Tag: Alex Ovechkin

NHL Rumors II: Blue Jackets, Capitals, Islanders, Hurricanes, Leafs, Stalock and Gretzky

Craig Custance of ESPN: Some things that could happen with the Blue Jackets this offseason. 1. Lock up Ryan Johansen - Johansen is a RFA and they'll have to decide if they want to do a bridge deal or a…

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NHL Rumors: Lightning, Capitals, Avalanche, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Penguins and Flames

Craig Custance of ESPN: Three things the Lightning will have to decide on this offseason: 1. Make a decision of Ryan Callahan - the Lightning would like to keep him, but there will be a limit on what they will want…

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NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Jets, Capitals, Canucks, Lightning and Penguins

Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: The free agent pool is year is not deep and the price tags may be too high for the Coyotes. The Coyotes have some young players like Connor Murray, Brandon Gormley and Max Domi that…

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Morning Rumors III: Ovechkin, Halak, Flames Free Agents, Maple Leafs and Torts

Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Alex Ovechkin on "which coach provided the best way to play" "I was not comfortable playing with Hunter’s system and I’m comfortable with system and I was comfortable with Bruce system as well. Be honest…

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NHL Rumors II: Maple Leafs, Capitals, Predators, Selanne, Spezza, Byfuglien and Giguere

Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: If the Maple Leafs fire Randy Carlyle, some coaches that they may be interested in: Mike Keenan, John Hynes (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach), Peter Laviolette and Kevin Dineen. The Leafs have $49 million committed…

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NHL Rumors I: Leafs, Jets, Panthers and A Bunch On The Capitals

TSN Insider Trading: Darrren Dreger: Don't expect any decisions on Dave Nonis and/or Randy Carlyle to made in the near future.Dreger: Safe bet is that Paul Maurice will be back in Winnipeg next season. Pierre LeBrun: There haven't been any…

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Morning Hits: Torts, Ovechkin Responds, Klesla, Blue Jackets Viewership and the Preds want an ASG

Elliott Pap: Canucks coach John Tortorella on GM Mike Gillis' comments: "I not going to comment on what happened yesterday. That's a discussion Mike and I will have internally." Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Alex Ovechkin on Adam Oates' comments…

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NHL Rumors: Senators, Maple Leafs, Canucks, Capitals and Lightning

Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: Senators Clarke MacArthur still has a year left on his contract (2-years, $6.5 million), but is open to discussing a contract extension this summer. "If something works out for both sides, then yeah, that…

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Quick Hits: Murray, Loiselle, Lieweke, Ovechkin and Umberger

Renaud Lavoie: Canadiens Douglas Murray will have a phone hearing at 11:00 am. Jeff Marek: Maple Leafs Claude Loiselle said on HC @ noon that Leafs CEO Tim Lieweke has met with the players. Sean Fitz-Gerald: Claude Loiselle. "We’ve had…

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Morning Notes: Olympic Fallout, Kuznetsov, Partying Austrian’s and the 2018 Olympics

John Shannon: Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Alex Semin didn't return to the US on the NHL/NHLPA charter plane as originally planned. Sounding like they will remain in Russia for the closing ceremonies. Craig Custance: An agent suggested…

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Injury Notes: Vokoun, Greene, Ovechkin, Ebbett, Tallinder, Howard and Barkov

Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Penguins Tomas Vokoun is off the blood thinners and is planning to skate today. Will DePaoli: Vokoun may be a month away from the Penguins knowing if he can play at all this season. Jon Rosen: Kings Matt…

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Injury Notes: Ovechkin, Schneider, Koivu, Fasth, Perron, Mills and Callahan

Adam Vingan: Capitals Alex Ovechkin will be out of lineup on Friday with an upper-body injury. Rich Chere: Devils Cory Schneider hope to play in one of their games this weekend. Eric Stephens: Ducks Saku Koivu and Viktor Fasth are…

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