RAY WHITNEY RUMORS & GOSSIP

While the Kings and Devils battle for this year's Cup, last year's champions continue to put together their plans to try to win back that prize next season. The Bruins lengthy offseason has produced plenty of questions, and I've tried to answer a few of them here in this week's edition of the Bruins Mailbag. As always, I'd like to thank all the readers who sent...

The season might be over for the Phoenix Coyotes, but we’re nowhere near done talking about them. Between their postgame comments, which are now under investigation from the NHL, and their never ending ownership saga, it’s easy to forget that the Coyotes are going to have quite a bit to do with their roster this summer, with several veteran players, both forwards and...

Forty. To some it represents the halfway point in life; the start of the back nine. To Ray Whitney, its just a number. It has no meaning. None, he said with a quick shake of the head that suggested we should move on to the next topic. Age hasnt impacted Whitneys play this season. He led the Coyotes with 77 points during the regular season, and he has six points thus far in the...

Ray Whitney scored 14:04 into overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes survived another late goal in regulation to open the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Phoenix was 33-1 when leading after two periods during the regular season, but has struggled to close out playoff games. The Coyotes allowed four tying third-period goals...

Ray Whitney scored 14:04 into overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes survived another late goal in regulation to open the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Phoenix was 33-1 when leading after two periods during the regular season, but has struggled to close out playoff games. The Coyotes allowed four tying third-period goals...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Ray Whitney was at a crossroads. The San Jose Sharks had just bought out their 1991 second-round pick after a season spent mostly in the minor leagues. His six-year NHL career had seemingly come to an end. It was time for a heart-to-heart with his dad. "We were talking (about playing in) Europe. We were talking police department -- talking a lot of other...

Ray Whitney scored in the third period and added the shootout winner as the Phoenix Coyotes bounced back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday night. Raffi Torres also scored for the Coyotes, who passed Los Angeles and San Jose to take over the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Phoenix coach Dave Tippett also earned his 400th...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Ray Whitney scored in the third period and added the shootout winner as the Phoenix Coyotes bounced back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday night. Raffi Torres also scored for the Coyotes, who passed Los Angeles and San Jose to take over the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Phoenix coach Dave Tippett...

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...

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...