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The Montreal Canadiens signed veteran defenseman Paul Mara to a one-year contract on Friday.

The free agent dominoes have started to fall today, likely bringing to an end the NHL's general managers' short summer respite .

Woo! Back to serious sports-blogging, a nice break from Rory Photoshopping Wade Redden's face onto Lucifer's crotch and the like ... by 5-hole.com 3 43 reads Preview/Prediction Woo! Back to serious sports-blogging, a nice break from Rory Photoshopping Wade Redden's face onto Lucifer's crotch and the like .

It's only the first weekend in July, and the Rangers' roster from early October has been shaken and stirred like a frothy cocktail served up at a beach house in the Hamptons.

In a 90-minute marathon on an episode of "NHL Tonight" yesterday, Joe Alianello and I randomly picked some of the bigger free agent names out there and gave our predictions as to where they would end up ... by Greg Caggiano 12 reads In a 90-minute marathon on an episode of "NHL Tonight" yesterday, Joe Alianello and I randomly picked some of the ...

NHL general managers burned up the phone lines Wednesday, the first day of free agency.

After 36 hours of drafting prospects from Massachusetts to Ontario to Russia whom Rangers scouts believe can eventually supplement future rosters, the time has come to focus on the current club, which has its own development issues.

Of the 26 Rangers prospects who will take the ice Mondayas development camp opens, only a few will have an opportunity to come to training camp in September and battle for a job.

Putting aside the dilemma of whether to re-sign a slew of their lower-tier free agents such as Blair Betts, Freddy Sjostrom, Paul Mara, and Derek Morris, the Rangers have been focused on what ... by Greg Caggiano 18 reads Preview/Prediction Putting aside the dilemma of whether to re-sign a slew of their lower-tier free agents such as Blair Betts, ...

I often notice that a lot of male hockey fans drag their girlfriends to games. These are the girls/women staring up at the rafters and chewing gum.

Comments Time to clean out the notebook from a Pittsburgh-Washington series that was scintillating for six games and likely to be resumed a few more times in the next decade... c Pittsburgh was the slightly better team overall.

For those who don't follow the National Hockey League closely, the manner in which supplemental discipline is dispensed often seems confusing and contradictory.

May is here - and the New York Rangers are nowhere in sight. Tom Renney is gone, and next fall John Tortorella gives Glen Sather another chance at a fresh start... by alan lawless 54 reads Opinion May 08, 2009 May is here - and the New York Rangers are nowhere in sight.

Get rid of this little weasel. Once again, Bettman has had the officials go from one extreme to another with penalties.

Damien Cox WASHINGTON T here are a couple of reasons Simeon Varlamov isn't being heralded as a 2009 version of Ken Dryden.

The fans have spoken, and "the goal" remains, well, the goal. We asked you to chose the best goal of Alexander Ovechkin's young career, and his breathtaking, falling-down, one-armed score against Phoenix in 2006 won the day, garnering over 38% of the vote.

By this morning, the lockers at the Rangers' practice complex in Westchester will be empty, the final meetings held, the summer calendars exchanged.

It was a season that began in Europe with a sweep of the first two NHL openers in Prague against Tampa under coach Tom Renney.

It would be a disservice to hockey, the Ranger organization and -- most importantly -- the fans if they somehow managed to defeat the Capitals in Game 7 tomorrow.

NEW YORK, April 26 -- By the third period Sunday afternoon, New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist was once again out of the game, chased to the bench by Washington's offensive onslaught that produced five goals in 40 minutes. And the reaction from the Capitals' bench to Lundqvist's removal?

'I didn't even notice he got changed there,' defenseman Mike Green said.

That Lundqvist could anonymously slink to the bench might be the clearest measure of how suddenly this series has somersaulted. Through four games, he was the unquestioned star, limiting Alex Ovechkin to one goal and causing Washington's stars to grumble about losing to a one-man show. That led to a flurry of questions about whether the Swede had burrowed into the Capitals' heads, whether he was in an unbeatable zone that could carry New York into the second round.