31 Aug
CBSSports.com wir Free-agent forward Paul Kariya will not play next season after being diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome.
The decision was announced Friday through a release from his agent.
Don Baizley said in a statement that the decision was reached after Kariya was examined by concussion specialist Dr. Mark Lovell.
The 35-year-old spent [...]
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31 Aug
CBSSports.com The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed right wing Lee Stempniak to a two-year contract.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Stempniak, 27, arrived in Arizona in a trade deadline deal with Toronto last season and gave the Coyotes a playoff-run boost with 14 goals and four assists in 18 regular-season games. He [...]
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31 Aug
CBSSports The Pittsburgh Penguins wont re-sign forward Bill Guerin, preferring instead to give several young forwards a chance to play on one of their top lines.
The 39-year-old Guerin scored 21 goals last season and had four more during the playoffs while often playing on Sidney Crosbys line. He has 429 goals and 427 [...]
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29 Aug
CBSSports.com wi Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin has been found guilty on charges stemming from a DUI arrest in February.
The decision was handed down Friday, and the four-time All-Star could face up to six months in jail when he is sentenced Tuesday.
The 37-year-old played for Phoenix from 1996-99 and still has [...]
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29 Aug
CBSSpor NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract to the league for Russian star Ilya Kovalchuk.
The league has five days to approve or reject the deal, which media reports say amounts to $100 million over 15 years. A month ago, the NHL rejected a 17-year, [...]
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28 Aug
CBSSpor NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract to the league for Russian star Ilya Kovalchuk.
The league has five days to approve or reject the deal, which media reports say amounts to $100 million over 15 years. A month ago, the NHL rejected a 17-year, [...]
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28 Aug
CBSSports.com wir Free agent forward Paul Kariya will not play next season after being diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome.
The decision was announced Friday through a release from his agent.
Don Baizley said in a statement that the decision was reached after Kariya was examined by concussion specialist Dr. Mark Lovell.
The 35-year-old [...]
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27 Aug
CBSSp The Dallas Stars have agreed to terms with defenseman Nicklas Grossman on a two-year contract worth $3.25 million.
The 25-year-old Grossman skated in 71 games for the Stars last season, finishing with seven assists and 32 penalty minutes. In 2008-09, he had career highs in goals (two), assists (10) and points (12).
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27 Aug
CBSSpo A top official of the National Hockey League Players Association denied reports Thursday that Donald Fehr, the former leader of baseballs players union, accepted an offer to take the top job at the NHLPA.
Mike Ouellet, the NHLPAs chief of business affairs, praised Fehrs work as an unpaid adviser to the players on [...]
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27 Aug
CBSSports The Pittsburgh Penguins wont re-sign forward Bill Guerin, preferring instead to give several young forwards a chance to play on one of their top lines.
The 39-year-old Guerin scored 21 goals last season and had four more during the playoffs while often playing on Sidney Crosbys line. He has 429 goals and 427 [...]
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