Tag: Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Wings get big fine … Leafs have assets to get Luongo deal done … Coyotes player update … Some overseas notes

TSN: The Red Wings organization has been fined in the neighborhood of $250,000 for comments made by senior VP Jim Devellano in an interview with Island Sports News. "It's very complicated and way too much for the average Joe to…

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Another list of players heading overseas during lockout

Szymon Szemberg via twitter: The coach/GM/owner of Geneva-Servette of the Swiss league said he's in negotiations with Anze Kopitar. David Pagnotta via twitter: Jason Demers will be playing Oulu in SM-liiga in Finland. David Pagnotta via twitter: Nikolai Kulemin will…

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Sunday morning notes on Burrows, Edler, Visnovsky, Del Zotto, Sauer, Yandle and Smith

Brad Ziemer of the Vancouver Sun: The Canucks have started talks with Alex Burrows regarding a contract extension. "We have had preliminary discussions about extending Alex's contract," Gilman said. "But beyond that it's not our policy to discuss ongoing negotiations."…

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Quick hits on: Perry, Getzlaf, 2013 RFAs, Predators, O’Reilly, DiPietro, Bourdon and Laviolette

Ken Campbell of the Hockey News: The Ducks will have some decisions to make between now and September 15th (CBA expiration date) with regards to Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Both will be UFAs after this upcoming season. Getzlaf struggled…

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2012 NHL Draft Notes: Leafs looking at both Yakupov and Galchenyuk … CBJ like Yakupov … Oilers should draft Yakupov, trade for Dman

Neate Sager of Yahoo! Sports and Andrey Osadchenko of Oilers Nation: Igor Larionov has said that the Maple Leafs may want to trade up in the draft for Nail Yakupov and/or Alex Galchenyuk, as neither may be there when they…

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Could Winnipeg support a team? Doan at least a week away … Bernier possible broken cheekbone, Burns to be suspended?

Toronto Sun: It's been awhile since the Sun group posted an article on how Winnipeg can support an NHL team. Mario Lefebvre (Conference Board of Canada director - I have no idea what that means) says that Winnipeg, Quebec City…

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David Backes signs extension with Blues … Brodeur starting tonight? Ekman-Larsson sent to AHL … Bloge Salming Video

Darren Pang via twitter: David Backes has signed a 5 year contract extension with the St. Louis Blues. Bob McKenzie reports that it is a 5 year deal with a cap hit of $4.5 million ($22.5 million total). Bob McKenzie…

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