Trading flurry kicks off NHL draft
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The Toronto Maple Leafs made a draft day deal to acquire Finnish netminder Vesa Toskala from the San Jose Sharks on Friday for a package of draft picks.
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ANAHEIM, California  - With no Sidney Crosbys or Alexander Ovechkins lurking among this year's crop of graduating players, it is uncertain whose name will be called first at next month's NHL draft.
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The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild added some offense while the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for a No. 1 goalie at the NHL draft Saturday.
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After nearly three months of silence, the NHL and its players finally are going to start talking again. The NHL Players&#39; Association made the first step Thursday by inviting NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and
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The Nashville Predators traded top goaltender Tomas Vokoun to the Florida Panthers on Friday hours before the NHL draft, unloading the priciest player on their roster for three draft picks.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union&#39;s first new proposal in nearly a year.
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Trade with Philadelphia; Carlos Delfino (G) - 2003 first round pick; Ronald Dupree (G) - Free Agent; Amal McCaskill (C) - Trade
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The San Jose Sharks traded goalie Vesa Toskala and forward Mark Bell to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday for three draft picks, including a first-rounder, in the first big deal of NHL draft day.
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Description: After months of stalemate and the loss of 400 games, players make a new offer to the National Hockey League involving acceptance of a 24 percent salary cut.
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The latest alternative to the NHL began Friday night &#151; with alternative being the operative word.
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Trade with Cleveland; Josh Davis (F) - Free Agent; Kirk Haston (F) - Free Agent; Kevin Ollie (G) - Trade with Cleveland; Brian
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The Philadelphia Flyers trade Peter Forsberg to the Nashville Predators on Thursday for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent and two draft picks.
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NEW YORK - The National Hockey League is locking out its players starting Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive change in the sport's economic structure.    After the long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, commissioner Gary Bettman repeatedly belittled the union's bargaining position, talked about the possibility the confrontation could extend into the 2005-06 season and said the conflict has jeopardized the NHL's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics...
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A look at the NHL lockout through Saturday, Dec. 4:
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TORONTO - The NHL and the playersâ association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the unionâs first new proposal in nearly a year.
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At an age when most players are casting one eye toward retirement, Minnesota Wild netminder Niklas Backstrom is looking to make the most his a long-awaited first opportunity in the NHL.
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The Colorado Avalanche were active in the final hour before the NHL trade deadline Tuesday, picking up minor league goalie Michael Wall from the Anaheim Ducks for forward Brad May.