The Vancouver Canucks

VanCanucks: A fresh sheet, for a fresh season: http://bit.ly/a42y6l

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VanCanucks: BC’s Biggest Family Reunion now has a countdown. Check out Derek Jory’s Top 40 #Canucks Moments: http://bit.ly/dxu6Zu

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from Eric Stephens of Ducks Blog,

Don Meehan, one of Ryan’s Newport Sports Management agents, told the Register in an e-mail that there are plans to meet with Ducks management as the club’s reigning top goal scorer remains unsigned with training camp less than three weeks away.

Previous discussions have been fruitless until now with the Ducks trying to get their 23-year-old sniper signed to a long-term deal and Ryan hesitant to commit to anything more than three years. Ryan, whose 35 goals ranked 10th in the NHL last season, turned down a five-year, $25-million offer at the end of June.

Perhaps the specter of camp looming around the corner is getting some other notable restricted free agents to come to terms with their teams.

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Good afternoon folks. It appears that Jim Cerny, the New York Rangers beat writer for the team’s web site, is back from vacation and is poting regularly both on his twitter account and the team web site.

Since I cannot attend workouts/practices or anything like that, Mr. Cerny is a great Rangers’ scribe to keep tabs on. 

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TAMPA BAY – Steve Griggs has been named chief operating officer of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the St. Pete Times Forum, Chief Executive Officer Tod Leiweke announced today. Griggs joins the Lightning from the Orlando Magic, where he has served as executive vice president of sales and marketing since October, 2007. He will become the organization’s day-to-day operations leader, with an emphasis on revenue generation and brand management. Griggs will begin with the Lightning in November.

“Steve is one of the rising stars in the sports industry,” said Leiweke upon making the announcement. “His experience in the NHL, and most recently, with the NBA’s Orlando Magic and the new Amway Center, will serve us well as we work to transform the Lightning and the Times Forum under the leadership of owner Jeff Vinik.”

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from Darren Dreger of TSN,

The outcome of the New Jersey Devils latest attempt to sign star forward Ilya Kovalchuk has many NHL executives anxiously waiting.

Without knowing the specifics of the contract rival managers are left to consider the speculation that reports Kovalchuk’s latest contract offer to be in the range of 15 years and $100 million.

One NHL general manager doesn’t believe for a second the league will allow this one to pass either, stating Lou Lamoriello, the Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk are simply trying to “disguise circumvention,” adding, “trying to hide the crime, makes this even worse.”

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via Islanders.com,

The New York Islanders have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension with team captain Doug Weight.

A veteran of 19 NHL seasons and 1,220 career games, Weight returns for his third year with the Islanders. In 36 games last season, the Detroit, Michigan native scored seventeen points (1 goal and 16 assists).

“Doug has played an important role in helping to develop our young players over the past two seasons and we’re excited to see him continue his historic career on Long Island,” Islanders General Manager Garth Snow said.

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Ken Holland and Chris Chelios will hold a press conference at noon ET today.  Chelios will officially retire from hockey and Holland will announce the new position the Wings have created for Chelios.

Watch below, the feed should start around noon.

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If not, check out my NHL.com blog today.  Even if you are ready, you may have missed a few things.

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While some Sabres fans are still fuming about the actions of management during the Tim Kennedy arbitration saga, an interesting tidbit came out of Buffalo yesterday from beat reporter Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550. 

Hamilton, a long time respected Buffalo media veteran, revealed that he knew from a source with the team that near the end of the arbitration process the Kennedy camp rejected a final offer from the Sabres of $800k on a one-way contract. 

It had been speculated for weeks that Kennedy not being offered a one-way deal was the major obstacle between the two parties during negotiations.

The comment by Hamilton was made during one of his daily appearances on the station and following the announcement that the South Buffalo native had agreed to a one-year, $550k deal with the New York Rangers. 

The Sabres open their home schedule against the Rangers at HSBC Arena on October 9.

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