Tag: Ben Lovejoy

Free Agent Signings: Lovejoy, Aulie and Weber

Eric Stephens: Ducks re-signed Ben Lovejoy to a 3-year, $3.3 million deal. Damian Cristodero: The Lightning re-signed Keith Aulie to a 1-year, 1-way deal for $950,000. John Vogl: The Sabres re-signed Mike Weber to a 3-year deal worth $5 million.

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Injury Notes: Kulikov, Nugent-Hopkins and Glencross

George Richards: Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is likely done for this week according to coach Kevin Dineen. Edmonton Oilers: Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is done for the year. He's expected to the same, or similar, shoulder surgery that Taylor Hall went…

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Ducks acquire Lovejoy

The Anaheim Ducks have acquired defenseman Ben Lovejoy from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2014 5th round draft pick. The 28 year old Lovejoy went undrafted and carries a $525,000 cap hit.

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Video: Colin McDonald gets a 2 game suspension

The NHL has suspended New York Islanders winger Colin McDonald for 2 games for boarding Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy last night. The "Key Points" for the suspension were that it was boarding, no apparent injury and no history.

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Video: Should Colin McDonald be suspended? How many games?

Islanders Colin McDonald received a boarding major for his hit on Penguins Ben Lovejoy. Arthur Staple via twitter: McDonald will have a hearing this morning with Brendan Shanahan. I think it's safe to say that McDonald will be suspended, so…

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Hall out 5-6 months … No contact yet for Toews … Roster notes for Pens, Devils, Preds, Wings … Starting goalies

Edmonton Oilers via twitter: Oilers Taylor Hall will not return to this season as he'll be having labral shoulder surgery. According to Steve Tambellini: "Recovery time will be between five and six months, so our hope is that Taylor will…

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State of the Pittsburgh Penguins: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Alison Myers of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @OnePunchBeej1 With the trade deadline a week away, the Pittsburgh Penguins sit in sixth place in a tight Eastern Conference with a record of 33-21-5…

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Injury notes on Enstrom, Jones, Antropov, Jokinen, Alfredsson, Staal, Lovejoy and Ott

Ed Tait of the Winnipeg Free Press: Jets defenseman Tobias Enstrom suffered a broken collar bone and will be out indefinitely. Enstrom was injured on Monday after taking a hit from Panthers Jack Skille. Ed Tait  of the Winnipeg Free…

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Kunitz and Downie up for suspensions this morning … What do you think?

Another day, another player facing suspension. Correction, 2 players looking at a suspension. First up according to Bob McKenzie is Chris Kunitz at 10 a.m. for his elbow to the head of Simon Gagne. Right after that the league will be…

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Extension for Backstrom today? Kicking tires on Miller? yeah right … Time to trade Malkin? Tim Tomas for Brian Campbell?

TSN: There is a good chance that Nicklas Backstrom will be signing a long term contract extension with Washington Capitals this morning. The Capitals are only saying, "significant player-related announcement" is coming on Monday. George Malik of MLive: Rob Parker…

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