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Avs ink Stewart to two-year deal
The Colorado Avalanche announced the signing of restricted free-agent forward Chris Stewart to a two-year contract through the 2011-12 season. Stewart, 22, led Colorado with 28 goals and finished second on the team in scoring with 64 points in ...
Youngsters will play big roles in Panthers' future
If Dale Tallon transforms the Florida Panthers from an also-ran into a championship team the same way he did with the Chicago Blackhawks, it's going to start by laying a foundation of good, young talent on which to build. The quick-drying cemen...
Predators ownership completes purchase
Nashville Predators Chairman Tom Cigarran announced Thursday the Predators ownership group has completed the purchase of the franchise ownership shares previously held by Forecheck Investments LLC. The transaction has been approved by all the ...
Canadiens sign Price to two-year contract
The Montreal Canadiens finally have their No. 1 goaltender in the fold, and Carey Price didn't miss a beat when asked during a conference call Thursday how many games he's hoping to play in this season. "Eighty-two," Price responded, ...
Tumultuous summer leaves Kennedy motivated
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Tim Kennedy insists his resentment toward his hometown Buffalo Sabres has vanished, that it took him four or five days but he's moved on from his bitter departure from his former club early last month. Maybe that's the case ...
Cup champ Niemi joins new-look San Jose crease
San Jose Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson saw all he needed to see of Antti Niemi in four games last season. It happened to be the last four games Wilson's team played, when Niemi backstopped the Chicago Blackhawks to a sweep of the Sharks in th...
Avery putting disappointing season behind him
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Sean Avery remains disappointed with how his 2009-10 season unfolded, but the budding entrepreneur, who owns his own restaurant in Manhattan, hasn't spent the summer contemplating why or how things went south for him and the Ra...
Kadri confident he can play with the big boys now
Nazem Kadri has a distinct memory from his first and only game as a Toronto Maple Leaf last season, and it's not a good one. The wide-eyed 19-year-old center glided toward the center-ice dot at Air Canada Centre to take the opening faceoff agai...
No question about Nugent-Hopkins' prospects
High-flying center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins wasn't about to take any of the general managers, scouts and coaches in attendance by surprise in August during the recent 2010 NHL Research, Development and Orientation Camp fueled by G Series. Barring a ...
Pens' Staal not ready yet, but hopeful for opener
Jordan Staal (Getty Images) Jordan Staal (Getty Images) Pittsburgh Penguins center Jordan Staal will miss the beginning of the team's training camp with a foot injury, but should be ready to go to open the regular season on Oct. 7, Execu...
Arniel won't promise miracles for Blue Jackets
Scott Arniel isn't promising any miracles -- not a bad idea for the first-year coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs last spring and posted a losing record for the eighth time in the franchise's nine seaso...
A look at the top remaining free agents
With September here and training camps now just a couple of weeks away, there are dozens of free agents still looking for some place to play, either with the team they played for in 2009-10 or one that has a hole it hopes to fill. Here's a look...
NHL, NHLPA extend deadline for Kovalchuk decision
The Ilya Kovalchuk contract situation expected to reach a conclusion by 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday will instead continue until 5 p.m. ET Friday. The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association announced it was mutually a...
Visit to in-laws leads to Bill Guerin skating with Flyers
Visits to the in-laws generally rank low on most husbands' lists of fun things to do, so veteran forward Bill Guerin decided it was the right time to hit the ice. Guerin was in Medford, N.J., visiting his father-in-law when he wanted to find so...
Oilers' young trio try to block hype and make team
TORONTO -- Taylor Hall, Magnus Paajarvi and Jordan Eberle are well aware of the expectations swirling around them. They are being touted as the saviors who will return the downtrodden Edmonton Oilers to their 1980s glory -- but that's not somethin...
Longtime San Jose Sharks president Greg Jamison decides to step away from day-to-day operations
Longtime San Jose Sharks President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Jamison announced Wednesday he has decided to step away from his position and the team's day-to-day operations on Oct. 1. The team said the process of finding a replacement will b...
Preds swap McKenzie to Thrashers for Lewis
The Nashville Predators have acquired defenseman Grant Lewis from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for forward Ian McKenzie. Lewis, 25, split the 2009-10 season between the AHL’s Chicago Wolves and Hershey Bears, and appeared in one pos...
Healthy Weight eager to get Isles' season started
Things haven't gone quite as smoothly as Doug Weight expected they would when he first joined the New York Islanders in the summer of 2008. Sure, he was given the honor of being named the team's captain after Bill Guerin was traded to Pittsburg...
Lashoff working to impress new set of bosses
Matt Lashoff has become a much-wanted defenseman early in his hockey career. It's a development that both flatters and puzzles him. Lashoff was traded for the second time in as many years last week, this time from the Tampa Bay to the Toronto o...
Traktor Chelyabinsk honors memory of Tertyshny
The afternoon and early evening hours of July 23, 1999 started out pleasantly enough along Lake Okanagan. Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny, who had recently completed a promising NHL rookie season, went out for a day of boating in t...
