No contract, no camp, Gagne says

Philadelphia Inquirer (registration required): "Left winger Simon Gagne, who led the Flyers with 47 goals last season, said he would not report to training camp on Sept. 15 unless he and general manager Bob Clarke came to terms on a new contract."

Gionta still waiting for new deal

New York Post (scroll down) (registration required): " Brian Gionta was among the skaters in West Orange, N.J., yesterday, but the unsigned restricted free agent said he hasn't decided whether he'll take part in training camp or exhibitions without a contract."

No Terms Yet For Lupul

Edmonton Sun (scroll down): " The Oilers are still working on a deal with local product Joffrey Lupul, who was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks in the Chris Pronger trade."

Jersey boy Dowd talking to Devils about returning

Newark Star-Ledger: "Jim Dowd, the center from Brick who won a Stanley Cup championship with the Devils in 1995, is close to signing a deal that would bring him back to his home team for the first time in more than a decade."

Will Leafs Have Interest In Keenan?

Vancouver Province (scroll down): "While the Toronto Maple Leafs rumours will now begin -- because Keenan has always said he wanted that job -- this is very likely the end of the road for hockey's Coach K. He said before this last hiring that he was thinking of winding it down and not even the Leafs are apt to get involved with him now, even though his player judgment could help any team in the league."

Malkin will officially join Pens today

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: "The long journey, figuratively and literally, comes to an end today for Evgeni Malkin. The 20-year-old Russian, who was the Penguins' top draft choice (and second overall) in 2004, will be introduced this morning during a news conference at Mellon Arena. "

Captain's spot to be vacant no more

St. Petersburg Times: "So, who is the Lightning's new captain? An announcement will be made Wednesday, and though Tampa Bay officials haven't given any hints, it's not a stretch to believe the prime candidates were centers Tim Taylor and Brad Richards."

Keenan resigns as GM of Panthers

Palm Beach Post: "The second Mike Keenan era in Panthers history came to an unexpected end Sunday when Florida's general manager was forced to resign less than two weeks before the start of training camp. According to a league source, Keenan, who was at odds with coach Jacques Martin during the past several months, was told to resign or be fired. "

Doan set to prove worth

Arizona Republic: "Doan is signed for one more season and plans to honor the deal that will pay him $3.38 million. But he would love to sign a lengthy contract extension, preferably before the season starts next month."

Focused forward

Nashville Tennessean (scroll down): "One of the names that's popped up in speculation regarding a potential trade by the Predators is forward Scott Hartnell, who'll become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season... Though negotiations between the Predators and defenseman Dan Hamhuis aren't going particularly well, General Manager David Poile said he has no intention of putting Hamhuis on the trading block."

Malkin Could Join Camp Friday

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (scroll down): "Malkin submitted his two-week notice to nullify the one-year contract he signed with Metallurg. That period ended this week, and it's expected that Brisson and fellow agent JP Barry will begin negotiating with the Penguins over Malkin's contract in the next few days so that he can perhaps join the club for its rookie camp that starts Friday."

Rangers Eye Dvorak

New York Post: " Having lost four of their team's top six penalty-killing forwards to trade, free agency or illness, Tom Renney and Glen Sather are seeking to sign free agent Radek Dvorak for a second tour of duty, The Post has learned."

Roberts glad to be back as players get early start

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "According to some published reports this summer, Roberts, in the second year of his two-year, $4.5 million contract, was prepared to retire if the Panthers didn't trade him back to Toronto so he could be close to his teenage daughter. But Roberts said he was always focused on returning."

Loose pucks

Philadelphia Inquirer (scroll down): "Columbus pulled its one-year, $1.25 million offer to Nikolai Zherdev off the table but let stand a three-year, $3.8 million deal. Zherdev is threatening to play in Russia this season."

A Star in the making?

Boston Globe (scroll down): "Rumors persist that Pat Quinn, dismissed as Leafs coach in the spring, will resurface in an advisory/consultant role with the Stars, aiding GM Doug Armstrong... According to Chiarelli, there is nothing to the rumor out of Ottawa last week that the Senators would like to acquire P.J. Axelsson, one of Daniel Alfredsson's longtime pals."

