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So, maybe the New York Islanders are about to show us they can be something other than the butt of cruel hockey jokes about dingy arenas, lunatic contracts and adding useless bodies in order to get to the salary-cap floor. Absent from the playoffs...

Here's a look at some top end players who have another year left on their deals who could be in play this week, writes Scott Burnside.

Sure, it's hard to remember now, but there were actually plenty of highs in the NHL during 2012, writes Scott Burnside.

On a day when the sheer madness of the coming NHL lockout was brought into particular focus with even more over-the-top contract signings, an almost-36-year-old man and a team with no owner offered a brief respite from the pessimism that marks the ho...

GM Chuck Fletcher's bold signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter will pay off big for the Wild, writes Scott Burnside.

The ink has barely dried on Pekka Rinne's massive seven-year contract. But the early returns are in, and they are proving the deal was worth every penny.

On July 1, Tyler Myers will wake up to find a check for $10 million sitting next to his bedside table. That sizeable fortune represents a signing bonus that is part of a seven-year, $38.5 million contract extension the former rookie of the year si...

NEW YORK -- For Brad Richards, there is a comforting sense of deja vu as he prepares for his first season as a New York Ranger. Among the factors in his decision to sign with the Blueshirts as the top unrestricted free agent this past offseason wa...

Most of the offseason contract news surrounding the NHL's top young players has focused on Shea Weber, Steven Stamkos and Drew Doughty. Weber and Stamkos re-signed with their respective teams in Nashville and Tampa Bay, while Doughty remains unsig...

There is a tendency when considering the possible return of Alexei Yashin to feel a little like Alice down the rabbit hole. Didn't the New York Islanders buy Yashin out of his contract? Yes. And aren't they still paying $2.2 million against...

Tomas Vokoun has rejected a contract offer from the Florida Panthers and will almost certainly head to free agency Friday afternoon. But that doesn't necessarily mean Vokoun, 34, won't return to the Panthers; he is just going to explore all of his op...

The dog and pony show that is the Jaromir Jagr contract chase rolled on through Thursday evening with no resolution in sight.

When you have as many defensemen as the Canucks, it can get pretty conpetitive for ice time. But this D group is a close-knit bunch.

Scott Burnside takes stock of which players coming to the ends of their contracts have helped or hurt their leverage as free agents.

The Buffalo Sabres have made a bold move in advance of the NHL trade deadline, acquiring sniper Brad Boyes from the St. Louis Blues for a second round pick in 2011.

The Buffalo Sabres have made a bold move in advance of the NHL trade deadline, acquiring sniper Brad Boyes from the St. Louis Blues for a second round pick in 2011.