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It's been a horrible offseason when it comes to sad events in hockey. And after the absolutely heartbreaking news about Wade Belak's tragic death, the hockey world was struck another blow today. The Boston Bruins have announced that center Marc Savard won't play this
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Two times was clearly not enough for the summer that led to the death of three NHL players. Wade Belak was found dead in his Toronto hotel room on Wednesday evening. At the age of 35, Belak retired from the NHL in March after his career with the Avalanche, Flames,
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With training camp opening in the next couple of weeks, that means only one thing, it's time for fantasy hockey! With that, Yahoo released their list of the top 100 players for the upcoming 2011-2012 season. Surprisingly, the top spot which was continuously held by Sidney Crosby has
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The NHLPA announced today that former New York Rangers captain, Chris Drury has retired. The Rangers bought out the final year of Drury's contract on June 29th. Drury was faced with multiple injuries over his final season with the Rangers. He faced a severe leg injury, that most
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Today is another sad day as the NHL lost another one of it's tough guys. Former Canucks tough guy Rick Rypien was found dead by a family member in his Alberta home. Rypien recently signed with the Winnipeg Jets this past summer. In his three seasons with the
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Well the NHL news just keeps coming today, although this one affects the New York Rangers a little more than the Patrick Sharp signing did. Shea Weber, who went to arbitration after the Nashville Predators filed for team-elected arbitration, was awarded $7.5 million today by an arbitration judge. That&
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Not that he was on the list anymore, but just in case he was, you can stop thinking about it now. Earlier in the off season, when it was unclear wether or not the New York Rangers would be able to lure coveted free agent Brad Richards to New York,
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The news that we never thought we would hear in a our lifetimes, "Will the Islanders be leaving Long Island?". The unthinkable has indeed happened, the Nassau Coliseum Referendum has officially been voted down. As it stands right now, the votes counts are at 33,526 (No) to
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When discussing the polling so far in today's referendum vote that will potentially spell out the future of the New York Islanders, a voting representative said the turnout has been "abysmally low". This is what the Islanders wanted, hence the reason they had the vote held
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Look at me, bloggin! The pipe dream of seeing Stamkos in a Ranger jersey can now officially be tabled, at least for now. Stamkos has agreed to a 5 year deal to remain in Tampa, reports are the deal is worth $37.5M. From the Tampa Tribune: "I am
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Our neighbors to the west have a new head coach, as the New Jersey Devils have announced that former Panthers coach Pete DeBoer has been hired to replace the retired (again, and again, and I think again) Jacques Lemaire. DeBoer was the coach of the Florida Panthers before being fired
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According to everyone, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Jaromir Jagr. The contract is worth $3.3 million and will last for one-year. This is a confirmed done deal. Signing Updates from George: Radek Dvorak -1 year, $1.5m with the Dallas Stars Tim Brent - signs with the Carolina Hurricanes,