Tag: Montreal Canadiens

Afternoon Hits II: Schneider, Leafs, Bruins, Canucks, Red Wings and Kuba

Bill Watters: "Schneider 's exit from Vancouver was precipitated by off ice issues,rather than goaltending and financial as outlined in Gillis' rationale." The Fourth Period: The Maple Leafs plan on being active in the next few days. They are looking…

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Quick Free Agent Hits: Clarkson, Bozak, Weiss, Briere, Giroux, Alfredsson, Henricks and Raymond

@Hope_Smoke: Darren Dreger on David Clarkson's next deal: "Clarkson will get 7 years if that's what he's after. I'll thrown out a number of around $6.5 per season" James Mirtle: Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis on Tyler Bozak: "We have…

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Trade Hits: Small deal, Canadiens, Edler, Greening and Wild

Anthony SanFilippo: The Flyers traded AHL defenseman Danny Syvret to the Rangers for Kris Newbury. The Fourth Period: The Canadiens have been involved in trade talks lately. One of which was trying to move into the top 10 of Sunday's…

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Trade Hits: Edler, Avs, Clowe, Bolland, Stastny and Miller

Darren Dreger: Alex Edler's no-trade kicks in on July 1st and the Canucks are still listening to interest on him. Pierre LeBrun: The Canadiens, Red Wings and Ducks inquired about Edler. The Wings did make an offer and the Canadiens…

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Trade Hits: Oilers and CBJ, Schneider, Clutterbuck, Kennedy, Canadiens and Vanek

Dennis Bernstein: David Pagnotta on the Fan 590 said that the Oilers offered the Blue Jackets a package including goalie Devan Dubnyk and the 7th overall pick for Sergei Bobrovsky. Ryan Rishaug: The demand for Cory Schneider is very high.…

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Trade Hits: Seguin, Edler, Letang, Schneider, Skinner, Myers, Halak, Williams and Flames offer No. 6 to Flyers

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: A source said it would take a "king's ransom" to get the Bruins to trade Tyler Seguin. It would have to include a top 10 pick and include an All-Star level roster player. Pierre LeBrun: The…

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Free Agent Hits: Smith, Letang, Gagner, Duchene, Bobrovsky, Nabokov, Briere, Alfie, Weiss, Pens, Rangers and Devils

Darren Dreger: Mike Smith's contract with the Coyotes is still being finalized, but sounding like it's 6-years around $5.7 million per season. Renaud Lavoie: Kris Letang's camp and Penguins GM Ray Shero talked yesterday. Still no deal. They met again…

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Lecavalier Hits: Hurricanes, Canadiens, Panthers, Flyers, Stars, Ducks, Blues, Red Wings, Maple Leafs and Flames

Chip Alexander: The Hurricanes are believed to be one of the teams interested in Vincent Lecavalier. Could be out of their price range. George Richards: Panthers confirm they are interested in Lecavalier. Pierre LeBrun: The Flyers are in on Lecavalier.…

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Trade Hits: Avs No. 1, Letang, Canadiens, Ballard, Clutterbuck, Omark and Red Wings

Adrian Dater: Starting to hear talk from a few people that the 1st overall may be in play for a trade. "Personally, I think Avs will outsmart themselves by trading pick if they do. MacKinnon will be a superstar" Paul…

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NHL Rumor Roundup from LeBrun and Garrioch

Tim Panaccio: A GM: "Vinny will make up what he lost. I'm glad I sat out 3-plus months for this. What a scam. It's gonna be a bidding war for him." Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Teams are allowed to talk…

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NHL Rumor Round up on 14 teams and a top trade candidate list

Bruce Garrioch: Trade talk is in full swing. "There is so much talk, and so many names, it's hard to believe that everything that is being talked about could actually happen," said a league executive Thursday. "Lots of teams are…

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Free Agent Hits: Alfredsson, Lecavalier fits, Bruins and the Maple Leafs

Marie Lehmann: Daniel Alfredsson: "I needed a few weeks to see if the necessary urge for summer training and precamp was there. And it is." Bruce Garrioch: The Senators will make news official later and contract negotiations will start this…

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