Tag: New York Islanders

Rumors II: Top and Underrated Lists, Scouting Last Night’s Games

Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Top 15 most popular players at the trade deadline and some teams that might be interested. 1. Cody Franson (Red Wings, Ducks and Lightning) 2. Antoine Vermette 3. Jaromir Jagr (Penguins, Islanders, Canadiens, Predators…

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Injuries: Flyers, Ducks, Rangers, Oilers, Sharks, Flames and Coyotes

Sarah Baicker of CSN Philly: Steve Mason left yesterday's game in the second period with a lower-body injury. “He won’t be coming to Montreal, so it’s that serious,” general manager Ron Hextall said, adding that he would be “surprised” if…

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Rumors III: Garrioch’s Weekly Rumor Roundup

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Islanders, Ducks, Devils, Oilers, Flyers, Senators and Canadiens would all be interested in Evander Kane, but it wouldn't make sense to trade him before the deadline. Sources saying Sharks GM Doug Wilson has…

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Rumors III: Rangers, Kings, Oilers, Sabres, Ducks, Stars and Canucks

Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: With Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks, GM Glen Sather could look at bringing in a veteran goalie. Options could be Jonas Gustavsson (might be a hard move for the…

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Rumors V: OIlers, Blues, Coyotes, Rangers, Ducks, Caps, Sens and Isles

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Matheson thinks the Oilers should hold out for a 2nd round pick and solid defenseman prospect for Jeff Petry. Should ask the Red Wings for Xavier Ouellet or Ryan Sproul and a pick for…

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Rumors III: Free Agent Notes: Capitals, Islanders and Leafs

Jill Sorenson of CSN Washington: The agent of  Joel Ward said yesterday that there have been no contract talks with the Capitals about an extension.  Ward has 21 points in 51 games is in the last year of his four…

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Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 17

Three different teams were ranked in the top slot, with the Blues collecting the most 1st place rankings with five apiece. Six different teams were ranked in the top three by the eight media outlets. With eight rankings this week, we…

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Rumors I: Leafs, Kings, Preds, Sens, Rangers, Isles, Hawks and Habs

TSN Insider Trading: Dreger: Leafs telling teams to "get your offers ready."  The Leafs are going to talk with Mike Santorelli to see what it would take to re-sign him. Kessel and Phaneuf are more of offseason moves. Putting percentages…

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Injuries: Okposo, Malkin, Rinne, Howard, Phaneuf and Many More

Katie Strang: Source confirmed that Islanders Kyle Okposo's injury was a detached retina. Pittsburgh Penguins: Coach Mike Johsnton said that Evgeni Malkin is "pretty close right now" and could play tonight. Renaud Lavoie: Predators Pekka Rinne is feeling better and the…

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Top 25 2015 NHL Free Agents

You may not agree with our rankings, but here is our initial 2015 Top 25 NHL free agent list. In creating this list we took into consideration factors such as players age, position, injury history, likelihood of signing with another team,…

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Morning Hits: Brodeur, Waivers, Fines and Injury Updates

Rich Chere: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said that Martin Brodeur will be back with the Devils at some point, but will finish the season with the Blues. Lamoriello: "I don't think it's a case of choosing. He's been (in St. Louis)…

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Rumors III: Hurricanes, Senators, Devils, Oilers, Coyotes and Isles

Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes GM Ron Francis said that some pending UFAs could be dealt for players or draft picks. Potentially available are: Andrej Sekera, Jay McClement, Jiri Tlusty, Patrick Dwyer, Tim Gleason and Brett…

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