Marian Hossa signs a one year deal with the Detroit Red Wings. Read about this and other big moves in the opening days of free agency in the NHL.
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Why wait until July 1st? Read now where Marian Hossa, Brian Campbell, Jaromir Jagr, Mats Sundin, Ryan Malone, Sean Avery and all the other big free agents are going to sign when free agency kicks off in less than a week.
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The Philadelphia Flyers are still trying to figure out a way to keep last years intact and improve. That task is going to be a lot harder then most Flyers fans would think. The salary cap currently stands at $55 million for next season. To be able to keep the Big Three free agents and sign a top   more...
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What will the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins be up to come July 1st? Will the Flyers be able to keep their young talent? How many players will the Penguins manage to keep in tow? Who will the Rangers overpay this year? Will   more...
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The Flyers seem determined to bring as many defensemen to Philadelphia as possible. So far this off-season, the Flyers have acquired blueliners Danny Syvret, Steve Eminger, Tim Ramholt and Patrik Hersley while they drafted another defenseman in Luca Sbisa.Apparently that isn't enough d-men because   more...
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What does July 1st hold for the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Maple Leafs? Will Mats Sundin remain a Leaf? Can Ottawa reload, or do they need to rebuild? Can Montreal make the moves necessary to stay on top of the division? Can the Sabres find a   more...
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A look into the free agency futures of the teams in the NHL's Northwest Division. What are the decisions facing the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, and Vancouver Canucks? Will Calgary bring back their familiar pivots or begin a youth movement? Can the new   more...
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According to TSN, the Flyers have signed defenseman Ossi Vaananen to a one year, $1 million dollar deal. The Flyers are also reporting they have signed free agents Glen Metropolit, Nate Raduns and Sean Curry. Metropolit's and Curry's contracts are two year deals. Raduns' deal is for one year.At   more...
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On this past Friday--draft day--the Montreal Canadiens traded their first round draft pick--25th overall--along with their second round draft pick next season to the Calgary Flames for forward Alex Tanguay. Here are some statistics and an opinion on how Tanguay will affect the Habs.
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"But wait, it gets better. According to reports, the reason Jonathan was so hell-bent on getting to Nadeau was that his father Patrick, the head coach of Quebec, gave him explicit orders to pound Nadeau's head in. No one wants to disappoint their father." - Dan Zinski More info available on CTV.ca   more...
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Jose Theodore is one of only three goalies to win the Vezina Trophy and the Hart Trophy in the same year, the others being Dominik Hasek and Jacques Plante. But for Theodore his magnificent season of '01-'02 was followed up by a couple of sub par years and was then traded from Montreal to Colorado   more...
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The Avs have an opportunity to give a couple of young (relatively) coaches a shot at their first NHL head coaching gig. Patrick Roy has said that he doesn't want to coach in the NHL. Fine. It would have been preposterous to hire him anyway. The Avs don't need a gimmick coach.Also popping up on the   more...
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After missing the playoffs last season for the first time since their move from Quebec City, the Colorado Avalanche are back in the postseason again. This is a familiar scene for Joe Sakic and company even though they have the 2nd worst powerplay in the western conference, something that is unusual   more...
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After taking a 2-1 lead with 1:51 in the third on an awesome goal from Mikko Koivu and essentially not having any penalties called all night, the referees decided to make a terrible hooking call on Kim Johnsson with 1:09 left in the game. The result was a Milan Hejduk power-play goal to tie it up.   more...
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"According to numerous NHL sources, Foote threatened to be "a bad teammate, a bad captain and a bad player" the rest of the season if he weren't re-signed or traded to his preferred destination â€" the Colorado Avalanche, where his best NHL years were spent."
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