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NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so. Roughly 50 players met Wednesday night in Chicago to get an update on talks with the league, which executive director Don Fehr called “a long discussion, good discussion” about the
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CHICAGO—The hockey world, with its outstanding issues of unsigned young stars and the spectre of collective bargaining talks, holds its unofficial opening over the next few days in the Windy City. It’s the site of the NHL-NHLPA Media Tour, where some of the game’s biggest names allow themselves to be poked and prodded by all
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VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed right winger Nikolay Goldobin to a one-year contract. The team announced the deal on Wednesday, saying the restricted free agent had agreed to a one-way deal worth $900,000 (U.S.) . Goldobin put up seven goals and 20 assists in 63 games for the Canucks last season, his third in Vancouver.
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RALEIGH, N.C.—Former Carolina Hurricanes captain Justin Williams says he is taking a break from the NHL to start this season. With the start of training camp looming later this month, the 37-year-old forward said Monday that he will “step away” from the sport. “This is the first time in my life that I’ve felt unsure
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Justin Williams, who has become known as “Mr. Game 7” in recent years, may have played his last NHL game. The 37-year-old left-winger from Cobourg, Ont., is “stepping away” from the league after winning three Stanley Cups and playing 1,244 regular-season games over 18 seasons with Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington and Carolina. “This is the
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TORONTO—Wayne Simmonds hopes he gets booed. The rugged, heart-and-soul winger spent the better part of eight seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, battling for the crest on his jersey, sticking up for teammates and exemplifying what the franchise’s no-nonsense fans expect from their players. Now he wants those same people to give him the loud, sometimes
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