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Even though the Calgary Flames slumped late in the season, lost in the first round of the playoffs and fired their coach, all is not lost.  The first step appears to be replacing Mike Keenan behind the bench and general manager Darryl Sutter appears to have found his man.  He only had to look within [...]

The Florida Panthers have been relatively quiet in the offseason because of their impending sale which is being finalized with a New York investment group.  Oh-so-close to a playoff spot in 2008-2009, the Florida Panthers will have to be active this summer in order to avoid falling back, especially since they lost their workhorse defenceman [...]

The NHL’s Eastern Conferences’ Montreal Canadiens are getting off to a fast start by addressing some of the teams weakness’.  They acquired Scott Gomez from the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Higgins, defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.  Montreal also got forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to complete the deal.  The [...]

The Canadiens seem to be making the most noise before the NHL draft, which takes place at the Bell Center in Montreal.  The rumors are now Vincent Lecavalier and Jay Bouwmeester coming in via trade and/or free agency.  Tampa Bay is looking to shed their payroll and trading Lecavalier would save them something like 50 [...]

It seems with the draft looming this weekend teams are making all kinds of moves in order to better their teams.  The hot rumors of the day are as follows;  Boston Bruins forward and main playmaker Marc Savard is being shopped around by the Bruins.  He has one year left on his contract for $5 [...]