Mark Easson

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NHL Rumors: New Jersey Devils – Teams Calling About The No. 1 Pick … Not Shopping Schneider

On the New Jersey Devils ... Chris Ryan Of NJ.com: The Devils own the No. 1 pick in the draft, with Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier the consensus top two players. Mike Morreale of NHL said that 13 teams are…

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Morning Hits: Vegas and Free Agents … Injury Notes on Sens, Blue Jackets and Penguins

On the Vegas Golden Knights and free agents ... Pierre LeBrun: The Golden Knights are able to speak with free agents from Sunday June 18th at 10:00 AM ET till Wednesday June 21st at 10:00 AM ET. It is the…

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NHL Rumors: Vegas Golden Knights

On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Pierre LeBrun interviewed Golden Knights GM George McPhee for TSN to talk about the drafts and potential trades. “I’m hoping that we can start doing that next week,” said…

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NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals – Ovechkin, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Orlov and Their Top Four

On the Washington Capitals ... Stephen Whyno: Capitals GM Brian MacLellan on people saying to trade Alex Ovechkin: "People are looking for a major solution to what we have going on. I think part of it is they watch certain…

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NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators – Neil, Condon, UFAs and RFAs

On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch: Forward Chris Neil said that he wants to play next year and needs to talk with GM Pierre Dorion. He isn't sure if he's play with another team. Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa…

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NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and Five Teams Feeling The Cap Crunch

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings GM Ken Holland expects trade talk to pick up this week at the scouting combine. They would like to trade one of Jimmy Howard or Petr Mrazek before…

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NHL Rumors: Ilya Kovalchuk And The Trade Market

On Ilya Kovalchuk ... Slava Malamud: SKA saying that Ilya Kovalchuk now wants to remain in the KHL because he wants to play in the Olympics ... Or maybe the New Jersey Devils couldn't find a team interested? Slava Malamud:…

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NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators – Free Agents, Phaneuf, Ryan

On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: Don't expect GM Pierre Dorion to have any standoffs with his free agents. They are expected to meet with Chris Kelly, Chris Neil and Tommy Wingels to talk about…

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NHL Rumors and League Notes: Devils, Caps, Panthers, Kings, Blackhawks and Golden Knights

On the New Jersey Devils ... Pierre LeBrun: Devils GM Ray Shero said he's already received calls about their No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft. On the Washington Capitals ... J.J. Regan of CSN Mid Atlantic: John Shannon said…

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NHL Rumors: Avalanche, Canucks and Penguins

On the Colorado Avalanche ... Adrian Dater: "Not at all 100% on this, but: consensus I'm getting is Avs did not come at Dubas with offer to be immediate GM. A post lower than that. So, Leafs then said no…

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NHL Rumors: Ducks, Golden Knights and Capitals

Catching up on some rumors from the past few days ... On the Anaheim Ducks ... Pierre LeBrun: Contract extension talks between the Anaheim Ducks and Cam Fowler are expected to resume this week. Contract talks have been positive so…

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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning – To Trade Or Not To Trade Jonathan Drouin

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Bay Times: Looking at why the Tampa Bay Lightning should keep forward Jonathan Drouin. Though he could help land them the defensive help they need, the Lightning should keep…

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