RAY WHITNEY RUMORS & GOSSIP

Pierre LeBrun at ESPN.com reports that the Rangers are one of three teams (Bruins, Sharks) that covet the Coyotes' Ray Whitney.LeBrun adds that Whitney has a no-move clause that calls for him to list eight teams to which he'd be willing to be traded. A source told ESPN.com that that conversation had yet to happen.The 39-year-old Whitney has 16g, 33a this season. 11 of his...

Ray Whitney will play his 1,200th NHL game tonight against Detroit. If my calculations are correct, hes one of just 91 players to achieve that milestone. That doesnt mean he has a bottle of champagne at the ready in the Coyotes locker room. A thousand is the big one, Whitney said. After that, it just means youre getting old. It also means youve stayed healthy and youre pretty...

In our next trade deadline option, we take a look at the offensively-minded veteran, Ray Whitney: Ray Whitney – Forward Michelle Schoeller (@chelleyschoe) Pro’s: Whitney is a powerhouse right wing… 50+ points per season, logging 100+ SOG per season. He has fairly conservative PIMs, which is a plus.  Whitney is a skilled player who would be [...]

The Rangers’ impressive record suggests they may already be contenders this season for hockey’s biggest prize. That would point to the likelihood that they would be buyers (and certainly not sellers) when the league’s feeding frenzy arrives in a few short weeks. The Rangers have good depth, an all world goalie and a deep defense (when all are healthy). That said there are still...

Ray Whitney's north Raleigh neighborhood was easy to spot. Maybe even from space. Wearing bright neon green T-shirts with Whitney's No. 13 on them, the former Hurricanes forward enjoyed significant support in his return to the RBC Center on Wednesday with the Phoenix Coyotes. It could hardly have gone better for Whitney: He scored Phoenix's first goal and forced the turnover...

Phoenix Coyotes forward Ray Whitney collected his 600th career assist tonight against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI. Whitney becomes only the 75th player in NHL history to reach 600 career regular season assists and the sixth-active player to do so joining Jaromir Jagr (966), Nicklas Lidstrom (868), Teemu Selanne (721), Joe Thornton (711) and Daniel Alfredsson...

I’d like to extended a welcome to Ray Whitney to the Phoenix Coyotes and kick off the Pack Attack series. Ray Whitney wearing the "A" with the Hurricanes. (YardBarker) Whitney, a left wing with a right handed shot, was signed as an Unrestricted Free Agent by the Coyotes on 1 July  2010 to a two-year deal worth six million dollars. According to CapGeek the contract also contains...

TSN is reporting that forward Ray Whitney has signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes that will pay him $3 million a year. Whitney, 38, earned $3.55 million last season with the Canes and became an unrestricted free agent today. Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay reportedly were also pursuing Whitney.

Canes winger Ray Whitney said today he has not closed the door on signing a new contract with the team. "Never. Not at all," Whitney said in an interview. "Who knows what will happen. A lot can happen." Whitney is due to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and Canes general manager Jim Rutherford said it was unlikely Whitney would be be re-signed before then. Whitney, 38...

Ray Whitney says he likes living in Raleigh and playing for the Canes. The Canes say they like Whitney and what the veteran winger brings to the team. So what now? Will the Canes try to re-sign Whitney, who turns 38 next month? Will they go in another direction and sign another free-agent forward, or trade for one? Or replace Whitney with one of the young guys? What would you...