The Columbus Blue Jackets have claimed former Edmonton Oilers left wing Ethan Moreau (moh-ROH’) off waivers. The 34-year-old Moreau, who has a year left on a contract that pays him $1.75 million, had nine goals and nine assists last season. The Oilers could have bought out his contract had Moreau cleared waivers on Wednesday, but now the Blue Jackets will assume his contract. Read Original Post Here
Willie Huber, a former Detroit Red Wings defenseman who played for a decade in the NHL in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 52. Family friend Mark Lawrence says Huber died Monday of an apparent heart attack at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. Huber was born in Strasskirchen, Germany, and selected by Detroit in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1978 NHL amateur draft. Read Original Post Here
Toronto defenseman Mike Van Ryn has decided to sit out another season while recovering from a knee injury. The Maple Leafs made the announcement on Wednesday. The 31-year-old sat out all of last season to rehabilitate his left knee after undergoing realignment surgery in October. Van Ryn last appeared in a game for the Maple Leafs on March 7, 2009. Read Original Post Here
Along with all of the success he’s had in hockey, Tyler Seguin remembers the occasional failure. After being left off the Canadian team for last year’s world junior championships, Seguin gave himself two days to mope. Then he went back to work on getting better. And when his Plymouth Whalers were eliminated from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in the second round, it was the same thing. Read Original Post Here
Sergei Kostitsyn’s tumultuous stint with the Montreal Canadiens ended when the forward was traded to the Nashville Predators. The Canadiens are getting forward Dustin Boyd, goalie Dan Ellis and future considerations from Nashville in the trade announced Tuesday. The Predators are also receiving future considerations from Montreal. Read Original Post Here
The Ottawa Senators are buying out the final year of forward Jonathan Cheechoo’s contract. One day after waiving the 2006 winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy, when Cheechoo scored an NHL-best 56 goals, the Senators said Tuesday that they are cutting the 29-year-old winger loose. Cheechoo was set to earn $3.5 million next season. Read Original Post Here
If Mike Modano plays a 21st season in the NHL, it won’t be with the Dallas Stars. The face of the franchise that proved hockey could thrive in the South will not be offered a contract by the Stars when free agency opens Thursday. That difficult decision had to be made by Modano’s teammate-turned-boss, Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk. Read Original Post Here
Former NHL All-Star Adam Oates is filling the final assistant spot on John MacLean’s coaching staff with the New Jersey Devils. Oates was hired on Tuesday and is joining fellow assistant Larry Robinson and goaltending coach Chris Terreri under MacLean, who was named head coach by the Devils on June 17. Read Original Post Here
The Phoenix Coyotes signed Polish left wing Wojtek Wolski to a two-year deal on Monday after trading for the young scorer last season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wolski came to Phoenix from Colorado in a deal that sent forwards Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter to the Avalanche at last season’s trade deadline. Read Original Post Here
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired forward Daniel Winnik from the Phoenix Coyotes for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 NHL draft. Winnik had four goals and 15 assists in 74 games for Phoenix last season, when he led the team’s forwards with 54 blocked shots and was second on the club with 30 takeaways. Read Original Post Here
