Tag: Kevin Westgarth

Quick Hits: Red Wings, Wild, Devils, Blues, Oilers and Ducks

Helene St. James: Daniel Alfredsson is seeing a back specialists and definitely won't be at the start the Red Wings training camp. Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Wild goalie Josh Harding will miss the start of training camp due…

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NHL Rumors II: Fighters, Boychuk, Martin, Johansen, Boyle and Stastny

Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: The heavyweight fighters may be on the decline, and pending UFA tough guys may be on their last contract: Shawn Thorton, John Scott, Michael Haley, George Parros, Mike Rupp, Cam Janssen, Steve MacIntyre, Ben…

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VIDEO: Hurricanes Kevin Westgarth To Have Disciplinary Hearing

Nick Kypreos: Hurricanes Kevin Westgarth will have a hearing tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM for his hit on Senators Mark Borowieki. Do you think Westgarth SHOULD get suspended? Do you think he WILL get suspended? How many games?

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Hurricanes acquire Westgarth from Kings for Stewart and picks

The Carolina Hurricanes have traded for forward Kevin Westgarth. The Kings will receive forward Anthony Stewart, a 2013 4th round pick and a 2014 6th round pick. “We were looking for a character, team guy who can play a gritty…

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Some GMs want to “Dismantle” their teams … Was a deal close on Wednesday? Some progress has been made

Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Gary Bettman has apparently told some NHLPA members on Thursday that the some general managers have told him they regret some of the contracts they had previously handed out and would welcome the chance…

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Sides trade offers, but still a ways to go

Chris Johnston via twitter: The NHLPA made offers on both revenue sharing and the players share/make whole on Wednesday night. Michael Russo via twitter: The NHL believed that the NHLPA would go to 50-50 and negotiate the "make whole." The…

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NHL-NHLPA meet for 7 hours … Still a long way to go … Players who attended the meetings

Chris Johnston (CP) in the Global News: The NHL and NHLPA met for about 7 hours yesterday, with the meeting wrapping up around 10:15 pm. Both sides didn't want to say much about how things went. "With meetings scheduled to…

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