Simmons Says

Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons: "John Ferguson is on the Babcock clock. Just how long he remains as general manager of the Maple Leafs will be determined by what kind of start the club has over the first two months of the National Hockey League season. "

northwest explorsure:warning signs for avs and oils

Minnesota, Calgary and Vancouver figure to be better. Allan Muir wonders if this is the year Colorado falls off the map.Colorado over the years has lost some all-star players(ie:Forsberg,Tanguay ect...)and sakic might retire sooner than we all think.as for the oilers well they lost pronger and that tells that story.But some may argue that the lupal for pronger trade may have boosted the oiler offence up and thats all they need to make the playoffs for a second maricle run for the cup...i mean no one expected carolina to win the cup last year, most NHL experts had tham at the botton of there list and yet they managed to come in second in the east and win the stanley cup.

boogaard charged with assault

Minnesota Wild winger Derek Boogaard was charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with a nightclub fight.The 24-year-old Boogaard was arrested Aug. 24. He's to appear in court Sept. 20.
"Derek denies the allegation and will defend himself in any legal proceeding that may take place as a result of the allegation," the Wild said.

Staals could team up in Carolina

Toronto Sun: "Rumours have again resurfaced of the Pittsburgh Penguins sending Jordan Staal, the second overall pick in the June draft, to the Carolina Hurricanes for a defenceman -- possibly Jack Johnson. A deal would see Staal play with his older brother Eric in Carolina."

Lupul could get two-Year, $3.3 million deal

Edmonton Journal: "The Oilers are probably offering free-agent winger Joffrey Lupul about $3.3 million US for two years, starting with a slight bump over last year's Anaheim salary of $947,000 for this season and around $2 million in 2007-08."

Clemmensen expected to report to Devils

Newark Star-Ledger: "With the opening of training camp less than two weeks away, the Devils still have not signed top scorer Brian Gionta or defensemen Paul Martin and David Hale... General manager Lou Lamo riello said yesterday backup goalie Scott Clemmensen, an unrestricted free agent, will be reporting to camp despite the fact that he does not yet have a contract. "

Malkin, Penguins deal is expected soon

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "It's more and more likely that Russian prospect Evgeni Malkin will be signed and skating with other young players next week when the Penguins open rookie camp."

Snider is adamant: 'Flyers are absolutely not for sale'

Philadelphia Inquirer: "While the 76ers appear to be in the process of being sold by their parent company, Comcast Spectacor, Comcast chairman Ed Snider said yesterday that the team that is nearest and dearest to his heart - the Flyers - is staying in his hands."

Gilmour headed back to Leafs

Toronto Star :"Doug Gilmour and the Maple Leafs continue to work towards a long-anticipated reunion that will see the former captain return to the fold as an adviser to general manager John Ferguson. An announcement is expected in advance of next weekend's rookie tournament."

3-way Nas/NYR/Van

To VAN: Scott Hartnell
To NYR: Matt Cooke and 4th Round Pick (VAN)
To NSH: Michal Rozsival

could possibley happen...you might think that rangers are getting robbed of a great dman on this one but they are very high on aquiring Cooke

trever linden re-signed with canucks

as i first re-ported it the vancouver canucks have signed vet. forward trever linden

Erskine to vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks are interested in signing John Erskine. However, they want to sign him to a two-way contract, but Erskine is looking for a one-way deal.

Allison to Philly

According to Jason Allison's agent, "2-3" teams are interested in acquiring his services. One of the teams is the Philadelphia Flyers. With Keith Primeau still questionable going into training camp and the injury-prone Peter Forsberg, GM Bobby Clarke is scrambling to find options down the middle. Along with Philly, Atlanta is also interested as well as a team in the West.

Svatos closing in on deal

Denver Post: "Marek Svatos, the Avalanche's promising youngster who scored 32 goals last season, is close to agreement on a new contract with the team."

Malkin talks to begin next week

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: "Penguins rookies report to training camp Thursday, and if all goes well early next week, Evgeni Malkin should be among them... Contract negotiations between the Penguins and Malkin's agents are not expected to take long."

MacLean’s tactics with Zherdev are out of whack

Columbus Dispatch: "The more clear it becomes that MacLean, the Blue Jackets president and general manager, is serious about letting one of the team’s most dynamic young players spend the season in Russia because he won’t accept a "fair" offer, the more obvious it is that MacLean is the one who could use a little downtime in Siberia."

