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Sundin sits back as other big names sign
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Mats Sundin could take “several weeks” before deciding whether he wants to play an 18th NHL season.
After taking 24 hours to digest the four formal offers presented to him on the opening day of the NHL free-agent frenzy, including an astounding two-year, $20-million (all currency U.S.) from the Vancouver Canucks, Sundin released a five-sentence statement through his agent that said he needs more time.
02/07/08
9:04 PM
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Islanders sign Weight to one-year deal
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The New York Islanders have signed veteran centre Doug Weight.
It's a one-year deal worth $1.75-million (U.S.) in base salary plus bonuses that could bring the total to $4.3-million.
Weight, 37, had 25 points (10-15) in 67 games last season with St. Louis and Anaheim. He has 969 career points (265-704) in 1,131 NHL games.
"Bringing Doug aboard was a priority for us," said Islanders GM Garth Snow.
02/07/08
6:45 PM
Canucks make push for Sundin24
The Vancouver Canucks' mind-boggling two-year, $20-million (all currency U.S.) offer to Mats Sundin certainly will make it difficult for the big Swede to skate into retirement.
Sundin, 37, has maintained since his season ended with the Toronto Maple Leafs three months ago that he hasn't made up his mind whether he will play in an 18th NHL campaign. But that didn't stop him from being a popular target of NHL general managers on the opening day of free agency Tuesday.
01/07/08
9:15 PM
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Habs lose Streit to Islanders25
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Mark Streit is leaving for Long Island.
The power-play specialist who can play both defence and forward signed a $20.5-million (U.S.), four-year deal with the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
Streit spent the last three seasons with the Montreal Canadiens and helped them develop one of the NHL's best power plays.
In 205 NHL games with Montreal, he has 25 goals and 109 points.
01/07/08
8:32 PM
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Familiar names taken on Day 22
Day 2 of the NHL entry draft was Family Day, as three more players with significant NHL bloodlines were selected in the second and third rounds.
After a flurry of trades on opening night, there were no deals of any consequence Saturday, as the teams concentrated on drafting players and trying to find the ubiquitous diamonds in the rough that characterize the later rounds of every draft.
21/06/08
1:20 PM
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Montreal abuzz over Habs' chances14
MONTREAL — The commute for Montreal Canadiens head coach Guy Carbonneau from his west-end home to the Bell Centre takes 45 minutes.
Along the way, he encounters plenty of well-wishers. "I get honked at 150 times," he said on the eve of his team's first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
To say the city of Montreal adores its Canadiens and has ratcheted that affection to a new level this season would be to state the obvious.
09/04/08
9:47 PM
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Canucks face uphill challenge2
VANCOUVER — When Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis says missing the NHL playoffs is never an acceptable result in this marketplace, he is in lockstep with the fan base and ensures the lofty expectations that greeted the 2007-08 season will survive into next fall.
08/04/08
9:47 PM
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Hair we go, it's playoff time7
Welcome to the fourth season.
There are actually five in hockey, by a measure once offered up by no less than Wayne Gretzky. There is the exhibition season, which means nothing. There is the regular season, which runs quietly until the trade deadline. Then comes the stretch season, which ended rather dramatically last weekend. Now begins the playoff season, leading up to the Stanley Cup final, which Gretzky always considered a separate season.
As season No.
08/04/08
8:46 PM
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Jagr leads Rangers into playoffs
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Jaromir Jagr scored two power-play goals in a 2-minute span of the first period, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 25 shots, and the New York Rangers clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
The Rangers entered a home-and-home series against their archrivals knowing the Islanders would enjoy nothing more than to derail their postseason plans.
03/04/08
9:37 PM
Devils clinch playoff berth
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Zach Parise deflected in Johnny Oduya's shot 29 seconds into overtime for the New Jersey Devils, who clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
The Devils strengthened their hold on fourth place in the East and stayed alive in the race for the Atlantic Division title.
01/04/08
10:37 PM
All over, bar the shouting92
TORONTO — The big tease known as the Toronto Maple Leafs in recent weeks stopped tormenting their beloved fans last night.
The Leafs' dream of a miracle, late-season run at an NHL playoff berth all but died with their 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.
25/03/08
11:44 PM
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Penguins playoff-bound
NEWARK, N.J. — Bouncing back from a bad game and putting themselves in position to be the top seed in the Eastern Conference was more exciting for the Pittsburgh Penguins than making the playoffs.
25/03/08
10:45 PM
Avs snap losing skid
DENVER — The playoffs were starting to slip away from the Colorado Avalanche, who have embraced the final two weeks of the regular season as a prelude to the postseason.
The Avalanche snapped a four-game losing streak with a crucial 2-0 win over Calgary on Monday night behind Jordan Leopold's first goal in 21/2 months and Jose Theodore's third shutout of the season.
25/03/08
1:24 AM
Antropov out at least a week5
Nik Antropov will miss at least one more week with his knee injury, but there was no prognosis on how long his Toronto Maple Leafs teammate Carlo Colaiacovo will miss because of his latest ailment.
The often-injured Colaiacovo did not practice yesterday after suffering a hamstring injury in the first period of the Leafs' 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
20/03/08
1:19 AM
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Goalies come to Toskala's defence14
As soon as the puck bounced past Vesa Toskala on Tuesday night, goalies past and present felt the Toronto netminder's pain.
"I almost threw up when I saw it last night," former NHL goalie Kay Whitmore told The Canadian Press on Wednesday. "You get that terrible feeling in the pit of your stomach. You feel bad for the guy because you know you've been there and how bad it feels.
19/03/08
6:41 PM
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