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NHL hockey is a game generally played every other day. Apparently, San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson is carrying that rhythm into the 2010 off-season. The Sharks entered the off-season with a handful of high profile free agents, knowing they would need to make some tough decisions. On Tuesday, the team announced they were parting ways with Evgeni Nabokov . The announcement was not a surprise to many, but the ...

With the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in the books, it’s time to do what every journalist and blogger looks forward to from the minute the draft floor is opened by Commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday night: writing about which teams won and which teams lost during the great event that is the annual entry draft. Skipping the obvious winners such as Edmonton, for picking Taylor Hall, or Boston, for picking Tyler ...

Much has been made of Toronto GM Brian Burke's decision to trade a package of picks to Boston for winger Phil Kessel. One of those picks ended up as the second overall selection. The Leaf-haters have thus been participating in a ridiculing feeding frenzy at the expense of the blue and white. But what is that pick really worth? Now that the first round is over and Tyler Seguin is a Boston ...

Here are the newest Toronto Maple Leafs: 43rd overall: Brad Ross Pick was acquired from Chicago for an unsigned draft pick, so we really didn't lose anything. GM Brian Burke wants toughness, well this kid has it. Ross was the "other guy" on the line with Ryan Johansen and Nino Neiderreiter with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL. 09-10 Stats: Games Played:71  Goals:27  Assists:41  Points:68  PIM:203 62nd overall: Greg McKegg From London, Ontario, ...

On the second day of the 2010 NHL Entry draft, the Avalanche wrapped things up by selecting seven times in rounds two through seven. Throughout the day, the Avalanche made three trades. Moving down two spots, they traded the 47th overall pick to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for the 49th and 109th overall picks; later, they moved up, trading the 77th and recently-acquired 109th overall picks to Dallas in ...

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke pulled off a deal with the Chicago Blackhawks that sent the Leafs prospect Jimmy Hayes—brother of Kevin Hayes, who the Blackhawks drafted yesterday—to Chicago in return for the 43rd overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Burke used the pick to select forward Brad Ross, who played with the Portland Winterhawks last season, registering 27 goals and 41 assists for a ...

According to the New York Post, the Rangers have traded 2006 first-round draft pick (21st overall) Bobby Sanguinetti to the Carolina Hurricanes for two draft picks. Sanguinetti, a native of New Jersey and a Ranger fan, seemed to be the future star blueliner for the Rangers, but has since fallen down the depth chart in favor of prospects with more upside.  In his first season with the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL, ...

On the first night of the 2010 NHL Draft, the Los Angeles Kings bucked expectations (well, at least my expectations) and traded up with Florida to snag Derek Forbort, a 6-foot-4 defenseman from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. And for all the stories about the players coming out of Southern California (Emerson Etem and Beau Bennett), Dean Lombardi decided to grab what many draftniks say was ...

If the Red Wings went against type by going after a big, physical forward in Riley Sheahan, their first pick in the 2010 Draft (21st overall), they went right back to what has worked for them in the past, a small, skilled forward. And a Swede to boot! With the 51st overall pick, the Wings selected Calle Jarnkrok, a 5'11", 156 lbs. center for Brynas of the Swedish Elite League. However obvious ...

It’s been a well known fact that the Boston Bruins were coveting Windsor star winger Taylor Hall in the months leading up to the NHL Entry Draft. The only problem for the team was that the Edmonton Oilers were sharing the same sentiment and just so happened to be picking one spot ahead of them at number one overall. Over the last few weeks Edmonton GM Steve Tambellini was ...