Breaking down the Rick Nash rumor
There have been tweets abound about how Columbus Blue Jackets’ General Manager Scott Howson has been at the past two Rangers games. It has been inferred that the Rangers may be after one of Rick Nash or Jeff Carter. We here have started a series called Breaking Down The Rumor, and these tweets have given us an opportunity to look at both Nash and Carter. In separate posts of...
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Oilers sign D Andy Sutton to extension
The Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Andy Sutton have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension.
The team announced the deal Monday.
The 36-year-old has appeared in 33 games with the Oilers this season, collecting three goals, six assists and 56 penalty minutes.
The six-foot-six 245-pound Sutton was acquired by the Oilers last summer from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for...
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Oilers sign veteran D Sutton to 1-year extension
The Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Andy Sutton have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension.
The team announced the deal Monday.
The 36-year-old has appeared in 33 games with the Oilers this season, collecting three goals, six assists and 56 penalty minutes.
The six-foot-six 245-pound Sutton was acquired by the Oilers last summer from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for...
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Wild call up Scandella, Foucault
The Minnesota Wild have recalled defenseman Marco Scandella and forward Kris Foucault from the AHL.
The move was made Monday. Roster spots opened when forward Brad Staubitz was sent to the Houston Aeros and defenseman Clayton Stoner was put on injured reserve with a lower body injury last week.
Stoner joined forwards Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Guillaume Latendresse and Jarod Palmer...
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Wayne Gretzky skating in a Chicago Blackhawks jersey? Yes, really
No that’s not an airbrush or a photo shop. It’s truly The Great One Wayne Gretzky in a Chicago Blackhawks jersey. It’s a vision every Hawks fan dreamed of in 1986.
Upon further inspection of a pic that is pure blasphemy to Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers fans…
…you can buy it at Gretzky.com, and you’ll see a site dominated by pics of guys...
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Struggling Wild summon 2 more players from minors
The Minnesota Wild have recalled defenseman Marco Scandella and forward Kris Foucault from the AHL.
The move was made Monday. Roster spots opened when forward Brad Staubitz was sent to the Houston Aeros and defenseman Clayton Stoner was put on injured reserve with a lower body injury last week.
Stoner joined forwards Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Guillaume Latendresse and Jarod Palmer...
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Mike Comrie retires from NHL
Mike Comrie retired from the NHL on Monday after a third hip operation in five years.
The 31-year-old center announced his retirement two weeks after his latest hip procedure, saying in a statement he was no longer able to ''manage the rigors of NHL play.'' A two-time 30-goal scorer, Comrie was limited to 127 games over the last three seasons.
Comrie played 589...
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Monster Decision Looming For Brian Burke
When Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke brought Swedish goaltending sensation Jonas Gustavsson to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ organization there was great hope from Burke that “the Monster”—as Gustavsson was so aptly nicknamed—would solidify the Blue and White’s goaltending for years to come.
Fast forward three seasons later and the Maple Leafs goaltending situation...
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2012 NHL Trade Deadline: State of the Philadelphia Flyers
By Dustin Leed (@D_LEED)
The NHL Trade Deadline is 14 days away and like always, the Philadelphia Flyers should be busy leading up to Feb. 27.
Following a weekend that saw Philadelphia lose their seventh straight game to the Atlantic Division rival New York Rangers and lose a tough game in Detroit, Philadelphia is 3-4-3 in their last ten games and has lost five of their last six...
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Columbus Scouts Continue to Watch Rangers
Andrew Gross reports that for the second game in a row, Columbus sent scouts to watch the Rangers last night against the Capitals.I posted yesterday that reportedly Columbus is asking Brandon Dubinsky, Chris Kreider and a 1st round pick for Rick Nash....just because Columbus is obviously interested in making a deal with the Rangers doesn't mean Sather is listening....Carter is...
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Malkin has a big weekend as Pens take 2 at home
Evgeni Malkin has shown glimpses of what he was truly capable of since he was drafted in 2004 but what we are witnessing on the Penguins most current run over the last few weeks is nothing short of remarkable. In the last 14 games the Penguin Center put up 15 G, 9 A and a +10 rating while leading the Penguins to a 11-2-1 record. The surge has moved the Penguins into a comfortable...
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Perron hitting his stride
David Perron is working himself back into scoring form, and he says that it could be a result of putting his concussion in the past.
Perron scored his 10th goal of the season in Sunday's 3-0 win over San Jose and now has six goals in a four-game scoring streak. He returned to the lineup earlier this season after missing 97 games with a concussion.
"Before the (All-Star...
