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Mike Richards, Peter DeBoer: Old friends, opposite sides
May 27
Los Angeles Times
 
"Memorial Cup winner. Olympic gold medalist. World Junior champion. Stanley Cup champion. All that is missing from the glittering resume of Kings center Mike Richards is the fourth item, and he came within two victories of holding the Cup two years ago with the Philadelphia Flyers. And now, coincidentally, standing between Richards and the Stanley Cup happens to be Devils Coach Peter DeBoer, who was his coach during their successful Memorial Cup campaign with the Kitchener Rangers in 2003. "It's hard to believe it's already been seven years," Richards said, laughing, referring to his last season playing in Kitchener, in the Canadian province of Ontario. "He's getting really old. I'm old."
Kings' Gagne Cleared to Return for Stanley Cup Finals
May 27
New York Times
 
"Sometime between Christmas and New Year's Day, one of the N.H.L.'s leading wings contemplated premature retirement. The wing, Simon Gagne, a two-time All-Star in his first season with the Los Angeles Kings, sustained his third concussion in nearly five years on Dec. 26 against the Phoenix Coyotes. "For the first couple of days, it went through my mind," Gagne said about retirement. "You think about it. You're 32 years old. I've got two kids, and I had a couple of these in the past. "But I was feeling really good after maybe two, three weeks. I knew at that point I was going to play hockey again." Gagne skated with the Kings for this first time since the concussion during practice Friday"
Bruins acquire another Bourque
May 27
Boston Herald
 
"In acquiring left winger Chris Bourque — son of Bruins Hall of Famer Ray Bourque — yesterday from the Washington Capitals in exchange for center Zach Hamill, the B's swapped players who came to pro hockey with big names and high expectations, but have not been able to establish themselves in the NHL. Bourque is a player with ample skill, as he demonstrated this season at Hershey, where he led the American Hockey League in scoring, with 27-66-93 totals in 73 games. But his size (5-foot-8, 180 pounds) has been a deterrent — to the point that he spent 2010-11 in Europe, briefly in Russia's KHL (eight games, one goal) and in Switzerland. Leaving Boston University after playing only the 2004-05"
Schultz Watch Update: Ducks Preparing Tampering Charges?
May 27
Bucky's 5th Quarter
 
"Wisconsin junior defenseman Justin Schultz was the buzz of the hockey world yesterday when TSN's Bob McKenzie reported that Schultz had filed paperwork to officially withdraw from school. Withdrawing from school was an important step in Schultz's hockey future. A 2008 second round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks, Schultz can become an NHL free agent this summer thanks to a provision in the collective bargaining agreement. Since it's been four years since Schultz has been drafted, he has the right to choose his organization. The first step was notifying the parties involved that he would be officially withdrawing. Since that has happened, the Ducks will now own his exclusive negotiating"
These Rangers can make Garden glow for long time
May 27
New York Post
 columnist Mike Vaccaro
"The arena will return to the hard hats now, a fitting, if premature, hand-off. Surely the workers who will occupy Madison Square Garden for the next few months gladly would have ceded the next few weeks to the Rangers, with whom they share a sweaty bond, hockey players who sport blue shirts and blue collars and wear both proudly. In a fair sporting world there would be another hockey game tonight at Madison Square Garden, a Game 7 that undoubtedly would have riveted the city, sent it screeching to a standstill in the way only big, timeless events can immobilize the big town. In a fair sporting world, the Rangers and the Devils would have squeezed 60 more minutes — and maybe a few on top of"
Maple Leafs in market for veteran netminder
May 27
Toronto Star
 
"When the Maple Leafs embark on their annual quest for a better on-ice product, they'll be attempting to solve an age-old problem with a man of a certain age. Acquiring a proven veteran goaltender ranks among the club's biggest off-season priorities. That means there will be internal debates about no end of possibilities, be it a trade for Vancouver's Roberto Luongo, or a free-agent signing of one of the handful of seasoned NHLers expected to be available this summer. Leafs executive Dave Nonis was asked this week if the Leafs might even consider the services of Dominik Hasek, the one-time dominator who has announced his contemplation of an NHL comeback at age 47."
Jackets due to get serious about getting rid of Nash
May 27
Columbus Dispatch
 
