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| Stillman lands with Panthers |
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07/01/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with veteran forward Cory Stillman on a three-year contract Tuesday. Stillman split last season with the Hurricanes and Senators, picking up 24 goals and 65 points in 79 games. "Cory will be a tremendous addition to our team, bringing with him a wealth of character, leadership and playing experience," said Florida general manager Jacques Martin. "He possesses strong offensive abilities, plays responsibly on both ends of the ice and will be an |
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| Panthers lock up Olesz |
NHL Hockey |
06/30/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with forward Rostislav Olesz on a six-year deal Monday. Olesz scored a career-high 14 goals with 26 points in 56 games for Florida last season. The Czech native has 33 goals and 77 points in 190 games over three NHL seasons with the Panthers. "Rostislav is a very talented young player who we are pleased to have agreed to a long-term deal with," said Panthers general manager Jacques Martin. "We look forward to his continued contributions to our |
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| Panthers buy out LW Stumpel |
NHL Hockey |
06/27/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers announced Friday that they have bought out the remaining one year on the contract of left wing Jozef Stumpel. Stumpel recorded seven goals and 20 points with a minus-11 rating in 52 games for the Panthers last season. In three seasons with Florida, he appeared in 199 games, registering 45 goals and 129 points. The 35-year-old Stumpel, who was a second round pick (40th overall) of Boston in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, has tallied 196 goals and 481 assists in 957 |
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| Panthers sign C Campbell |
NHL Hockey |
06/26/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers signed center Gregory Campbell to a two-year contract on Thursday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Last season he appeared in a career-high 81 games and posted five goals and a career-high 13 assists for Florida. In addition, he lead the team with two shorthanded goals. "Gregory has been one of our best penalty killers the past two seasons and he is a hard working player who is always the first on the ice at practice and the last one of |
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| Rangers' Straka returning to the Czech Republic |
NHL Hockey |
06/26/2008 |
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| C Lasselsberger Plzen as both a player and sports director. A former first-round draft pick by Pittsburgh in 1992, the 35-year-old Straka has amassed 257 goals and had 460 assists in 954 NHL games with the Penguins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings and Rangers. He totaled 14 goals and had 27 assists in 65 games with the Rangers last year. Straka played for HC Lasselsberger Plzen before he arrived in the NHL, and also toiled for the club during the NHL lockout in 2004-05. |
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| Panthers extend qualifying offers to Bouwmeester, six others |
NHL Hockey |
06/25/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers extended qualifying contract offers to restricted free-agent defenseman Jay Bouwmeester and six others on Wednesday. The 24-year-old hulking backliner registered 15 goals and 37 points over 82 games for the Panthers a year ago. The Edmonton native has 38 goals and 161 points in 389 career games over five seasons, all with Florida. In addition, forwards Gregory Campbell, Rostislav Olesz, Anthony Stewart, Stefan Meyer and Drew Larman along with defenseman Marti |
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| Melrose, Lightning take a big chance |
NHL Hockey |
06/25/2008 |
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| ctly out of the AHL or even from a Canadian junior team. The idea is that these coaches can better relate to younger players and that they can adapt easier to the faster pace of the modern NHL game. For example, this was the strategy employed by the Florida Panthers when they recently hired Peter DeBoer out of the OHL. Melrose coached teams in Los Angeles that were full of veterans like Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Luc Robitaille and Marty McSorley. In Tampa, he will have a roster consisting largely of experienced play |
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| Report: Roberts will not return to Pens |
NHL Hockey |
06/24/2008 |
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| inger Gary Roberts will reportedly not continue his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Roberts' agent Rick Curran told the newspaper that his client intends to test the free agent waters. Acquired from the Florida Panthers on February 27, 2007 in exchange for defenseman Noah Welch, the 42-year-old Roberts recorded 10 goals and 28 points in his season-plus with the Penguins. He was limited to only 38 games last season because of a broken leg and high ankle sprain. Orig |
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| Phoenix Coyotes |
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06/21/2008 |
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| Acquired center Olli Jokinen from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defensemen Keith Ballard and Nick Boynton and a second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. |
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| Panthers deal Jokinen to Phoenix |
NHL Hockey |
06/20/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers have traded centerman and team captain Olli Jokinen to the Phoenix Coyotes in a draft-day deal announced Friday at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. The Coyotes sent defensemen Nick Boynton and Keith Ballard along with a second-round pick (49th overall) in this year's draft to Florida. Jokinen, 29, had 34 goals and 37 assists in 82 games for the Panthers last season. The Finnish star leaves Florida as the franchise's all-time leader in goals (188), assists (231) and |
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