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Saku Koivu might still be wanted in Montreal, but not by the Canadiens, who decided their longtime captain was no longer in their plans.

Retooling the Anaheim Ducks on the fly is something General Manager Bob Murray has become very adept at in his nine months on the job.

The top prospects for the NHL draft got to mingle with the teams involved in the Stanley Cup final Tuesday and they came away impressed.

Anaheim's Todd Marchant takes a shot Sunday against Detroit. Photograph by: Gregory Shamus, Getty Images, The Edmonton Journal The overtime hero stared out from the pages of newspapers all over North America again on Monday; the beard bushier than it was in 1997, but the smile just as enormous and yes, just as incredulous.

Todd Marchant remembers each of his big playoff goals in vivid detail. That's because there have been so few.

Thanks to the Cisco All-Access Pregame Show on NHL.com, fans can come to tonight's four Stanley Cup Playoff games brimming with knowledge.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday: National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed RW Dan Sexton to a two-year contract.

The New York Islanders and veteran center Doug Weight agreed to a one-year contract extension Tuesday.

It was the summer of 1989, and the Lake Superior State Lakers were a year removed from having won their first national championship under coach Frank Anzalone.

Jarome Iginla , Calgary Flames : Remember when people were wondering when the Calgary captain was going to start scoring again? They can stop wondering; he has 10 goals and 19 points in his past 19 games.

After refusing a trade to Anaheim while a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Todd Marchant was subsequently claimed off waivers by the Ducks, with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2007.

There are plenty of big names in play as time ticks away before Wednesday's NHL trade deadline, and clubs searching for a top-level defenseman have quite an impressive list to target.

The calm before the storm? With the NHL trade deadline set for tomorrow afternoon, the league's 30 GMs spent yesterday working the phones, but from the buyers' list, only New Jersey's Lou Lamoriello completed a ...

Pronger and Blues? Calls for Marty St. Louis? The latest trade rumblings ... Well, fellow puckheads, after spending the day on the phone and the BlackBerry, here's the latest as we inch closer to Wednesday's ...

Though the NHL trade deadline doesn't pop up on the calendar for a little more than two weeks, the Atlanta Thrashers and Montreal Canadiens kicked off the silly season a little early this year with a deal that ...

Don Waddell's phone rang Sunday afternoon in Anaheim. It was Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey, asking his Atlanta counterpart if he could meet with Habs executive Pierre Gauthier later that evening at the ...

Canucks GM Mike Gillis is playing the waiting game with a trio of looming unrestricted free agents.

The struggling New York Islanders received a boost Thursday, when center Doug Weight, right wing Trent Hunter and defenseman Chris Campoli returned to the lineup against the Atlanta Thrashers.

Although the road hasn't been kind to the Anaheim Ducks lately, the one venue they should be thrilled to visit is Nassau Coliseum.

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