Tag: Benoit Pouliot

NHL Rumors III: Flyers, Teams In Need of Change and Players That Could Be Available

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Hiring an assistant GM to fill his old position is not high on Flyers GM Ron Hextall's priority list. Flyers fans shouldn't expect major changes. "I don't anticipate anything real big," he said. ".…

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NHL Rumors II: Flyers, Grabovski, Capitals, Whitney, Halak and Lombardi

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: New Flyers GM Ron Hextall may go looking for a left winger for Claude Giroux. Pending UFA left wingers could include: Matt Moulson, Benoit Pouliot and Mason Raymond. Jets Evander Kane could be a…

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NHL Rumors II: Flyers, Avalanche, Maple Leafs and Capitals

 Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The Flyers don't have a lot of cap flexibility and are likely stuck with Scott Hartnell (five years, $4.75 million cap hit remaining) and Vinny Lecavalier's (four years, $4.5 million cap hit remaining) contracts.…

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Morning Rumors: Miller, Wild, Caps, Oilers, Pens, Rangers, Vanek, MacDonald, Habs, Sharks and Callahan

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Ryan Miller situation likely won't be resolved until after the Olympic break, the asking price will be high, but there might be more teams involved. The Wild and Capitals are believed to be…

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Afternoon Hits: Flames, Sabres, Senators, Rangers, Kings, Lightning, Blue Jackets and Ducks

Calgary Flames: The Flames have relieved GM Jay Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod of their duties. Josh Rimer: Hearing the Sabres are speeding up their GM search process now. Brent Wallace: The Senators have recalled Codi Ceci. Bruce Garrioch:…

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Pens should keep their “Big Three” … Dubinsky, Boyle updated … Seguin has detached tendon … Bruins offseason decisions

Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Rossi thinks the Penguins cannot abandon their "Big Three" formula of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal because there aren't many prospects worthy of playing with them or replacing one of them…

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Chiarelli working the phones … Larsson and Landeskog staying … Scouting the Oils-Caps … Stajan may be a scratch again

Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: The Bruins are struggling and GM Peter Chiarelli may not have much of a choice but to make some changes to his roster. They are currently last in the Eastern Conference. In an…

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Zibanejad going back to Sweden … Ducks holding pat … Connolly skates with Kessel-Lupul … Pacioretty could play tomorrow … Whitney out 1-2 weeks

Ken Warren via twitter: Senators 2011 1st round pick Mika Zibanejad will be heading back to Sweden for the season. Eric Stephens of the OC Register: Ducks GM Bob Murray doesn't plan on making a move just yet. He doesn't…

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Lapierre re-signs with Canucks … Kopecky’s rights sent to Panthers … Some received qualifying offers, others didn’t

Jim Jamieson of the Vancouver Province: Maxim Lapierre has re-signed with the Canunks, a 2 year deal worth $2 million. Jannik Hansen and Victor Oreskovich received qualifying offers from the Canucks. Lee Sweatt did not received a qualifying offer. Chicago…

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Qualifying offers and other Free Agency Rumors

Yesterday at 5:00 pm was the deadline for teams to make qualifying offers from their RFAs. If they didn't receive a qualifying offer, they'll become a UFA. Bryan Mullen of the Tennessean: The Nashville Predators did not qualify Denis Grebeshkov…

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