Quebec City is on the verge of being one step closer to adding and NHL team.
QMI Agency is reporting that Quebec Premier Jean Charest will meet with Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume next Tuesday to talk about the financing for a new arena.
The report states that Charest will then announce that the province will put up $400 million to help pay for the facility.
A new arena is the key for a NHL return to the provincial capital as NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said the project would need to be completed before the league puts a team back in Quebec City.
With expectations as high as they have ever been heading into the season, the Vancouver Canucks are looking to avoid any potential distractions that could derail their Cup hopes. For that reason, general manager Mike Gillis is set to meet with goaltender Roberto Luongo at some point next week to discuss whether the star goaltender will remain team captain or not.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle played on offence Wednesday, telling reporters his relationship with head coach Ron Wilson is between them and does not involve his own father. "My father's opinion I can't control," he told a scrum at the team's practice facility.
sportsnet.ca: Sidney Crosby might have a career in baseball if hockey doesn't pan out. The Pittsburgh Penguins star and some of his teammates took batting practice at PNC Park on Wednesday afternoon, and Crosby managed to hit a home run at the major-league stadium.
Some of the veteran players who have already accepted invites to camp include: Kyle McLaren Atl Dan Fritsche CBJ Jon Cheechoo Dal Aaron Downey Det Tyler Arnason Fla Marcus Nilson NJ Kyle Wellwood Phx Eric Perrin TB Michael Ryan Phl
Here are some other UFAs still available who may still make a major impact this season after either signing a deal or accepting a camp invite: Paul Mara Jose Theodore Bill Guerin Patrick O'Sullivan Ryan Johnson Lukas Krajicek Mathieu Schneider Vesa Toskala Owen Nolan Garnet Exelby Scott Walker Evgeny Artyukhin Christoph Schubert Miro Satan Brendan Morrison Eric Belanger Jay McKee Slava Kozlov Anders Eriksson Mark Parrish Brian McGrattan Robert Lang MA Bergeron Mark Popovic Jere Lehtinen Ruslan Fedotenko Andreas Lilja Kyle Calder Jay Pandolfo Jason Williams Tom Preissing Dean McAmmond Andy Delmore Steve Begin Rory Fitzpatrick Stephane Veilleux Petteri Nokelainen Darcy Tucker Petr Sykora Manny Legace Tim Stapleton Jed Ortmeyer Marek Svatos Wayne Primeau
Zitat von H.M. MurdockWith expectations as high as they have ever been heading into the season, the Vancouver Canucks are looking to avoid any potential distractions that could derail their Cup hopes. For that reason, general manager Mike Gillis is set to meet with goaltender Roberto Luongo at some point next week to discuss whether the star goaltender will remain team captain or not.
The NHL has come down hard on the New Jersey Devils for deliberately circumventing the league's salary cap in their original attempt to sign forward Ilya Kovalchuk.
The league announced in a press release Monday that they have fined the Devils $3 million and that the club will forfeit their third-round draft choice in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft as well as a first-round draft choice in one of the next four NHL Entry Drafts.
It will be the Devils' decision which year they will forfeit the first round choice. They must advise the NHL of their decision by the day following the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final in the calendar year in which the pick will be forfeited.
The Sheldon Souray saga took an interesting twist Monday evening as Edmonton Oilers' general manager Steve Tambellini issued a statement letting the media know that the disgruntled defenceman was not welcome at camp.
La Presse reports that the Canadiens will name veteran winger Brian Gionta as their captain today, as the club begins training camp for the 2010-11 season with the team's annual golf tournament.
The Canadiens opted not to have a captain for their 2009-10 campaign after parting ways with Saku Koivu last summer and overhauling their roster. General Manager Pierre Gauthier confirmed on Monday that the team would have a new captain in place before the start of the regular season.
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Gionta would become the 28th captain in the club's 101-year history and only the second American-born player to formally wear the 'C' since Chris Chelios co-captained the club in 1989.
The Chicago Blackhawks have called a news conference for Thursday afternoon to announce that the club has signed head coach Joel Quenneville to a contract extension. Quenneville, the Blackhawks' 37th head coach in team history, guided the team to its first Stanley Cup since 1961 back in June.
It's a mug's game trying to figure out which 18 or 19 year old kids fresh out of junior hockey will have what it takes to step into the NHL and play well or even regularly, but Jeff Skinner is most certainly going to get that chance with the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Kitchener Ranger centre has agreed to terms on his entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes, who will make it all official at a 12 noon news conference. And Canes' GM Jim Rutherford has all but awarded Skinner a roster spot to start the season.
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