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Lou’s Priority: Paul Martin and David ClarksonAccording to Rich Chere of the Star Ledger, the trade for Jason Arnott will not take the New Jersey Devils out of the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. The article features a few quotes from GM Lou Lamoriello, but we found this one most interesting: “We definitely...

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Dan Hamhuis and Ryan Parent Swap Jerseys

Dan Hamhuis and Ryan Parent Swap JerseysToday, the Philadelphia Flyers traded for soon-to-be UFA defenseman Dan Hamhuis in an attempt to add him to their defensive corps. He seems to want to sign with the team and play with the Eastern Conference champion Flyers. At this point we do not know...

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Jason Arnott Returning to New Jersey

Jason Arnott Returning to New JerseyAfter spending six years away from New Jersey, veteran center Jason Arnott will return to the Devils. The Nashville Predators, now a team without their captain, will receive Matt Halischuk and a 2nd round pick in 2011. Trading for Arnott signifies that the Devils want...

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Worried About Zach Bogosian in 2010-11? Don’t Be.If you were a confident Zach Bogosian owner last season, you were likely perplexed as to why the young Thrashers defenseman could only rack up 23 points in 81 games this season after a solid 19 points in 47 games during his rookie campaign. He’s...

Jaroslav Halak Traded to the BluesJust a few minutes ago, GM Bob Gainey Pierre Gauthier moved Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for prospects Ian Schultz and Lars Eller. Eller may be NHL ready at this point, registering 57 points in 70 games with the Blues’ farm...

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Fantasy Season in Review: Minnesota Wild

Fantasy Season in Review: Minnesota WildOffensive Corps: Despite replacing defensive-minded coach Jacques Lemaire with Todd Richards, the Wild scored their least amount of goals since the lockout–with their 219 markers topping only Edmonton, Columbus and Calgary in the West. As such, there are not many players who provided fantasy value....

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Afinogenov Likely Gone From Thrashers

Afinogenov Likely Gone From ThrashersAccording to Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Maxim Afinogenov and the Atlanta Thrashers are not close to reaching terms on a new contract. Too bad. As we mentioned earlier this week, Afinogenov found himself a nice new home in Atlanta breaking the 60...

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Todd Bertuzzi Re-signs with Wings

Todd Bertuzzi Re-signs with WingsForget most of what we said here, except for the part about Hudler and reverse it. Bertuzzi will take minutes from Hudler and others like Dan Cleary and possibly even Ilari Filppula. As of this moment we no longer consider The Detroit News a relevant...

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Fantasy Season in Review: Anaheim DucksOffensive Corps: The 2009-10 Anaheim Ducks featured two players who were likely taken in the first round of your fantasy draft; Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Perry lived up to the billing, producing an almost identical line to the previous season. He lead the Ducks...

Dan Hamhuis Likely Done With Nashville

Dan Hamhuis Likely Done With NashvilleAccording to Bryan Mullen of The Tennessean, the Nashville Predators do not expect to re-sign defenseman Dan Hamhuis. Discussed in trade rumors throughout the regular season, Hamhuis stayed with the Predators even though most predicted he would leave after the season. With a cap hit...

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Alex Burrows Undergoes Shoulder SurgeryVancouver Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows underwent back surgery on today, reports claim the operation was a success. His injury came during the second round of the playoffs, where the Canucks eventually lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. You may remember Burrows as the...

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Pierre-Marc Bouchard on the Mend

Pierre-Marc Bouchard on the MendRecent reports from the Star Tribune’s Michael Russo indicate often-injured winger Pierre Marc-Bouchard may be on the mend. The 26-year-old received word to begin lightly practicing and rates himself about 85 percent healthy. Bouchard suffers from post-concussion syndrome which limited him to only one game...

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Nik Zherdev Plans on Returning to NHL

Nik Zherdev Plans on Returning to NHLFormer New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets right winger Nikolai Zherdev wants to return to America. The article from 4period.ru reports Zherdev will wait until the July 1st free agency market to hit before signing a contract but expects to sign one shortly after....

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Fantasy Season in Review: Atlanta Thrashers

Fantasy Season in Review: Atlanta ThrashersOffensive Corps: Nik Antropov led the Thrashers in scoring and firmly established himself as a legitimate number one center in the NHL–although probably a second liner on your fantasy team. The hulking center scored 24 goals and 67 points while mostly playing with Maxim Afinogenov...

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