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Fantasy Season in Review: Detroit Red WingsOffensive Corps: It was a tough year for you if you owned a Red Wings forward in 2009-10, thanks in part to injuries limiting Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom, Valtteri Filppula, Dan Cleary, and Johan Franzen. Franzen, likely the most impacted out of that group, only...

Fantasy Season in Review: Montreal Canadiens

Fantasy Season in Review: Montreal CanadiensOffensive Corps: Tomas Plekanec led all Montreal Canadiens in scoring this past season, with his breakout campaign. Although he did not establish career highs in goals — which he did back in 2007-2008 with Alexei Kovalev and Andrei Kostitsyn sniping on both sides of him...

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Sami Salo Tears Achilles Tendon, Bieksa Safe?

Sami Salo Tears Achilles Tendon, Bieksa Safe?Kevin Bieksa may have a reason to celebrate as it appears Sami Salo may miss a significant amount of time with a tear to his Achilles tendon. We previously spoke about Bieksa and his ability to handle simple arithmetic but now the enigmatic defenseman may have a chance...

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Oilers Continue to Open Spots for Kids

Oilers Continue to Open Spots for KidsEthan Moreau, check. Steve Staios, check. Patrick O’Sullivan, check. Now Shawn Horcoff, errr Robert Nilsson has left the team with both another open spot after being bought out by the Oilers earlier this season. According to Jim Mathieson of the Edmonton Journal, Nilsson will leave...

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Fantasy Season in Review: Colorado Avalanche

Fantasy Season in Review: Colorado AvalancheOffensive Corps: The Avalanche surprised a lot of people by squeaking into the playoffs in a tough Western conference this past season. While much of the credit went to goaltender Craig Anderson, the offence more than held it’s own, lightning the lamp 244 times, good...

Ondrej Pavelec Agrees to Terms with ThrashersAccording to Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, netminder Ondrej Pavelec has agreed to terms with the Atlanta Thrashers. Vivlamore states the deal will be over two years and likely worth 2.3 million — giving him a 1.15 million cap hit by my count....

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Fantasy Season in Review: Nashville PredatorsOffensive Corps: The Predators tend to move around their offensive weapons and shuffle lines relatively often. Due to this, only Steve Sullivan and Patric Hornqvist even eclipsed the 50 point plateau. This lack of star-power should in no way be a knock on the team...

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David Perron Re-Signs for Two Years

David Perron Re-Signs for Two YearsDavid Perron and the St. Louis Blues came to an agreement today to a two-year contract. According to Cap Geek, Perron will make a cap hit of 2.15 million over that span until he re-enters restricted free agency. Perron registered career highs in goals last...

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UPDATE: NHL Rejects Ilya Kovalchuk SigningNo need to celebrate with fellow New Jersey Devils teammates just yet as the NHL rejected the Ilya Kovalchuk, 17 year /102 million dollar contract. The contract has been deemed cap circumvention, which makes sense considering Kovalchuk will be a whopping 44-years-old when it ends....

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Blackhawks Cap Woes Far From OverThe Chicago Blackhawks still find themselves in a cap conundrum where they may need to choose whether to keep either Antti Niemi or sniping forward Patrick Sharp. According to Cap Geek, the team is already over the salary cap with Niemi still yet to sign,...

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Gagne Lands in Tampa, Sets Up A Scary Scoring Line

Gagne Lands in Tampa, Sets Up A Scary Scoring LineThe Flyers cleared out some valuable cap room by dealing Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday for defenseman Matt Walker and a 2011 4th round pick. Gagne delivers a hefty $5.25-million cap hit – equivalent to Martin St. Louis – but if...

Kovalchuk Re-Ups with DevilsNew Jersey Devils fans can breathe a sigh of relief Monday as Ilya Kovalchuk has finally made up his mind and re-signed with the team. No details have been released yet but the confirmation of the signing comes from the official team Twitter account with...

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