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NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers

On the Calgary Flames ... Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: Flames GM Brad Treliving on the Ben Bishop rumors. “I’ve heard I’ve tried to get him three or four times, which isn’t correct,” said Treliving, who admittedly got permission…

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NHL Rumors: Coaching Notes – Blackhawks, Panthers, Blues, Sabres and Stars

    On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Jimmy Murphy: The Blackhawks were given permission to speak with Ulf Samuelsson about an assistant coaching position. On the Florida Panthers ... Jimmy Murphy: Talk is that the Panthers head coaching position is…

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NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov

On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…

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NHL Video: Predators Take 2-1 Series Lead Over Ducks

Roman Josi scored the go-ahead goal on a power play late in the 3rd, as the Predators edged the Ducks in Game 3, 2-1, to take a 2-1 series lead.

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NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals UFA Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk

On Kevin Shattenkirk and the Washington Capitals ... Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post: With six restricted free agents and five unrestricted free agents, it seems unlikely that defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk will be back with the Capitals. He did say…

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NHL Rumors: Sharks, Stars, Golden Knights, Penguins and Flames

On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: Sharks GM Doug Armstrong is hoping to get goaltender Martin Jones signed to a contract extension this offseason. The 27-year old is entering the final year of his…

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NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars – Bishop, Lehtonen and Niemi

On the Dallas Stars ... Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports: Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill on the six-year, $29.5 million contract he gave to goaltender Ben Bishop. “In the real world, you’d like to do two- or three-year deals. But…

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NHL Rumors: Panthers, Golden Knights, Kings and Blues

On the Florida Panthers ... Frank Seravalli: The Panthers will be interviewing Capitals assistant coach Todd Reirden for their vacant head coaching position. Reiden is also a candidate for the Sabres position. On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Andy Strickland:…

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NHL Rumors: Chicago Blackhawks – Salary Cap and Expansion

On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun Times: After signing Richard Panik to a two-year deal worth $2.8 million a season, the Blackhawks now have $65 million committed to 11 players. Throw in a some young…

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NHL Rumors: Stars, Oilers, Canucks, Da Costa and Jets

On the Dallas Stars ... Renaud Lavoie of Le Journal De Montreal: (through google translate) Sources saying that the Dallas Stars first choice was to trade for goaltender Scott Darling, but Stars GM Jim Nill didn't want to give up a…

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NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers and the Pittsburgh Penguins

On the Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson in the Edmonton Journal: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is a career 43.3 percent on the draw after over 5,800 faceoffs. Should he move over to the wing? “Nuge is a tremendous player, a detail player. There’s…

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NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and the Washington Capitals

On the Detroit Red Wings and the Goalie Market ... Pierre LeBrun: Would think that the Red Wings would listen to inquiries about Petr Mrazek and Jimmy Howard. Teams that lost out on Scott Darling and Ben Bishop might call…

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