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Sidney Crosby's Health Should Dictate Penguins Trade Deadline Strategy

Before Evgeni Malkin's right knee exploded last Friday the Pittsburgh Penguins weren't in a position to make a significant move at the NHL trade deadline. Firmly pressed against the salary cap ceiling, the most they could have done on Feb. 28, without finding a way to move additional salary out the other way, was a minor...

Kari Lehtonen Stops Jack Johnson Penalty Shot In Final Minute (Video)

The addition of the shootout to the NHL has taken some of the excitement away from the penalty shot, simply because we see a number of these attempts on a nightly basis. It's just not as rare to see a skater and a goaltender go one-on-one with each other -- we see it every single night across the league. Still, when a...

2010 NHL Free Agent Review: Canucks Best in the West

On July 1 of each NHL offseason, general managers can often be like the most passionate of fans. There are available players they just have to have. More often than not, the teams overpay. More often than not, the purchase does not make the team significantly better. Now that the 2010-11 season is approaching the midway...

Marco Sturm Reportedly Traded to Los Angeles

With Marc Savard set to return to the lineup, the Boston Bruins needed to make a move in order to clear some salary cap space. On Thursday, they traded forward Marco Sturm to the Los Angeles Kings for what may be a conditional draft pick, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie. Sturm, who was originally acquired by the Bruins...

2010-11 Los Angeles Kings Preview: The Year of Anze Kopitar

So the Los Angeles Kings didn't land Ilya Kovalchuk. Big deal. At least that's the tack that the Kings are taking going into the season. What else are they going to do? It's no secret they want to up their scoring, and Kovalchuk was the elite goal-scorer available. They dallied with him for weeks, and made what they felt...

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05/29/12 In Ilya Kovalchuk, Kings to face one who got away Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Well, it was about 50-50 â if that, maybe â that the Kings were going to win the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes in a dizzying few weeks in 2010.
05/26/12 Rookie scrambles Rangers Source: New York Post - New York NY It happened in a heartbeat, and before any of it could be fully comprehended, the Devils were piling on and the Rangers' season had ended.
05/22/12 Jacob Josefson relishes return to lineup - Jacob... Source: Rotoworld.com His last game took place on April 3rd but he said he "felt good" coming back in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Rangers.
05/04/12 #NHL Thursdays Three Stars: Ponikarovsky plays hero... Source: LetsGoKings.com Kovalchuk returned to the Devils' lineup after missing Game 2 with a lower-body injury.
05/04/12 Devils work OT to slip past Flyers Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC Alexei Ponikarovsky scored on his own rebound with 2:39 left in overtime Thursday night, and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 to take a 2-1 lead in this Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Background on alexei ponikarovsky

Oleksiy Volodymyrovych "Alexei" Ponikarovsky (; born April 9, 1980) is a Ukrainian Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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