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Decision on Sundin may be made this week
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The deadline still stands. Later this week, free-agent centre Mats Sundin is expected to announce his plans for the coming NHL season.
Will he play? His agent, J.P. Barry of CAA Sports, believes so even though he has yet to hear that from Sundin.
But just to be sure, Claes Elefalk, CAA's Stockholm-based agent, is scheduled to sit down with the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain today and get a read on the situation.
"Claes will meet with Mats and talk," Barry said.
29/07/08
8:03 PM
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Penguins re-sign Taffe
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Jeff Taffe to a one-year contract on Monday, giving him a chance to play a second season with the team.
The six-foot-three, 208-pound forward debuted with the Penguins in December. In 45 games, Taffe had five goals and seven assists.
The native of Hastings, Minn., was originally chosen by the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the 2000 NHL draft.
21/07/08
7:40 PM
Devils sign the other Fedorov
NEWARK, N.J. — Russian center Fedor Fedorov was signed by the New Jersey Devils on Monday after he spent the last two seasons playing in Europe.
Fedorov, 27, had 12 goals and 14 assists in 49 games last season with Dynamo in Russia. His previous stint in the NHL came during the 2005-06 season when he played three games with the New York Rangers.
21/07/08
6:52 PM
Leafs acquire Hollweg from Rangers61
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Ryan Hollweg from the New York Rangers for a 2009 fifth-round draft pick on Monday.
The 25-year-old Hollweg had two goals and two assists and 96 penalty minutes in 70 games for the Rangers.
He has five goals and seven assists in 200 career NHL games, all with the Rangers.
He was New York's eighth-round choice, 238th overall, in the 2001 draft.
14/07/08
6:28 PM
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Coyotes tab Sulliman as new assistant
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Doug Sulliman, a former NHL player and assistant coach, was hired as an assistant coach by the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday.
Sulliman, 48, replaces Rick Tocchet, who was hired this week as an assistant coach by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Sulliman played in the NHL from 1979-90 and then was an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils from 1990-93.
10/07/08
9:16 PM
Morrison heads to Anaheim41
ANAHEIM — Brendan Morrison had more lucrative offers elsewhere but the chance to win in Anaheim with former Vancouver GM Brian Burke was too good to pass up.
So the 32-year-old centre, an unrestricted free agent, signed a US$2.75-million, one-year contract with the Ducks on Tuesday.
"They were a team that, over the course of the season, that I had thought about," Morrison told reporters on a conference call.
08/07/08
6:29 PM
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Sundin sits back as other big names sign54
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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Blue Jackets deal Zherdev to Rangers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
Zherdev, 23, gives the Rangers one of the NHL's best one-on-one players, but also a Russian right winger who has frequently fallen into disfavor with management and teammates.
02/07/08
6:21 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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Crazy money21
It's tempting to call the $57.12-million (all currency U.S.) for defenceman Brian Campbell or the $23-million for goaltender Cristobal Huet crazy money, but really, what constitutes crazy money any more in today's NHL?
In a year in which the salary cap went up to a record $56.7-million – setting off another enormous spending spree on the opening day of the 2008 free-agent season – was the combined $79.
01/07/08
9:06 PM
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Redden headed to Broadway27
The San Jose Sharks were in there pitching, as were the Calgary Flames, but in the end, the New York Rangers won the bidding war for ex-Ottawa Senators defenceman Wade Redden, signing him to a six-year contract, worth $39-million (all currency U.S.).
That matches the $6.5-million that Redden earned from the Senators last year and means he didn't need to take a pay cut, even after enduring a sub-par 38-point season, one of the poorest of his NHL career.
01/07/08
8:00 PM
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Dithering continues in Sundin camp34
Mats Sundin is following the same path as his former teammate, Joe Sakic.
Again.
Last summer, when Sundin re-signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs for one season instead of a two-or three-year pact, the Swede compared his situation to that of Sakic.
30/06/08
9:11 PM
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Sabres re-sign Gaustad
LEWISTON, N.Y — The Buffalo Sabres rewarded Paul Gaustad for his hard-hitting style, re-signing the blue-collar centre to a four-year, $9.2-million (U.S.) contract on Monday.
Gaustad, a restricted free agent, had his rights retained by the Sabres last week when they made him a minimum-salary qualifying offer.
30/06/08
9:04 PM
Roberts could return to Penguins' lineup
PITTSBURGH — There is a possibility that Gary Roberts may find his way back into the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup on Sunday.
Roberts skated with his teammates at practice on Saturday and afterwards Penguins coach Michel Therrien said, "He felt pretty good and we'll make a decision tomorrow. We'll see tomorrow."
Roberts, who turns 42 on Friday, missed the past two games because of a mild case of pneumonia.
17/05/08
3:20 PM
Hossa pays off in spades26
PITTSBURGH — Given the dazzling displays of hockey put on in every game by Evgeni Malkin and, to a lesser extent in this series, Sidney Crosby, it was easy to overlook Marian Hossa.
If he was noticed at all in this year's NHL playoffs, it was when someone was sneering at how even playing on the right wing beside Crosby did not stir Hossa to any postseason scoring exploits.
04/05/08
9:46 PM
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