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While Lemieux was out with his injured back, Penguins General Manager Craig Patrick began putting together the Stanley Cup puzzle. Acquiring Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Larry Murphy, the Penguins began taking on the look of a team serious about contending for the cup. Despite major...

 PA - By Rick Wills The rush to register students at St. Kilian School in Cranberry in some ways resembled efforts made by Penguins fans to get playoff tickets. ...

Even-Strength Goals Margin -25 The Oilers had only one player, rookie Andrew Cogliano , with as many as 15 even-strength goals, and only Ales Hemsky had more than 40 points with the teams at even strength.

By Greg Caggiano 1. Montreal Canadiens* 1. Montreal Canadiens Joe Corvo is a solid offensive defenseman, and so is Joni Pitkanen. Goaltender Cam Ward is also strong and this team has a good chance of upsetting the Montreal Canadiens when the playoffs come around.

By Greg Caggiano 2. New York Rangers* 3. Washington Capitals* 4. Pittsburgh Penguins 5. Philadelphia Flyers 6. Boston Bruins 7. New Jersey Devils 15. New York Islanders 2. New York Rangers 3. Washington Capitals 4. Pittsburgh Penguins 5. Philadelphia Flyers 6. Boston Bruins 7. New Jersey Devils 15. New York Islanders

By Dan Noon 1. Detroit Red Wings 2. Calgary Flames 3. Dallas Stars 4. San Jose Sharks 5. Edmonton Oilers 6. Chicago Blackhawks 7. Anaheim Ducks 8. Colorado Avalanche 9. Phoenix Coyotes 10. Minnesota Wild 13. Nashville Predators Victims of Detroit and Chicago. 15. Los Angeles Kings

By Dan Noon 1. Detroit Red Wings 2. Calgary Flames 3. Dallas Stars 4. San Jose Sharks 5. Edmonton Oilers 6. Chicago Blackhawks 7. Anaheim Ducks 8. Colorado Avalanche 10. Minnesota Wild 11. Vancouver Canucks See No. 10. 13. Nashville Predators See No. 13. 15. Los Angeles Kings

By Dan Noon 1. Detroit Red Wings 4. San Jose Sharks 5. Edmonton Oilers 6. Chicago Blackhawks This team will be fast, and ultra dangerous. They really remind me of the Penguins three years ago. 7. Anaheim Ducks See No. 10. 13. Nashville Predators Victims of Detroit and Chicago. See No. 13. 15. Los Angeles Kings

By Miah D. The team welcomed the arrival of Alex Tanguay, who was a bit surprised by the number of journalists waiting for the players. "There is more people here than at the practice of the game seven of the Stanley Cup in Colorado" said the Quebec native player. And this is just the beginning. Welcome ab...

By Joe Zedalis General Manager Jacques Martin set out this summer to improve the Florida Panthers' defense. Instead, he has remade it. Martin completed the third significant off-season addition to his defense Tuesday, acquiring former All-Star and Olympian Bryan McCabe from Toronto for oft-injure...

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By Michael Zampelli Notwithstanding the suspicions of the fans, it cannot be denied that AEG has not simply ignored the Kings or refused to invest money in the team. In addition to Staples Center, AEG built a new, state of the art training center for the Kings which was in itself a big step. The Kings’ previous tra...

By Derek Harmsworth One of the two remaining Toronto Maple Leafs' sagas ended around lunchtime when Bryan McCabe was finally traded to the Florida Panthers. But the bottom line is Cliff Fletcher has done something that most everyone in the NHL said was impossible.

If not for the patience of the Colorado Avalanche, Joe Sakic could have become the NHL's version of Brett Favre. The Colorado captain said Tuesday he's thankful the Avalanche didn't press him for a decision on his future the way the Green Bay Packers did with their iconic quarterback, an ap...

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By ryebreadraz 2) The Bruin fan fan base will be revitalized with this win. Many UCLA football fans were put to sleep in the past five years, but on Monday night they were awakened. Over 68,000 fans filled the Rose Bowl on Monday night and you can bet that some of those in the LA area who chose not to attend hoppe...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Here is the training camp invite list for the 1975-76 WHA Edmonton Oilers. This team would finish 12th in a 14-team league and give up around 80 goals more than they scored, but lordy there were some interesting stories. Okay, hope you enjoyed this and I'll do the same thing with the forwards i...

continued from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun, “It got to the point where the dollars were just too much for us,” Murray said in a conference call last night. “We thought it was at a point where we weren’t going to be able to do it. I wasn’t able to make the adjustment with my salary structure. “Th...

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The Dallas Stars announced today that center Stu Barnes has announced his retirement from the National Hockey League after a 16-year career, and has signed a two-year contract to join the Stars’ coaching staff as an assistant coach. In addition, the club announced two-year contract ext...

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It's time to resume the line combo speculation with the Sharks, Stars, Ducks, Coyotes and Kings.... It's time to resume the line combo speculation with the Sharks, Stars, Ducks, Coyotes and Kings. San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars Anaheim Ducks Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles Kings

By Aaron Brenker Defense wins championships. Just ask the Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, and other less offensively skilled teams that have found ways to win the Stanley Cup. A good defense will usually beat a good offense, just ask the Pittsburgh Penguins. 3. Detroit Red Wings

A hockey rumor “blogger,” whose hit-to-miss ratio rivals that of a visually impaired Imperial stormtrooper, reported that the New York Rangers are going to trade center Scott Gomez in order to open up cap space to sign free agent Mats Sundin. The Vancouver Canucks were named as the likely...

