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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:13:11 PDT |
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Red Wings sign RW Downey to 1-year deal (AP)The Detroit Red Wings signed tough-guy right wing Aaron Downey to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Downey signed with Detroit last season and played in 56 games. He has spent parts of eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Montreal Canadiens. In his career, Downey has collected seven goals, nine assists and 487 penalty minutes.
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Wild and Gaborik meet, new deal next? (AP) The Minnesota Wild hope to make Marian Gaborik an offer he won't refuse. Their first step was a visit to Slovakia for a face-to-face meeting with their franchise player. President and general manager Doug Risebrough and assistant GM for hockey operations Tom Lynn traveled to Gaborik's home in Trencin last week, armed with data and ready to listen.
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NHL doesn't want Russian compensation (AP) The NHL refuses to entertain compensation offers from a newly formed Russian hockey league for the signing of forward Alex Radulov while the player was under contract with the Nashville Predators. And until Radulov's contract with the Predators is honored, the NHL won't consider negotiating a player transfer agreement with the Continental Hockey League (KHL), NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly...
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Islanders promote Dey to team president (AP)The New York Islanders promoted Chris Dey to team president on Wednesday. Dey, who had been the Islanders' vice president of sales, marketing and event operations, will also oversee all business operations for the team as well as the Islanders Children's Foundation, the club's office in China, and the Charles B.
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Penguins D Whitney out 3-5 months (AP)Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Whitney will be out three to five months following surgery to correct a chronic problem with his left foot. The team didn't describe the nature of the problem in a statement released Saturday. Whitney told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review his left foot is misaligned and that attempts to correct it with orthopedic inserts in his skates didn't work.
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Flyers coach Stevens signs extension (AP)The Philadelphia Flyers signed coach John Stevens to a two-year contract extension on Thursday that will keep him with the team through the 2010-11 season. The 42-year-old Stevens led the Flyers to a remarkable turnaround that included an appearance in the Eastern Conference finals in his first full season as coach.
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Isles hire Gordon to lead youth movement (AP)
Scott Gordon faced a probing question in the time between accepting the job as head coach of the New York Islanders and his introductory news conference. It didn't come from a reporter and it wasn't posed by general manager Garth Snow. No, the insightful inquiry was made by wife Jennifer -- a ballet instructor.
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