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Hemsky is doing himself no favours
Let’s get one thing straight before we move along: Ales Hemsky is a heckuva player when the spirit moves him, which it does on a lot of nights when he’s in one piece and he’s taking abuse to make a...
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Setting the Rental Market? New Jersey Adds Alexei Ponikarovsky From Carolina
We’re closing in on the heady days of the NHL trade deadline, and last night we saw what might be considered the first rental trade of the deadline period. In the deal, the New Jersey Devils acquired...
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Sam Gagner “could be a deadline deal,” according to insider Darren Dreger
On Wednesday night, highly respected hockey insider Darren Dreger suggested that while the Edmonton Oilers are not shopping Sam Gagner, there’s a distinct possibility that the team will move him...
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Rangers Forward Wojtek Wolski Is Certainly Available – Should Anyone Bite?
There are a lot of things to like about New York Rangers’ forward Wojtek Wolski. The 6’3″ 25-year old was a first round pick of the Colorado Avalanche in 2004 and has played more than 400 games at...
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NHL Insider: Khabibulin’s Value Could “Escalate, Elevate” As Deadline Approaches
As the trade deadline approaches, a few things are becoming clear. Among them is the fact that the number of available goaltenders on the market this spring is very limited, which is perhaps why...
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Multiple Sources: Columbus Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash is on the Market
It was only this evening that the most connected man in hockey, TSN’s Bob McKenzie said on national television that “Rick Nash, to our knowledge, is not available.” It struck me as a sane comment in...
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Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini tweaks roster on NHL trade deadline day,...
Saying he didn’t want to disrupt the positive chemistry that has emerged on his young, gifted team, Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini added a depth centre at the NHL trade deadline day, but otherwise...
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Edmonton Oilers prepare to face N.Y. Rangers at MSG as rumours churn about...
As the Oilers prepared to face the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, the NHL rumour mill was churning with reports of talks between Edmonton and the L.A. Kings on a possible deal involving...
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Craig MacTavish addresses the state of the Edmonton Oilers before the trade...
Trade prospects, contract negotiations, goaltending, coaching all discussed in wide-ranging presser With the Olympics winding down and the NHL about to take centre stage again, Edmonton Oilers GM Craig...
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Edmonton Oilers do the ol’ tighten up against the Blues, still lose 2-1 on...
Rexall Place can seem like hockey’s back of the beyond, the NHL’s forlorn gulag when it’s late in the season and the games are more meaningful when they’re losses, some believe, than when they’re...
View ArticleOilers will be watching Brian Boyle closely in Tampa
TAMPA — As he worked on a power bar even though the six-foot-six, 244-pound Brian Boyle hardly needs any added stimulus, the Tampa Bay Lightning forward tried to chew on the fact he’s one of the...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers trade Taylor Beck to New York Rangers for Justin Fontaine
The Edmonton Oilers have dipped their toes into the trade deadline waters Wednesday. They traded minor league forward Taylor Beck to the New York Rangers for Justin Fontaine. Fontaine, 29, is from...
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