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Florida Panthers 2010-11 season preview (SportingNews.com)
A look at the Florida Panthers heading into the 2010-11 season: 2009-10 record: 32-37-13, 77 points Last playoff: 2000 (lost in Eastern Conference quarterfinals) Coach: Peter DeBoer Like the Atlanta Thrashers, the Panthers are hoping a former member of the Chicago Blackhawks front office can resurrect a franchise that has struggled through years of mediocrity. Former Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon will try to rebuild an organization that hasn’t made the playoffs in nine years. |
Sporting News NHL preview schedule (SportingNews.com)
Notice a chill in the air? September arrives and bring the return of the National Hockey League -- on the ice, not in boardrooms, conventional halls or hearing chambers. Feel free to cheer. Sporting News notes the change in season with its 2010-11 Hockey yearbook, which previews the marathon to next June's crowning of a new Stanley Cup winner. To mark the occasion, SN provides online looks at all 30 teams, leading up to the season's start -- which again this year is in Europe. |
5 key offseason moves that do not involve Ilya Kovalchuk (SportingNews.com)
The Ilya Kovalchuk saga has dominated the offseason news cycle while overshadowing the additions of key players who weren't seeking 17-year contracts. With help from former Calgary Flames general manager Craig Button, Sporting News breaks down some of the league's best offseason pickups: Nathan Horton, F, Boston Bruins The deal: The Bruins sent defenseman Dennis Wideman and first- and third-round picks to the Florida Panthers for Horton and forward Gregory Campbell. |
Bruins GM assures Marc Savard he won't be traded (SportingNews.com)
Apparently unsatisfied with the offers he received for Marc Savard, Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli on Friday said he won't be trading the high-priced center. "We told Marc we are not moving him and he is part of the organization," Chiarelli told ESPNBoston.com. Chiarelli acknowledged fielding proposals for Savard, who is one of the league's top playmakers. Chiarelli broke from his usual policy of not discussing trade rumors, saying he was addressing the Savard talk because it became public. |
Suit threatened if Marc Savard contract is voided (SportingNews.com)
Boston Bruins center Marc Savard has had enough with speculation over whether the NHL might void his seven-year, $28 million contract. His agent, Larry Kelly, on Thursday threatened to sue the league if the deal is rejected. Savard signed his extension last season, at which time the league OK'd it. Now, following fallout from Ilya Kovalchuk's contracts with the New Jersey Devils, the league is poking into several long-term deals to see if they, too, violate terms of the collective bargaining agreement. |
Canucks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The Canucks continue to receive a mixed back of medical news as the summer winds down and training camp approaches.
The good news came from defenseman Alex Edler, whose season ended two periods before the rest of the team after mammoth (now former) Chicago forward Dustin Byfuglien fell awkwardly on his leg after an epic collision in the corner early in Game 6 of the second round of the playoffs. The hit left Edler with a sprained right ankle, on crutches for three weeks, and in a walking cast for another three. But he was back on the ice taking part in informal skating sessions with teammates in Vancouver in late August and pronounced himself fully recovered. "You always take some time off after the season, so it was a good time for an injury if it had to happen," said... |
Canucks' newcomer a big addition (The Victoria Times Colonist)
When Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis swung the major trade to get defenceman Keith Ballard out of Florida for prospect Michael Grabner and forward Steve Bernier, it appeared that 24-year-old Victor Oreskovich was just a throw-in to balance out the deal. |
Putting the 'C' in farce (The Province)
The prevailing wisdom a round the Vancouver Canucks these days is that Roberto Luongo will give up his captaincy when he meets general manager Mike Gillis upon the goalie's return to the city. |
Donald Fehr reportedly accepts NHLPA chief job (SportingNews.com)
Former baseball players' union executive director Don Fehr has agreed to accept the job of National Hockey League Players' Association executive director, multiple sources confirmed to SportsBusiness Daily's Liz Mullen on Wednesday. Attempts to confirm this with Fehr or with the NHLPA were not immediately successful, Mullen reported. Sources told Mullen other candidates have been informed they are no longer in the running for the top job. |
Free agent Willie Mitchell signs with Kings (SportingNews.com)
Defenseman Willie Mitchell, perhaps the top remaining unrestricted free agent not named Ilya Kovalchuk on the market, signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Mitchell, 33, had made a free-agent tour over the past week and a half, visiting the Kings, San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals while retaining interest in the Vancouver Canucks, for whom he has played the past four seasons. Mitchell appears fully recovered from a season-ending concussion in mid-January. |
Timing of Fehr appointment curious: Marek (CBC.ca)
According to reports, the longtime head of the baseball players' union, Donald Fehr, has agreed to accept the position as new executive director of the NHL Players' Association. The timing is interesting. |
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