Tag: Tomas Jurco

Rumors II: Canucks, Flyers, Blue Jackets and Red Wings

Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: Canucks GM Jim Benning has wondered where all the Chris Higgins trade talk started. “Chris Higgins is an important player on our team,” Linden said in a statement Monday. “We have not talked to…

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Rumors II: Red Wings and Maple Leafs

Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) The Red Wings have $6 million in cap space and need to re-sign RFAs Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Jurco, Teemu Pulkkinen and Landon Ferraro.They are probably finished with free agent market. If they look to make…

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Rumors I: Red Wings – Free Agency and Trades

Ansar Khan of MLive: A weak free agent market could lead to more trading and the Red Wings could be one of the teams willing to make some deals. "We're probably in a better position to explore trades than we…

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Injuries: Hawks, Pens, Blues, Rangers, Wings, Jets and More

Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen will miss their last regular season game, but should be back for the playoffs. James Mirtle: The Penguins are missing Kris Letang, Christian Ehrhoff, Olli Maatta and Derrick Pouliot from their blueline. Seth Rorabaugh: No…

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Quick Hits II: Pearson, Lander, Malkin, Datsyuk, Hedman and More

Andy Tonge: The Kings signed Tanner Pearson to two-year, $2.8 million contract extension. Dennis Bernstein: A good bridge deal for the Kings and Pearson. He can sign a nice long-term contract next summer if he has a solid 2015-16 season. Bob…

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Rumors II: Wings, Oilers, Ducks, Devils, Salaries and Scouting

Darren Dreger of TSN: The Red Wings could trade for a defenseman at the deadline, but there is an equally strong chance that they do nothing, or very little. They won't be giving up a first or second round pick…

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Injuries: Okposo, Bobrovsky, Bieksa, Phaneuf, Howard and lots more

Arthur Staple: Islanders winger Kyle Okposo will be out six to eight weeks with an upper-body injury. Blue Jackets: The Blue Jackets put Sergei Bobrovsky on the IR retroactive to Jan. 21st. Bobrovsky injured his groin and will be out…

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Injuries: Pens, Coyotes, Stars, Sharks, Flames, Leafs and More

Seth Rorabaugh: Penguins head coach Mike Johnston said that Kris Letang was undergoing concussion testing. Video of the hit. Craig Morgan: Coyotes forward Mikkel Boedker will be out for four to six weeks after having his spleen removed. Mark Stepneski:…

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Rumors II: Anderson, Flyers, Red Wings and Oilers

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: It's believed that a couple teams have called the Senators to see if Craig Anderson is available. There haven't been serious talks about a potential deal. If they were to move him, they would…

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Injuries: Wings, Flyers, Ducks, Devils, Bruins and Islanders

Bill Roose of DetroitRedWings.com: Johan Franson and Tomas Jurco will likely miss at least a week. Bill Roose: Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said that Jurco will see a back specialist. Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Flyers defenseman Nicklas…

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Injuries: Lightning, Hawks, Coyotes, Isles, Devils, Leafs and more

Josh Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Radko Gudas had arthroscopic knee surgery yesterday and will be out for about four months. "It's a little tough to digest right now, just because clearly it's more serious than we thought,"…

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Rumors: Bruins, Red Wings, Senators, Gardiner and Brodeur

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Haggerty thinks that Loui Eriksson is a third-line winger and won't be the offensive player they had hoped for then they traded for him in the package they received for Tyler Seguin. Haggerty thinks the Bruins…

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