By Greg Wyshynski • What the Western Conference teams are thinking about this summer. Minnesota Wild: "Why is Martin Skoula on our roster?" Ouch. [Avslova Factor] • Preparing for the much-anticipated Jed Ortmeyer vs. The Rangers smackdown in Nashville. [HLOG]

By Greg Wyshynski Re-sign Evgeni Malkin, watch Marian Hossa skate over to the team that defeated you for the Stanley Cup. Retain Brooks Orpik, watch the Tampa Bay Lightning become Penguins South. Break ground on a state-of-the-art arena, listen as Mario Lemieux reveals he played fans like a bunch of sucker...

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By Eric Kuzmiak During last week's groundbreaking ceremony for the Pittsburgh Penguins' new arena, Pens' owner, Mario Lemieux, was once again on center stage. This time, the grueling 18 month battle between Lemieux and Pennsylvania politicians topped the list of every media members' question sheet.

So who is Jordan Staal really? He has now played two full seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Other current top 2 offensive draft picks for the Penguins have panned out already. Nobody can argue with the pure ability of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Love or hate, they are around for the lo...

By Eric Kuzmiak Seating capacity in the Penguins' new arena will be 18,087, approximately 1,100 more than Mellon Arena. Perhaps no one was as relieved to finally break ground as Penguins' owner, Mario Lemieux was this afternoon. Lemieux told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that leaving Pittsburgh was n...

Sedin - Sedin - Bernier Demitra - Sundin - Raymond Burrows - Kesler - Pyatt Hansen - Johnson - Pettinger The Canucks defense was terrible last year, but should be much better this year. Every single one of our top 6 defensemen suffered inuries.

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Let a new GM come in and sell the youth movement to fans AND potential free agents. If you're the agent for Brian Campbell and Don Waddell calls you says "we want your client to be part of our young core of talent we're building in Atlanta" doesn't that player and his agent have the right to ask "w...

The Trib's interview with Crosby about his 21st Birthday plans & changes. Sidney Crosby's offseason training gets serious Monday when he hits the ice. The only day he plans to take off between then and Sept. 17 -- the opening of Penguins' training camp -- is Thursday, his 21st birthday. Ye...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) look for) Kyle Brodziak to see significant minutes on the third line, including first unit penalty-killing. (Brodziak) has been one of the Oilers who has been prominent at team functions, such as the Daryl Katz press conference and the unveiling of Graham Rahal's Oilers-sponsored car a...

By Tom Gulitti One of Brent Sutter's first moves as the Devils' head coach was to take the captaincy away from Patrik Elias on the first of training camp last September. Don't expect a similar move with Jamie Langenbrunner this fall, though. Halischuk, 20, credits his trade from Toronto to Kitchener afte...

By ryebreadraz I'll have a post as soon as the August 15 signing deadline passes with updates on who has signed and who will be in Westwood next season and I will also have another post detailing how our Bruins fared in their respective summer leagues. Until then I don't expect much baseball news. GO BRUINS!!...

After Sundin, the depth drops dramatically. Teemu Selanne is still but despite some internet chatter of his signing with Montreal to play with old buddy Saku Koivu (and how many years has THAT old chestnut been flying around? Ten??) it’s Anaheim or retirement for Selanne.

By KOPISTAR I'll start with Team B who was on the ice first. And Team A Feel free to agree or disagree with my assessments. Just got back from Sundays session, good to see a lot of Kings fans their bright and early. I tried to focus on different players than yesterday but most of my...

By Rich Hammond Question: Can you talk about your draft-day experience, and what you thought about being picked by the Kings? Azevedo: Well obviously the main goal is to make the big team, but if that doesn't happen then Manchester for sure. I think that would be my next goal, to make that team.

Ron Artest told ESPN's Marc Stein last week that he was kicking himself for not opting out of the final year of his contract and bypassing his chance to become an unrestricted free agent. On Monday, Artest sent a follow-up to Stein and two Sacramento reporters, saying he still regrets the de...

By Sam Weinman Sean Avery, Mitch Fritz, Andrew Hutchinson, Jaromir Jagr, Darius Kasparaitis, Marek Malik, Paul Mara, Michal Rozsival, Brendan Shanahan, Martin Straka, Jason Strudwick, Steve Valiquette. Update, 12:32 p.m.: Reader Bill asks regarding Jaromir Jagr:

More news about Orpik courtesy of the Tribune Review. Today could bring developments involving on-going dialogue between the Penguins and representatives for defenseman Brooks Orpik. The sides are actively engaged in discussions aimed at keeping Orpik in Pittsburgh. He is one of 12 pla...

UFA - Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison, Aaron Miller, Trevor Linden, Byron Ritchie, Curtis Sanford, Mike Weaver, Brad Isbister, Brad Moran Goal - Roberto Luongo Defence - Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, Sami Salo, Kevin Bieska, Lukas Krajicek, Alex Edler

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By chuqui Marty McSorley won't be back as the team's TV color analyst next season, the Sharks announced Thursday. As long as they don't bring back Pete Stemkowski...