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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...

If you have given or are planning to give to a charity run by an athlete, the OTL report on the fraud and inefficiency inherent in the vast majority of charitable foundations linked to athletes should change your mind.

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.

BOSTON -- The Bruins claimed forward Kaspars Daugavins off waivers from Ottawa on Wednesday morning. Daugavins will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season and has a salary-cap hit of $635,000 on his current deal. The forward made head...

Corey Perry's new contract Via source. Season Salary Signing bonus 2013-14 $7.0 million n/a 2014-15 $5.0 million $4.0 million 2015-16 $5.0 million $4.0 million 2016-17 $6.0 million $4.0 million ...

In the end, I just believe the Montreal Canadiens view the exchange of Michael Ryder and Erik Cole as a wash for this season, but certainly a different story when it comes to the salary-cap implications moving forward. With Ryder's deal expiring i...

The Montreal Canadiens have acquired winger Michael Ryder from the Dallas Stars in exchange for winger Erik Cole.

NEW YORK -- On Sunday, I broke down the more obvious key components of the tentative agreement. Now after getting our hands on more details of the agreement from a source, we bring you more: RETAINING SALARY IN TRADES This was Brian Burke's ba...

Patrick Eaves still suffers from headaches and concussion-like symptoms 11 months after he broke his jaw and suffered a concussion. Red Wings teammates added that he is no close to being cleared to play. (mlive.com) Sidney Crosby's salary combi...

Wild owner Craig Leipold spent $196 million to lure Ryan Suter and Zach Parise to Minnesota. Suter is now wondering if those huge contracts were negotiated in good faith.

Sept. 9, 2004 As the deadline approaches, NHLPA makes an offer including a 5 per cent salary rollback. "We're not even speaking the same language," said commissioner Gary Bettman. Sept. 15, 2004 Bettman announces the lockout. Sept. 24, 2004 ...

Still recovering from offseason shoulder and wrist surgeries, Ryan Kesler must report to Rogers Arena every weekday morning and will still be paid his full salary until cleared for action. (The Vancouver Sun) The NHL should begin cancelling reg...

Mike Modano, the all-time leading point scorer among American-born players, estimates the last lockout cost him over $7 million in salary by sitting out a year.

The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Tyler Ennis to a two-year contract.

Heading into the last NHL lockout, which canceled the 2004-05 season, Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs -- a prime architect of the new collective bargaining agreement that would result from that lockout, in which a salary cap was instituted -- gave his gen...

The Bruins just got one heck of a deal in signing winger Brad Marchand to a four-year, $18 million contract extension Friday -- regardless of the likelihood of a salary rollback from the players under a new collective bargaining agreement. It's possi...