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Antti Niemi Should Have a Few Options in Free Agency

It wasn't really much of a surprise that the Chicago Blackhawks allowed goaltender Antti Niemi to become a free agent Monday. Niemi was awarded a one-year contract for $2.75 million in salary arbitration, and that's just too much for Chicago to work under the salary cap. With the move, Niemi becomes the eighth player...

NHL Goaltending: Where It No Longer Pays to Be a Star

Evgeni Nabokov has won 293 games in his 10-year NHL career, including 40 or more in each of the past three seasons as a member of the San Jose Sharks -- a team that decided not to re-sign him at the start of the offseason. We're a week into the signing period, and the 34-year-old netminder has yet to find a new team, while...

NHL Trade Deadline Preview: Eastern Conference

The Olympics are over, and now it's time for the NHL season to resume. They do so with a huge week ahead.The league's "real" trade deadline is Wednesday at 3 P.M. Eastern. Is your team a buyer, a seller, or somewhere in the middle, trying to figure out an identity in the waning moments? Before the deadline, take a look at...