"When the NHL trade deadline passed on Feb.?22 with captain Rick Nash still wearing a Blue Jackets uniform, it was agreed by the central parties — Nash, general manager Scott Howson and Nash's agent, Joe Resnick — that they'd go about their business in peace until the window for blockbuster deals arrived in the offseason. That window gets cracked open this week, the start of what should be a hectic month of trade talks leading up to a monumental decision likely to come in late June or early July. On Wednesday, Howson will be in New Jersey for meetings with the NHL's other general managers, some of whom will want to start laying the groundwork to acquire the Blue Jackets' franchise player."
Blackhawks re-sign Jamal Mayers
May 27
CSN Chicago
 
"Jamal Mayers was a solid depth signing for the Blackhawks last summer. Now the veteran will be back for another year. Mayers signed a one-year deal with the Blackhawks, Comcast SportsNet confirmed this afternoon. The deal, which was first reported by RDS, is for $600,000, plus bonuses."
Henrique, Devils deal defeat in OT
May 26
New York Post
 
"The 18-year-old echo wasn't loud enough to save the Rangers, who have not reached the Stanley Cup finals since Mark Messier's Guarantee in 1994. Instead it's the Noisy Neighbors, the Devils, finally drowning out that echo, heading to their fifth finals since then, chasing their fourth Cup since the Rangers' last. The Rangers were left to mourn the opportunity lost as the East's top seed, falling to the sixth-seeded Devils in six games with a 3-2 loss last night in the Eastern Conference finals in Newark. "It's an empty feeling. It's a frustrating feeling. It's a disappointing feeling," said Henrik Lundqvist after Devils rookie Adam Henrique ended the Rangers' season with his game-winner"
Canucks coach Vigneault 'didn't mean what he said' on Luongo trade request, says GM Gillis
May 26
Vancouver Sun
 
"Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday that head coach Alain Vigneault "misspoke" when he told a French-language TV show that goalie Roberto Luongo wanted a trade out of Vancouver. Appearing on the club's flagship radio station Team 1040, Gillis said that he and Vigneault talked Thursday night and the coach explained that he "didn't mean what he said" about Luongo. In the original interview Wednesday night, Vigneault was asked if he agreed that Luongo needed a fresh start after being supplanted as the Canucks' No. 1 goalie by Cory Schneider during the playoffs. Vigneault replied (translated): "That's what he wants right now." According to Gillis, Vigneault later"
Hasek eyes NHL return
May 26
CSN Philly
 
"Hey, Jaromir Jagr did it. So why not another hockey legend of the '90s? According to a Czech report (via a few tweets from CBC's Elliotte Friedman) 47-year-old goalie Dominik Hasek is in North America and wants to return to the NHL. "The Dominator" hasn't played in the league since the 2007-08 season, when he appeared in 45 games with the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. Of course, he's best known for his lengthy and impressive career with the Buffalo Sabres, which spanned from 1992-2001. Since '08, Hasek has played primarily in the Czech Extraliga and KHL. Most recently, he spent the 2010-11 season with Spartak Moscow of the KHL, playing 46 games and posting a 2.48"
Ageless Brodeur ready to fill Cup
May 26
New York Post
 columnist Mike Vaccaro
"From the other side of the ice, Martin Brodeur kept looking for a sign: a spinning red light. Upraised hockey sticks. A gathering dog pile. Anything. Hey, it's a good 180 or so feet from where he was standing, inside the sky-blue Devils crease, to where the action was taking place, just in front of Henrik Lundqvist's trapezoid. And maybe you've heard but … Marty's 40. Even if the nerves are just as steely as they were when he was 22, it's hard peering through 40-year-old eyes. Trying to tell the difference between what you want to see and what you really see. "I kept moving up, and then back, up and then back," he said, laughing, recalling the anxious moments before Adam Henrique buried"