy Murphy: Source saying that the Bruins and restricted free agent forward David Pastrnak are close on a new contract. Not exactly sure on the numbers, but would guess that it's a five-year deal at…

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NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Donnellon of the Philadelphia Daily News: Flyers GM Ron Hextall denied having interest in unrestricted free agent defenseman Andrei Markov. “Don’t believe everything you read or hear,’’ Hextall said, addressing Monday’s report from a…

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NHL News: Edmonton Oilers Sign Connor McDavid To Contract Extension

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Connor McDavid to an eight-year contract extension worth  million, a $12.5 million  million salary cap hit. Nick Cotsonika: "McDavid: "I wanted to show my commitment ... that I'm in it for the long haul."" Some…

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NHL Rumors: Devils, Kovalchuk, Franson and Free Agents

On the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk .... Andrew Gross of The Record: Ilya Kovalchuk's agent, Jay Grossman confirmed yesterday that Kovalchuk will be playing next season in the KHL and not coming back to the NHL. The New…

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