Ex-Thrashers coach returns to serving his country
As strength and conditioning coach of the Atlanta Thrashers for nine years, Ray Bear bore a military bearing. He didn't fit the tired drill sergeant stereotype, but the crew cut and the seriousness in his squint always remained in the background e...
Turco aiming to add to Blackhawks' success
CHICAGO – Sitting behind a microphone and next to his new boss, Marty Turco smiled while watching his own highlights play on a nearby television screen. The setting was the Stadium Club inside Chicago's United Center Tuesday, where Turco ...
Maple Leafs, Hanson agree on one-year deal
Restricted free-agent forward Christian Hanson signed a one-year contract Tuesday to remain with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hanson, 24, split last season between the Leafs and their AHL affiliate. In 31 NHL games, the 6-foot-3, 202-pound center h...
Sabres re-sign forward Matt Ellis
The Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday re-signed unrestricted free agent forward Matt Ellis to a one-year contract on his 29th birthday. Ellis spent the 2009-10 season in Buffalo, where he set career highs in games played (72), points (13) and assists ...
MacLean believes his way will lead to more success
New Jersey Devils coach John MacLean knows a thing or two about the finer points of generating offense. MacLean showcased that creativity for 14 seasons in New Jersey on the way to becoming the team's all-time leading scorer with 347 goals. He'...
Lundqvist says fewer starts will mean more wins
NEW YORK -- Despite starting 72 games last season, mostly without a safety net since the Rangers didn't have a real suitable backup for him, Henrik Lundqvist said he didn't feel a twinge of exhaustion as he packed up for the long summer following ...
Predators sign defenseman Aaron Johnson
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed free-agent defenseman Aaron Johnson to a one-year, two-way contract worth $550,000 at the National Hockey League level and $105...
Esposito looks for a role with the Thrashers
DULUTH, Ga. -- Angelo Esposito spent most of his summer in the heat of Atlanta -- but far from the beach where most 21-year-old native Montrealers would expect to be during the off months of the hockey calendar. However, life has not offered th...
Chelios retires, joins Red Wings' front office
After a playing career that lasted nearly three decades, Chris Chelios finally is hanging up the blades. The 48-year-old, who appeared in 1,651 NHL games (the most by a defenseman), accepted a position with the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday to b...
Lightning name Griggs as Chief Operating Officer
Steve Griggs was named Tuesday as chief operating officer of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the club's home, the St. Pete Times Forum. Griggs joins the Lightning from the NBA's Orlando Magic, where he had served as executive vice president of sale...
Islanders re-sign captain Weight
The New York Islanders on Tuesday agreed to terms on a one-year contract with team captain Doug Weight. Terms of the deal were not released, but Newsday is reporting Weight will make $850,000 this season. The 39-year-old veteran of 19 NHL seaso...
Players not only ones getting ready for season
We know the season is close when we read about players organizing informal workouts to prepare for training camp. In just about every NHL city, players are gathering at local rinks to get their legs in shape and their timing down to be as sharp as...
Blackhawks sign Pirri
The Chicago Blackhawks signed center Brandon Pirri to a three-year, entry-level contract Tuesday. Pirri, 19, was a 2009 second-round pick (No. 59). Last season, he led all rookie scorers in the ECAC with 43 points (11 goals, 32 assists) in 39 g...
A brief history: Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals joined the NHL in 1974, along with the Kansas City Scouts, now the New Jersey Devils, as part of NHL expansion. Their first season didn't go as planned. They finished in last place with a record of 8-67-5. The team was s...
Caps begin long road back to playoff atonement
After a 2009-10 regular season that can only be termed a complete and total success, it's been an offseason of wondering how in the world things went so far south in the playoffs for the Washington Capitals. The Presidents' Trophy winners with ...
Chelios expected to retire, join Wings on Tuesday
The Detroit Red Wings will hold a press conference Tuesday where it is expected they will announce Chris Chelios has retired and joined the front office in a player-development capacity. Chelios spent 10 of his 26 NHL seasons on the Wings' blue...
Rangers sign Kennedy
Tim Kennedy won't have to leave New York to continue his burgeoning career in the NHL. The former Buffalo Sabre is heading south to the Big Apple and will join the Rangers on a reported one-year, one-way contract worth $550,000. After scoring 2...
Kings' Mitchell out to prove he's healthy
Willie Mitchell suddenly, and unfortunately, had plenty of spare time. Forced out of action in January by a concussion, Mitchell spent parts of his days in a hyperbaric chamber, receiving oxygen therapy in a tube that left him with few entertai...
Coyotes happy to have Stempniak back at fair price
Lee Stempniak was forced to wait it out and let the market set itself, but in the end the offer he got from the Phoenix Coyotes was enough to keep him in the desert for at least two more seasons. Stempniak, who had 14 goals in 18 games as a Co...
Briere lighter and happier heading into season
The ups and downs of the Philadelphia Flyers' 2009-10 season were personified by Danny Briere. As he gets ready for the 2010-11 season, he's hoping the on- and off-ice issues that troubled him last season are things of the past. Briere, a nativ...
