Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins trade Sneep and Ferriero for a pick and Kolarik in separate deals

The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded defenseman Carl Sneep to the Dallas Stars for a conditional 2013 7th round draft pick. Sneep was drafted by the Penguins in the 2nd round, 32nd overall in 2006 The Penguins have also traded center/right…

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Trade Rumors involving the Islanders, Flames, Kings and Maple Leafs

Arthur Staple of Newsday: Islanders GM Garth Snow said he received an email from Nino Niederreiter's Swiss agent, Andre Rufener and asked for a trade. A source said that Snow has no plans to trade Niederreiter. Rufener declined to comment.…

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Quick hits: waivers, Gomez signs, Redden and Gardiner activated, White out 2-3 weeks, Eaton gets ETO

Elliotte Friedman via twitter: The Blues put Jeff Woywitka on waivers. The Sharks put Tim Kennedy on waivers. As pointed about by some Sharks fans, Kennedy was playing on  AHL only contract, and needed to go through waivers to sign an NHL…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Maple Leafs, Penguins, Senators, Islanders, Canucks and Capitals

Dave Feschuk via twitter: Maples Leafs lines: Bozak-MacArthur-Kessel. Grabo-Kulemin-JVR. Kadri-Komarov-Lupul. McClement-Brown-Orr. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Tangradi-Malkin-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams (Jeffrey). Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Silfverberg, Latendresse-Turris-Alfredsson; Greening-Smith-Neil; O'Brien-Regin-Condra. Defensive pairings: Methot-Karlsson, Gonchar-Phillips, Wiercioch-Benoit. New York Islanders via twitter: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Boyes,…

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Sunday morning hits: Luongo, Thomas, Babchuk, Benn, Subban, Bertuzzi, Atkinson, Gomez and Islanders

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Panthers have shown interest in Roberto Luongo, but GM Dale Tallon would have to sweeten the pot to land him. Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis hasn't been as aggressive as many had thought.…

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Lines from today: Penguins, Wild, Ducks, Stars, Devils, Flames, Flyers and Maple Leafs

Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines:  Team Black forwards Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams Holzapfel-Vitale-Megna Uher-Payerl. Team Black defensemen: Niskanen-Engelland Orpik-Martin Dumoulin-Bortuzzo (Samuelsson). Goalie Fleury. Team White forwards: Tangradi-Malkin-Neal Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Smith-Peters-Bennett MacIntyre-Sill-Thompson. Team White defenesmen: Despres-Letang Strait-Lovejoy Morrow-Reese. Goaltender Vokoun. Scratches: Gibbons and Grant. Michael Russo…

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Quick hits: Gudbranson, Clune, Hickey, White, Tangradi, Bennett, Oilers, Redden, Hybrid icing, Bailey and Joensuu

George Richards via twitter: The Panthers have suspended defenseman Erik Gudbranson until he's cleared to play, and not just practice. He could start the season with San Antonio in the AHL. Tim Wharnsby via twitter: The Predators claimed Rich Clune…

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Datsyuk, Malkin, Kovalchuk and Ovechkin offered $30 million each … Kovalchuk says he wants to stay in Russia … FA and injury notes

Dustin Leed via twitter: Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Alex Ovechkin were guaranteed $30 million each by Russian President Vladimir Putin to remain in the KHL. Update: Original source came from David Satriano of the NY Post: The…

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Trade activity could be heated … Leafs say no to Bernier, others could be interested … Sens could look for a Dman … Iginla and free agency

Greg Wyshynski via twitter: Capitals GM George McPhee said that trade activity could be heavy before the season starts. He was already getting calls. Clarifying, that he was referring to trade activity in the NHL and not necessarily for the Capitals.…

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Four big name Russians offered big money to stay in KHL … KHL president Medvedev may challenge CBA

Larry Brooks via twitter: Last Friday, Evgeny Malkin, Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk were preparing a press release that would announce their intention to stay in the KHL regardless. Brooks was told that the four had been promised an immense…

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News involving the Jets, Wild, Canadiens, Rangers Penguins, Flyers and some CBA issues that weren’t really discussed

Ed Tait and Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Mark Scheifele will be invited to the Jets training camp. Zach Bogosian's rehab from his wrist surgery is coming along fine and he may begin skating this week. His return…

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Gerbe had back surgery … Mezsaros back skating … Schneider, Duchene may be heading home … Letang to SKA

Steve Vesey of WIVB: (hat tip to Dobber for link) Sabres forward Nathan Gerbe had offseason back surgery. He couldn't skate for 6 months, and just got back on the ice in the last couple weeks. "It's been a good time…

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