Tag: Stephen Gionta

Morning Hits: Kings, Stars, Wild, Hawks, Ducks, Sens, Devils and Pens

Bob McKenzie: The Kings and Alec Martinez agree on a six-year, $24 million contract extension. Darren Dreger: The Stars put Anders Lindback on waivers. Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Wild's Ryan Suter missed last night's game with possibly the…

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NHL Rumors VIII: Predators, Devils, Senators, Flyers, Niskanen, Bruins and Pouliot

Josh Cooper: Predators GM David Poile. "If we can (sign) a center, that would be a wish list," Predators general manager David Poile said. "There's not a bunch of guys (available) — and I'm not signing somebody for the sake…

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NHL Rumors V: Devils, Iginla, Gibbons, Jokinen and Alfredsson

Tom Gulitti of The Record: The Devils are unlikely to use their compliance buyout. “We like our players,” Lamoriello said. “You’re not going to do a compliance buyout unless there’s a reason for it. There’s no players we don’t like.…

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NHL Rumors VIII: Subban, Devils, Gionta, Callahan, Vanek and Alfredsson

Andy Strickland: P.K. Subban is looking for a bigger contract than the Blues gave Alex Pietrangelo, seven years and $45.5 million. Jason Gregor: If P.K. Subban was only asking for $6.5 million, the Canadiens would have already signed him. Source said…

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NHL Rumors: Devils, Jets, Avalanche, Coyotes and Ducks

Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: The Devils have enough salary cap to bring back Jaromir Jagr and Marek Zidlicky. The Jets could be a potential landing spot for Bruins pending UFA goalie Chad Johnson. Jets Al Montoya will be…

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Injury Notes: Gionta, Johnson, Dupuis, Franzen, Burns and Downie

Rich Chere: Devils Stephen Gionta injured his right ankle last night after crashing into the boards. Adrian Dater: Avalanche's Erik Johnson had x-rays after the game after blocking a shot. Could be okay. More will be known today. Dave Molinari:…

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Injury Notes: Smith, Michalek, Hossa, Stastny, Wilson, Salvador and Gionta

Jerry Brown NHL.com: Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith hasn't been on the ice since being hit by Alex Edler last Thursday. Defenseman Zbynek Michalek is getting closer to returning. He's been out since March 9th. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune:…

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Rumors and Notes: Parise, Devils, Carle, Schultz, Garrison, Jokinen and Flames

Mark Everson of the NY Post: Zach Parise is not expected to re-sign with the Devils before July 1st and will listen to offers from other teams. It appears that the Devils haven't presented Parise with any contract proposals, nor…

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Poor Kovalev getting picked on … Hulsizer and Glendale reach agreement, await vote … Staal doesn’t have another broken bone

Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Alexei Kovalev feels that coach he's being picked on by coach Cory Clouston with his demotion to the 4th line, “That’s the way it looks right now,” he said. I’m not the only one…

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Phaneuf back tonight … Starting goalies … Del Zotto a healthy scratch … Devils put 2 on waivers

Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Chris Chelios has said that he won't be going over to the KHL. Chris Johnston via twitter: Dian Phaneuf has said that he'll be in the lineup tonight versus the Flyers. Katie Strang via twitter: Tuuka…

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