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Captain Callahan On His Way to Another Career Year
Going into the 2011-12 season, there was little doubt that winger Ryan Callahan would be named the newest captain of the New York Rangers organization. As we’ve seen year after year, Callahan epitomizes everything it means to don the Broadway Blueshirt, and a guy like that is easy to be motivated and inspired by. Essentially, he fit the description of a captain to a T, and through...
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Wild recall Scandella, Foucault from Houston
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Wild have recalled defenseman Marco Scandella and forward Kris Foucault from the AHL.
The move was made Monday. Roster spots opened when forward Brad Staubitz was sent to the Houston Aeros and defenseman Clayton Stoner was put on injured reserve with a lower body injury last week.
Stoner joined forwards Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Guillaume Latendresse...
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Caps Need To Make A Move Or Two
from Chuck Gormley of CSNWashington, Now is the time for general manager George McPhee to make his next move.
He’s got an unhappy right wing (Mike Knuble) and two unhappy defensemen (Jeff Schultz and John Erskine) who could help teams looking for some offensive and defensive depth.
He’s got a pair of 2012 first-round draft picks – Colorado’s and his own...
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Comrie announces retirement after 10 NHL seasons
Mike Comrie has decided to call it a career.
Comrie recently had his third hip surgery in five years, making it "impossible for him to manage the rigors of NHL play", TSN reported, citing a release.
The 31-year-old was limited to just 21 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2010-11 season.
Comrie collected 168 goals and 197 assists in 10 NHL seasons with the...
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Lupul providing Leafs with big boost
There was no way to know which Joffrey Lupul the Toronto Maple Leafs were getting when they acquired him from the Anaheim Ducks a year ago. After all, this was a promising talent who had missed three days shy of a year recovering from injury and was underwhelming upon his return.
They aren't wondering any more.
"At the start of the year, if I said I was going to be up...
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McDonagh Fine; Fedotenko Feeling Better
Andrew Gross at the Bergen Record reports that Ryan McDonagh, who received the Broadway Hat last night, was fine post game despite suffering a "tweak" to his knee that required him to be assisted to the locker room after scoring the Rangers second goal on a gorgeous toe drag (see video here).McDonagh says it's something he experiences regularly, maybe once a season...
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Kings offense comes to life against Stars
The Los Angeles Kings got some much-needed scoring from a pair of unlikely sources.
Jordan Nolan and Dwight King each had their first career goal and the Kings beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Sunday night in a matchup of Western Conference playoff contenders.
Andrei Loktionov contributed a power-play goal for the Kings, his second goal of the season and the sixth of his career.
With...
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Rangers D McDonagh 'tweaks' knee, OK after goal
New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh injured his knee while scoring his first goal in nearly 2 1/2 months on Sunday.
McDonagh said after the 3-2 home triumph over the Washington Capitals that he tweaked his knee and that it was a "fluke" incident.
With the game tied at 1-1, McDonagh avoided Washington's Troy Brouwer in the left faceoff circle before skating closer...
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Pens down Lightning behind Malkin
Evgeni Malkin continued his torrid play, scoring his 31st and 32nd goals of the season as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday night.
Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang each added a goal and two assists for the Penguins, who have won six straight at home. James Neal chipped in three assists as Pittsburgh kept Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos in check...
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How Good Is Henrik Lundqvist?
The New York Rangers keep rolling along, they defeated the Washington Capitals today 3-2. They remain in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. They are second in the entire NHL and don’t look to be slowing down at all. The Rangers have a lot of good things about their team, they play good defense, they have some guys that can score goals, they...
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Nashville’s Trade History: A Long Strange Trip – Part One – 1997-98
On June 27, 1998, the Nashville Predators exchanged draft picks with the San Jose Sharks which enabled them to select David Legwand with the second overall choice in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. (Sarah Fuqua)
Over the next two weeks as the NHL comes to the trade deadline, PuckScene will take a look back each day at every trade made in Nashville Predators franchise history. Each part...
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Blues blank Sharks at home
Alex Pietrangelo had two goals, David Perron also scored with a two-man advantage and Andy McDonald added an assist in his return from a concussion that sidelined him for 51 games, sending the St. Louis Blues to a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.
Jaroslav Halak earned his sixth shutout in just 10 starts, one more than All-Star teammate Brian Elliott has, as...
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Is Mike Knuble’s Career In Washington Over?
For the third straight game, Washington Capitals winger Mike Knuble will be a healthy scratch. The Capitals are 0-1-1 without Knuble in the lineup the past two games, and it seems as though his leadership is being missed both in the locker room, and on the ice. In 53 games this season, he has only three goals and 11 assists, with a team-worst minus-14. It’s apparent that...
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