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Date Player News
6/18/2013 Mark Streit, D A person familiar with the deal confirms Streit has agreed to a four-year, $21 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Analysis: The move prevents Streit from entering free agency on July 5. And it comes less than a week after the Flyers acquired the 35-year-old in a trade with the New York Islanders. Streit is an offensive-minded defenseman, who has 65 goals and 288 points in 491 career games.
6/18/2013 Slava Voynov, D The Los Angeles Kings have reached agreement on terms of a new six-year contract with Voynov.

Analysis: The 23-year-old Voynov contributed six goals and 13 points during the Kings' playoff run, which ended with a loss to Chicago in the Western Conference finals. He set a Kings single-season playoff record for most goals by a defenseman (6) and most game-winning goals (4). Voynov totaled new career highs for points (25) and assists (19) during the regular season, with two of his six regular-season goals serving as game-winners.
6/18/2013 Thomas Vanek, LW Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula favors re-signing goalie Ryan Miller and Vanek to long-term contracts, while acknowledging both players will have a say in determining their respective futures.

Analysis: "We want them here,'' Pegula said Tuesday in a 24-minute interview during the Sabres-controlled segment on Buffalo's WGR-Radio. Pegula, however, shared fans' concerns in noting that one or both players may elect to leave once their contracts expire after next season
6/18/2013 Ryan Miller, G Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula favors re-signing Miller and forward Thomas Vanek to long-term contracts, while acknowledging both players will have a say in determining their respective futures.

Analysis: "We want them here,'' Pegula said Tuesday in a 24-minute interview during the Sabres-controlled segment on Buffalo's WGR-Radio. Pegula, however, shared fans' concerns in noting that one or both players may elect to leave once their contracts expire after next season
6/18/2013 Pavel Datsyuk, C Datsyuk and the Detroit Red Wings have an agreement on a three-year contract.

Analysis: The Red Wings said Tuesday they had agreed to terms on a deal to keep Datsyuk through the 2016-17 season. He can't sign the contract until July 5 because he was entering the last year of his current deal. The Russian superstar has said he wanted to stay with the Red Wings instead of returning home to play following the 2013-14 season.
6/18/2013 Logan Couture, C The San Jose Sharks have agreed to a contract extension with Couture to keep him off the market next summer. A person familiar with the deal confirmed the extension Tuesday, which was first reported by Comcast SportsNet California. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract can't be signed until the free agency window opens July 5.

Analysis: Couture is owed $3 million next season in the final year of a two-year, $5.75 million contract. Couture would have been eligible to be a restricted free agent next summer. The 24-year-old Couture has emerged as one of the Sharks' top players. He has led the team in goals the past two seasons and often drew the toughest defensive matchups this season.
6/18/2013 Jaromir Jagr, RW Jagr moved into sole possession of fifth place on the NHL's all-time postseason points list in a 2-0 win over Chicago in Monday's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

Analysis: Jagr's assist on Patrice Bergeron's second-period goal was his 197th career playoff point in 199 games. He had been tied with Paul Coffey. Jagr has eight assists in 19 postseason games this year.
6/18/2013 Tuukka Rask, G Rask stopped 28 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

Analysis: Rask posted his third shutout of the playoffs while moving the Bruins within two wins of their second NHL championship in three years. With a 1.64 goals-against average and a .946 save percentage in these plays, Rask is definitely in the running for the Conn Smythe Trophy.
6/17/2013 Marian Hossa, RW The Chicago Blackhawks have scratched Hossa from Monday's nights Stanley Cup finals game against the Boston Bruins.

Analysis: Hossa was tied for the team lead with 15 points in the playoffs. He was third in the regular season on the Blackhawks with 17 goals. The Blackhawks said on their Twitter account that ``something apparently happened during warmups.'' Ben Smith was in the lineup in his place. Smith, who played at Boston College, appeared in one game for Chicago during the regular season.
6/17/2013 Marco Scandella, D The Minnesota Wild have re-signed Scandella to a two-year contract.

Analysis: Scandella was eligible to be a restricted free agent, but the Wild locked the 23-year-old before he could hit the market. Scandella missed training camp in January because of a groin injury and spent most of this season with the Houston Aeros in the AHL, recording 17 points in 45 games
6/17/2013 Joe Piskula, D The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Joe Piskula to a one-year, two-way contract.

Analysis: The 6-foot-3, 214-pound defenseman has played 393 AHL games in six seasons with 74 points and 335 penalty minutes. He helped the Wisconsin Badgers win the 2006 NCAA national championship.
6/16/2013 Alex Ovechkin, LW Ovechkin has won the Hart Trophy as the NHL MVP, beating out Sidney Crosby and John Tavares.

Analysis: Ovechkin led the league with 32 goals in the 48-game season as Washington won the Southeast Division before falling to the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.
6/16/2013 Alex Ovechkin, LW Ovechkin says his broken left foot is healing well after playing almost three full games on it last month.

Analysis: The Washington Capitals' captain, who won his third Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP, sustained a hairline fracture in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the New York Rangers. He did not miss any time, playing in Game 7 the next night and then at the world championship days later.
6/14/2013 Josh Harding, G Harding has won the NHL's Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance.

Analysis: Harding played this season after being diagnosed with MS during the offseason.
6/14/2013 Martin St. Louis, RW The Lady Byng trophy for the NHL's most sportsmanlike player went to St. Louis for the third time in four seasons.

Analysis: St. Louis also won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer.
6/14/2013 Jonathan Toews, C Toews has won the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the NHL's best defensive forward.

Analysis: The 25-year-old Toews was third in the NHL with a plus-28 rating in 47 games in the regular season. The center also was a finalist for the award after the 2010-11 season.
6/14/2013 Bobby Butler, RW The Nashville Predators have acquired defenseman T.J. Brennan from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Butler.

Analysis: Butler, 26, played for Nashville and the New Jersey Devils this season. He had one goal and one assist in 14 games with New Jersey. He had three goals and six assists in 20 games for the Predators. He has 20 goals and 28 assists in 128 career NHL games.
6/14/2013 T.J. Brennan, D The Nashville Predators have acquired Brennan from the Florida Panthers in exchange for forward Bobby Butler.

Analysis: Brennan, 24, split the 2012-13 season between the Buffalo and Florida organizations. He had one goal in 10 games with the Sabres, and two goals and seven assists in 19 games with the Panthers. Brennan also had 14 goals and 21 assists in 36 games with Rochester of the American Hockey League.
6/14/2013 Drew Miller, LW Miller says he has agreed to a three-year, $4.05 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.

Analysis: Miller confirmed the deal was done in a Friday interview with The Associated Press. The agreement keeps the defensive-minded, penalty-killing forward off the market as a free agent next month. Miller had four goals, including two game-winners, and eight points in 44 games during the lockout-shortened season. He had a game-winning goal and an assist in six playoff games after coming back from a broken right hand.
6/13/2013 Andrew Shaw, C Shaw scored on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday.

Analysis: Along with ending the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game, Shaw had an assist in the series-opening victory. He has five goals and four assists in these playoffs.
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