Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

St. Louis Open to Tampa Trading Him … Goalie Options for Philly … The Hudler Situation

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Blues won't be re-signing Paul Kariya. Martin St. Louis won't get in the way of Tampa Bay if they want to trade him. Toronto could be the front runner to get Jussi Rynnas…

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Kovalev Out for Season … UFA Defenseman … Maple Leaf Questions this Off-Season

Don Brennan of Canoe Sports: The Ottawa Senators have lost Alex Kovalev for the remained of the season with a completely torn ACL. He has surgery scheduled for 2 weeks, and rehab should be 3-4 months. Kevin Allen of the…

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Stamkos Almost a Ranger … Stars that Could be on the Block … Ovie has Advice for Filatov … Leafs-Gustavsson talking contract

Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Rangers GM Glen Sather said he 'shook hands' on a deal with Lightning co-owner Len Barrie last year, that would have sent Steven Stamkos to the Rangers for 2 or 3 of Michael Del…

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Off-Season Spending for the Maple Leafs? Stars to Re-sign or Trade Richards?Jussi Rynnas Visits Stars Today …

Damien Cox of the Toronto Star: Brian Burke's remodelling of the Toronto Maple Leafs will continue this off-season, and Cox expects them to keep spending this summer. The Leafs might have another college signing or 2, they've already signed 2…

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Devils Not Talking to Ilya Yet … Flyer Injury Updates and the Goalie Situation … Gonchar Still in Penguins Plans

Mark Everson of the NY Post: There hasn't been a lot of negotiations between the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk. The Devils have a track record of waiting to late on re-signing some of their key UFAs. Kovalchuk turned…

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Penguins Lock up Kris Letang

The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed defenseman Kris Letang for another 4 years. The 22-year-old Letang would have been a restricted free agent at the end of the season. The 4 year contract will pay him an average of $3.5 million…

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Gagne for Thomas? Zherdev Coming back to NHL? 2011 Winter Classic in Pittsburgh

Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: At the trade deadline, it was rumored that the Philadelphia Flyers offered Simon Gagne to Boston for Tim Thomas. Gagne has 1 year left on his deal at $5.25, Thomas has 3 years…

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Stamkos and St. Louis Getting Extensions? Thornton Hurt … Boychuk Getting Suspended

Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: The Tampa Bay Lightning may be looking to extend both Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. St. Louis will be entering the final year of his 6 year contract, and is the heart and…

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Malkin Still Out … Coach and GM Getting Fired in Tampa? Getzlaf Shut Down for Year?

Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Evgeni Malkin missed his 4th game in the last 5, due to a foot injury. The injury is apparently not long term, but a return date is not known. Martin Fennelly of the Tampa…

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Wings to Talk to Lidstrom After the Season … MRI for Leighton Today … Malkin out tonight?

Susan Slusser of Fanhouse: Red Wings GM Ken Holland has talked to Jiri Hudler's agent about a possible return to the team next year, Hudler's agent told Holland he has an out clause in his Moscow contract. Holland talked to…

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Cooke’s hit a ‘shoulder to the head’ according to Colin Campbell … GMs talking Headshots in Florida … Injury Updates

James Murphy of NESN: The NHL's chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell has said that Matt Cooke's hit on Marc Savard was a shoulder to the head, rather than an elbow to the head. Campbell and about 7 others watched the hit…

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The Day after Deadline Day

Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli had a frustrating day yesterday. Though he did bring in Dennis Seidenberg, and cleared out a little room to bring in a scoring forward, that forward never showed up. The…

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