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May 31, 2025

Sutter: NHL is not about defense

May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"Teams that just play defense, they’ve been on the outside looking in on April 15."

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May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles Kings
May 31, 2025

Canucks will explore moving up in draft

May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“We’re going to talk to the other teams and we’re going to see what the price is to move up.”

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May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Vancouver Canucks, Jim Benning, Sam Reinhart
May 31, 2025

Demers knows toll taken on Habs' coaches

May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“Coaching the Montreal Canadiens … for 12 months you are the coach of the Montreal Canadiens.”

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May 31, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Montreal Canadiens, Michel Therrien, Jacques Demers
May 30, 2025

Holland, Babcock will talk contract soon

May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"I'd like to get him signed to an extension. It might take 10 minutes, it might take two months."

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May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Ken Holland, Mike Babcock, Detroit Red Wings
May 30, 2025

Monahan wanted Flames to draft him

May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"He said he wanted to be a Calgary Flame right then."

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May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Calgary Flames, Craig Conroy
May 30, 2025

Benning, Kesler 'touched base' Thursday

May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"We're going to have a good, honest, open communication and then from where it leads to at this point I don't know."

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May 30, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Jim Benning, Vancouver Canucks
May 29, 2025

Yzerman has chips to land needed defenseman

May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"Using the picks to acquire players, we'll see between now and the draft if there's any possibilities out there..."

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May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Yzerman, Ryan Callahan
May 29, 2025

Berube: Flyers need to be 'mentally stronger'

May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"We have to change people. Because they've done it a certain way for a long while."

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May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Philadelphia Flyers, Craig Berube
May 29, 2025

Senators like Lazar's 'comprehensive game'

May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“In general, his style of play is a good fit for any NHL team because he’s a very competitive, solid two-way player.”

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May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Curtis Lazar, Ottawa Senators, Randy Lee
May 29, 2025

Q&A; with Aaron Ekblad

May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"I've had a lot of time to progress and I've had a lot of time to be scrutinized by a lot of people."

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May 29, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
May 28, 2025

Orpik's agent: "We still have time"

May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols

“I would expect there to be heavy interest in him.”

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May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Pittsburgh Penguins, Brooks Orpik, Deryk Engelland, Jussi Jokinen, Matt Niskanen
May 28, 2025

Melynk: Putin using Hitler's playbook

May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"This is the way the playbook ran with Hitler. There’s no doubt in my mind.”

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May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Ottawa Senators, Eugene Melynk
May 28, 2025

Predators' cap constraints frustrated young Trotz

May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"As you got older, I just realized it really doesn't matter. My job's to coach and the challenge became can I get it done with a small cap team."

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May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Barry Trotz, Washington Capitals
May 28, 2025

Jackets' GM has scouts, coaches speaking same language

May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"So that's been a goal of mine, where we kind of integrate those two areas better together."

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May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Jarmo Kekalainen, Todd Richards
May 28, 2025

Kings' draft guru shares philosophy

May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"But there's kids now that clearly don't get it and they still want to cheat and they usually end up leading their beer league in scoring and telling everybody that they got screwed."

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May 28, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Los Angeles Kings, Michael Futa
May 27, 2025

Blackhawks 'can't just go get Ryan Kesler'

May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"Where do you fit $5 million on the payroll?"

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May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Teuvo Teravainen
May 27, 2025

Key highlights of Capitals' MacLellan, Trotz introduction

May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"If you want to go fast, you go by yourself. If you want to go far, you go with the group."

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May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Washington Capitals, Brian MacLellan, Barry Trotz, Alex Ovechkin
May 27, 2025

DeBoer on Schneider, Brodeur and Jagr

May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"He's the real deal."

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May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
New Jersey Devils, Pete DeBoer, Cory Schneider, Martin Brodeur
May 27, 2025

Hitchcock to change Blues' defensive rotation

May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"We can’t keep playing the players with the same rotation and expect a better result.”

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May 27, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
St. Louis Blues, Ken Hitchcock, Alex Pietrangelo, Jay Bouwmeester, Kevin Shattenkirk
May 26, 2025

Lazar feels he's ready for Senators

May 26, 2025/ Chris Nichols

"I got a lot of ice time in key situations this year and I felt I flourished in it."

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May 26, 2025/ Chris Nichols/
Curtis Lazar, Ottawa Senators, Bryan Murray
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