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The New York Rangers are in desperate need of a power play quarterback. Rumors have heated up that a trade is on the horizon involving a Western Conference team... by Greg Caggiano 1 222 reads Opinion The New York Rangers are in desperate need of a power play quarterback.

The Rangers agree to terms with former Sabres winger Ales Kotalik on Thursday. With the possible departure of Nikolai Zherdev, who has filed for salary arbitration, the Rangers Thursday signed a right wing who could replace some of Zherdev's offense.

Now that I have brought the Dionne, Laleur question to the table, some insight perhaps Montreal would have take Dionne over Lafleur... Richardson Cup 1971 The Eastern Canadian championship of 1971 was the most controversial of the series ever played for the Richardson Cup.

New York wiped the smile off Scott Gomez' face. Really, it is difficult to remember a fall from grace so swift as the one that befell Gomez over the course of the two calendar years he was a Ranger.

Now the trick for Glen Sather is to find another high-end talent to complement Marian Gaborik, but that's easier said than it's going to be for the general manager to get done, given the paucity of upper echelon players with cap-affordable contracts on the market.

The changes continue in the N.H.L., and Dave Stubbs in The Montreal Gazette , who has seen the Canadiens change radically - and the negative reaction of fans commenting on the paper's Habs Inside/Out blog to Mike Komisarek's defection to the Maple Leafs - writes, "Loyalty to a hockey club is a nearly extinct species in this world of free agency, ...

Maybe part of the conversation had Glen Sather offering to sell the Brooklyn Bridge as well.

Buyer's remorse kicked in shortly after the New York Rangers went shopping for free agent centre Scott Gomez two years ago, but they were likely dancing Tuesday when the desperate Montreal Canadiens took the huge contract off their hands.

July 1 - free agency day - is one of the NHL 's most exciting days, especially for fans who look at life through the prism of a rotisserie league.

A Russian lawmaker said Tuesday that rising hockey star Alexei Cherepanov, a first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, may have died due to negligence on the part of paramedics who responded to an emergency call.

MONTREAL Maybe this is the summer Glen Sather finally wises up. He chatted with a small group of reporters between rounds of the NHL draft yesterday, a rare public appearance for the city's most elusive general manager, and said what everyone who follows the Rangers has known since the lockout ended.

"Twas the night before the draft and all in the house not a pick has been moved, not even Brian Burke's. Heatley has requested a trade away from Spezza & Co.

Nineteen years after defecting from the Soviet Union, Sergei Fedorov is leaving the NHL to play in his homeland.

Ulf Samuelsson holds more responsibilities than most NHL associate coaches. As coach Wayne Gretzky's right-hand man in Phoenix, Samuelsson has a large role in designing the Coyotes' practice and tactical plans, and he oversees the club's special teams play.

It's easy as 1-2-3 to single out the exploits of Bobby Orr , Wayne Gretzky and Patrick Roy .

In what would be the biggest sale ever of an N.H.L. team, George Gillett is expected to announce Saturday he is selling his 80.1 percent ownership of the Montreal Canadiens, along with the Bell Centre and the Gillett Entertainment Group to three Molson brothers, Geoff, Andrew and Justin.

Weekly notebook Bad deals handicap clubs Wade Redden, right, seen during a Rangers game this season, has a contract that has many observers wondering what Glen Sather was thinking when he signed the free-agent defenceman last summer.

The Penguins staked a claim to greatness by winning their second straight Stanley Cup, 4-0 over the Blackhawks Great teams don't win the Stanley Cup once.

Here are seven teams that surprised a lot of people -- perhaps even themselves -- by ending up as champions: 1991: Pittsburgh Penguins -- None of the 1967 expansion teams had struggled as badly in their first 20-plus seasons as the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Remember when Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby were automatic picks when they played four times in a week? Right now both look tired, just like Jaromir Jagr has looked for the past few months after starting so hot.