July 1 Free Agent Primer

The National Hockey League free agent class of 2008 may not feature as many primetime stars as last year (Daniel Briere,...

Could Orpik end up in Buffalo?

From the Buffalo News: The Sabres aren’t allowed to talk to other teams’ free agents until July 1. But the Sabres’...

Negotiations with Pascal Leclaire continue

From Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: I spoke to Don Meehan late last night. He’s the agent for Blue Jackets...

Look for Nabokov to get more rest next season

From David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Nabokov was in nets for a league-high 77 games last season, but...

Orpik would like to stay in Pittsburgh

From Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Orpik’s desire is to stay with the Penguins, who selected him 18th overall in...

Rolston looks like he’ll be testing free agency

From Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: According to Wild assistant general manager Tom Lynn, Rolston’s agent, Steve Bartlett, has...

Does Stumpel have a bad attitude?

From Steve Gorten of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Stumpel was given his current contract in part because he mentored forward Rostislav...

Ballard looking forward to making Florida home

From George Richards of the Miami Herald: Since the Panthers season ended, Martin stressed the need for Florida to go out...

What Henry Samueli’s former business partner does with his spare time

From the Times Online: If you are Henry T. Nicholas III, one of the original dot-com billionaires – whose fortune survived...

Bruins given right to negotiate with Brian Campbell?

From Steve Conroy of the Boston Globe: It was also reported on TSN that the B’s were one of a few...