Alex Burrows

according to a source the Vancouver Canucks have made an offer to Burrows. It's a 3 year 1.4 million dollar contract

Atlanta changes jerseys

the atlanta trashers acually did something today by changing the dark blue jerseys into baby blue with Atlanta writen only on the left arm

Dallas agree to terms with Daley

According to sportsnet.ca The Dallas Stars have re-signed defenceman Trevor Daley to a two-year contract Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.Trever has a promising future in the nhl and great potentiel.

hartnell to vancouver

Taylor code is reporting that he could be heading to Vancouver.possibly for Salo

Canes sign Stephen Peat

According to TSN, the Carolina Hurricanes have signed Stephen Peat to a one-year, $450kcontract on Thursday

Domi Likely To Announce Retirement Soon

Toronto Sun (scroll down): "Morris, who represents unrestricted free agent Tie Domi, said Domi "is keeping his options open." But it's likely the 36-year-old Domi, who was bought out by the Leafs, will announce his retirement in the coming weeks ."

Zherdev may have rejected best offer

Columbus Dispatch: "To say that contract negotiations between Zherdev, a restricted free agent, and the Blue Jackets have ground to a halt would presume that the two sides have been negotiating. And they haven’t, said Zherdev’s Ottawa-based agent, Rolland Hedges."

Wait for Mikhnov almost over

Edmonton Sun: "The long-awaited arrival of first-round draft pick Alexei Mikhnov (17th overall in 2000) is only days away. The Oilers and the big Russian winger are putting the finishing touches on a contract and when that's done he'll touch down in Edmonton - as early as this weekend."

No changes planned for Sens ... yet

Ottawa Sun: "All is quiet at Scotiabank Place and that's the way it will stay for the next couple of weeks. Senators GM John Muckler said yesterday he doesn't expect to make any changes before training camp opens Sept. 14."

jack johnson for jordan stall

Eklund reported this just a while ago i highly doubt this will happen much like most of us.

Lupul Still In Limbo

Edmonton Journal (scroll down): "There is nothing new on free-agent winger Joffrey Lupul, although the Oilers probably would like to sign the former Anaheim Ducks forward to a three-year contract."

Peddie target of Quinn's ire

Toronto Sun: " Pat Quinn had refused to carve his former employers after he was fired by the Maple Leafs in April. Perhaps Quinn figured enough time had passed. The former Leafs coach, in an interview with CKNW radio in Vancouver on the weekend that was replayed yesterday on Leafs Lunch on AM640, threw a few verbal punches without naming Leafs names."

Don't count out Leetch-Ranger redux

York Daily News: "Brian Leetch and agent Jay Grossman have spoken several times in recent weeks with the Rangers hierarchy - from Glen Sather to assistant GM Don Maloney and head coach Tom Renney.

Wings to retire number 19

sportnet reports




The Detroit Red Wings announced Wednesday they will retire Steve Yzerman's jersey number Jan. 2 in a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena.

Trever Linden

tsn.com reports that trever Linden is close to signing it says that he will sign before training camp starts on sept.15,2006. He is expected to sign for less than 1 million, he told the Vancouver Sun. "Last year was probably the most disappointing year I've had in professional hockey for a number of reasons. Trever feel that he can still make a difference for 1 last year.

canes sign Isbister

According to sportsnet the have signed isbister to a one year two way 600k contract
This is no where near a replacement for stillman but is a pretty good addition to the team

Matvichuk to San Jose

According to a source...New Jersey reports are indicating that Richard Matvichuk is heading to San Jose. This could be the beginning of a payroll exodus from New Jersey, as GM Lou Lamoriello is trying to find salary cap room to sign Brian Gionta, Paul Martin and David Hale. Also, expect the Gomez rumours to heat up in the next week or two.According to sources close to Dmitri Kalinin, he will sign a one year contract with Buffalo.The Hamhuis-Edmonton rumours have picked up steam since the Dumont signing.

Milan Gajic invited to canucks Training Camp

According to the vancouver province the canucks have invited center Milan Garjic to Training Camp."The 6 foot 180 pounder has great hands and good vision, and is learning to become a pro" states Assistant GM Steve Tambellini.But he will most likely play with the moose this year unless he just explodes in Training camp but I don't think he's NHL ready just year,not for years to come,but has great talent and potential.

Milan Gajic invited to canucks Training Camp

According to the vancouver province the canucks have invited center Milan Garjic to Training Camp."The 6 foot 180 pounder has great hands and good vision, and is learning to become a pro" states Assistant GM Steve Tambellini.But he will most likely play with the moose this year unless he just explodes in Training camp but I don't think he's NHL ready just year,not for years to come,but has great talent and potential.

sabres add depth

According to the TSN sports ticker the buffulo sabres sign defenceman Dmitri Kalinin.
It was a 2 year deal but terms were not disclosed



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