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Leafs’ Executive Rick Dudley Has Run Four NHL Teams – Should He Get A Fifth?
Rick Dudley has managed four NHL teams, yet despite that he’s never stayed in any one place for a particularly long time. He was poached from one job, had short runs trying to rebuild two messes...
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Extra time has not been kind to the Edmonton Oilers
Remember the Edmonton Oilers’ first month of the shortened season? A shootout win on Roberto Luongo in Vancouver, an OT win against Los Angeles on Sam Gagner’s goalmouth stuff on Jonathan Quick, an OT...
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Dan Boyle would be very attractive to a Stanley Cup contender or anybody else
Dan Boyle’s name keeps coming up at the trade deadline. He’s a power-play point guy, puck-mover, competitive — but he also turns 37 in July and will make $6.6 million next season. He’d be excellent in...
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Finding a replacement winger for Sidney Crosby won’t be easy
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ray Shero is a sharp cookie. He traded defenceman Alex Goligoski to the Dallas Stars for James Neal and Matt Niskanen and years back he got rental stud Marian Hossa...
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Short Shifts
Thomas Vanek may not re-sign in Montreal because he lives in Minnesota, but the other prize unrestricted free agent who was dealt at the trade deadline last week, Ryan Callahan, could stay in Tampa...
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Short Shifts: Detroit Red Wings keeping farm coach in fold as Mike Babcock...
- Predictably, Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland says he’ll deny all requests for teams to talk to his much-coveted farm team coach, Jeff Blashill, this spring. He can’t afford to let the...
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This ’n’ that
If the Boston Bruins are looking for another puck-moving defenceman to help Dougie Hamilton and Torey Krug, maybe they should take a run at Dan Boyle. His game struggled for long stretches after his...
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Panthers prepared to trade No. 1 pick
Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon said he’s fully open for business to deal the first overall draft pick in the NHL entry draft on June 27 — maybe because he thinks the youngster he covets...
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THIS ‘N’ THAT
I know this is a broken record, but the Chicago Blackhawks badly need a true No. 2 centre behind Jonathan Toews. It’s come home to roost against the Los Angeles Kings with the glacial Michal Handzus or...
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Is it time to shut Jeff Petry down before trade deadline?
With the Edmonton Oilers taking calls from Western and Eastern Conference teams on rental defenceman Jeff Petry, has he played his last game in orange and blue? The Oilers only have two games before...
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Jarret Stoll bounces from the Rangers to Minnesota Wild
New York – Jarret Stoll is back in the Western Conference with the Minnesota Wild, who claimed him on waivers Tuesday after Stoll’s failed attempt to make the Rangers, who were concerned about his...
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Cult of Hockey: Are there any right-shot defencemen in free agency that might...
Although the Edmonton Oilers have an obvious need for a top-pairing right-shot defenceman, the club could also use some help at the same position but a little further down the depth chart. Mark Fayne...
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