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| Montreal inks Denis to two-way deal |
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07/03/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Marc Denis to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Thursday. Denis played in 10 games last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and posted a 1-5-0 record and 4.05 goals-against average. The previous year he went 17-18-2 in 44 games for Tampa Bay with a 3.19 GAA. In 348 career NHL games with Colorado, Columbus, and the Lightning, Denis owns a 112-179-28-3 record and 3.02 GAA with 16 shutouts. He was originally the 25th overall se |
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| Laraque leaves Penguins for Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
07/03/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Georges Laraque to a three-year contract on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal for the 31-year-old were not disclosed. Laraque played in 71 games last season with Pittsburgh where he tallied four goals and nine assists. The notorious brawler also collected 141 penalty minutes which led the team. "A 10-year veteran, Georges is the kind of player who made his mark in the NHL," said Canadiens GM Bob Gainey. "With his physical play and determin |
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| Leafs acquire Grabovski from Habs |
NHL Hockey |
07/03/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired center Mikhail Grabovski from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for the rights to 2008 draft pick Greg Pateryn and a second-round choice in the 2010 draft. Grabovski, just 24 years old, notched three goals and six assists in 24 games for the Canadiens last season and missed 25 games because of an ankle injury. He also posted 20 points in 12 games with Hamilton of the American Hockey League. "[Mikhail] has great upside and we will look for him |
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| Habs re-sign Kostitsyn |
NHL Hockey |
07/02/2008 |
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| Montreal, Quebec (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Andrei Kostitsyn to a three-year contract, according to TSN of Canada. The 10th overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, Kostitsyn recorded 26 goals and 27 assists in 79 games for the Habs last season. He also added eight points in Montreal's 12 playoff games. |
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| Bruins sign Ryder to multi-year contract |
NHL Hockey |
07/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Bruins improved the talent level on their forward line on Tuesday when the club signed free agent forward Michael Ryder to a multi-year contract. The 28-year-old Ryder played all four seasons of his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, but will now wear the jersey of another Original Six franchise. In both of the last two seasons, Ryder scored 30 goals. He was named to the All-Rookie squad in his first season of 2003-04 -- a campaign during which Ryder posted 25 goals and 38 assi |
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| Canadiens extend qualifying offers to Andrei Kostitsyn, five others |
NHL Hockey |
06/25/2008 |
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| Montreal, Quebec (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens extended qualifying contract offers to restricted free-agent left wing Andrei Kostitsyn and five others on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Kostitsyn enjoyed a breakout campaign in his first full NHL season, registering 26 goals and 53 points over 78 games for the Canadiens. The native of Novopolotsk, Belarus included an impressive playoff performance with five goals and eight points in 12 contests. In addition, defensemen Josh Gorges and Ryan O'Byrne, forward |
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| Melrose, Lightning take a big chance |
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06/25/2008 |
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| in fact he was behind the bench for just 209 regular-season games in three seasons with the Kings. His first year was a big success, as Melrose and the Kings made it all the way to the 1993 Stanley Cup finals before being ousted in five games by the Montreal Canadiens. Outside of his profile as an NHL analyst for ESPN, Melrose is best known for that playoff run in the spring of 1993. Gretzky of course garnered most of the attention that postseason, but Melrose clearly displayed the type of charisma that would eve |
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| Melrose selected to recharge Lightning |
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06/24/2008 |
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| les Kings during the lockout- shortened 1994-95 season. He posted a record of 79-101-29 in two full seasons and part of a third with the Kings, guiding the club to a surprise Stanley Cup Finals appearance in the spring of 1993. The Kings lost to the Montreal Canadiens in five games, then failed to make the playoffs the following year and a poor start to the lockout campaign in '95 cost Melrose his job. "I'm obviously excited to be back in coaching," said Melrose. "I'm especially looking forward to the opportunity |
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| Bruins sign Stuart to multi-year extension |
NHL Hockey |
06/24/2008 |
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| MA (Best E Casino) - The Boston Bruins signed defenseman Mark Stuart to a multi-year contract extension on Tuesday. Stuart posted career-highs of four goals, eight points and 81 penalty minutes in all 82 games in 2007-08 for Boston. The Bruins' first-round pick (21st overall) in the 2003 draft has tallied five goals and 11 points over 114 games in the last three seasons. Boston finished 41-29-12 a year ago and bowed out in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals in a seven-game test against the Montreal Canadiens. |
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| Lightning make a move at the top; new coach coming Tuesday |
NHL Hockey |
06/23/2008 |
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| ce. Melrose, who is currently a featured NHL analyst for ESPN, has not coached a team since he left the Los Angeles Kings during the 1994-95 season. He guided the team to its first and only Stanley Cup Finals appearance -- a five-game setback to the Montreal Canadiens in the spring of 1993. However, Los Angeles failed to make the playoffs in the next two seasons. The Lightning need to replace John Tortorella, who was fired June 3 with one year remaining on his contract. Tortorella led the Lightning to a Stanley C |
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