Tag: Drew Doughty

Kane’s agent denies trade demand … Doughty says he’s ready … Couturier could stick … Connolly ready … Lehtonen-Quick battle

Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press: There was a rumor going around that Evander Kane had demanded a trade from the Jets. "I've spoken with Evander and this is completely untrue," said agent Craig Oster. "Neither he nor us…

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Flames rumors … CBJ issues … GMs may look for mandatory visors … Doughty this week is possible … Connolly stays … Whitney injured again

Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: Francis laughs at the rumor that Daniel Alfredsson could interest the Flames at some point. The Flames do have an interest in Coyotes holdout Kyle Turris. A source close to the situation has said…

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Jets send Scheifele down … Connolly closer, Reimer doubtful … Struggles in Montreal and Columbus … Doughty could return this week

Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: The Jets have sent 2011 1st round draft pick Mark Scheifele back to Barrie of the OHL. He recorded 1 goal in 7 NHL games. Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: With the…

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Flyers in no rush to call up Schenn … Doughty to IR … Hemsky resting for 2-3 weeks … Kesler skating hard … Some starting goalies tonight

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The Flyers are in no hurry to bring Brayden Schenn up from the AHL as he's refining his game and there is a logjam on their roster. "When it's the right time, he'll be…

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Sunday notes on Flames, Leafs, Canucks, Blake, Doughty, Connolly, Mueller, Hemsky and McDonald

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: 2 league sources are saying that the Flames GM Jay Feaster is desperately trying to move contracts off their books. The Flames may be shopping Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman and David Moss, but it…

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Monday morning notes on the Maple Leafs, Flyers, Jets, Coyotes, Canadiens, Devils, Isles, Oilers and Kings

Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Maple Leafs sent goalie Ben Scrivens to the AHL yesterday, with more cuts expected today. Matt Frattin will likely skate with Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin in Thursday's opener, that's if Grabovski is…

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Leafs still after top forward … Touch icing breaks another leg (with video) … Scheifele making case, but no contract yet … Wings promised move to East

Darren Dreger of TSN: Brendan Shanahan said he's not pushing to have fighting removed from hockey. The Leafs will put Nazem Kadri on the IR, which allows them to keep an extra player around for the time being. They will…

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Smith gets pre-season plus 5 games … Radulov leaves KHL team … Bruins after Whitney … Sharp skates … Staios signs with Isles

NHL: Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith has been suspended for the rest of the pre-season and 5 regular season games. He will forfeit $23,648.65. Shanahan's video at bottom of the post. Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo! Sports: Chesnokov reported this morning…

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Drew Doughty re-signs with Kings for 8 years

Helene Elliott of the LA Kings: The LA Kings have re-signed Drew Doughty to an 8 year contract worth $56 million, a $7 million cap hit. The deal will make him the 3rd highest paid defenseman. Doughty is schedule to…

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Leiweke talks Doughty … Homophobic slur towards Avery, who could be sent to the AHL … Yashin signs with CSKA … Sabres get cap space

Helene Elliott of the LA Times: The president of the Kings' parent company AEG, Tim Leiweke, supports Kings GM Dean Lombardi's stance with Drew Doughty. Leiweke said the Kings plan to spend to the cap but paying Doughty $7+ million…

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Crosby in controlled scrimmage … Suspension hearings today … Perron returns to Blues … Suter talks … Staal staying back … Hartnell to see cardiologist

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sidney Crosby still isn't taking contact, but ... "Everything's been really good," Crosby said Sunday. "I haven't run into any issues so far. It's been pretty smooth. "A day at a time, but it's…

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Re-alignment talk … Stars want to talk extension with Benn … CBA topics … Campoli could be a Rangers option … Coyotes were ’10 minutes’ from being Jets

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: From the Board of Governors realignment talk, they prefer the 6 divisions compared to the 4 divisions. 15 alternatives were proposed, and they will narrow it down to 2 or 3 by their December meetings. The…

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