Last year, the Eastern Conference was a crapshoot. Much like David Caruso's career, Ottawa started real hot then dropped off the face of the Earth. Montreal and Pittsburgh, boosted by strong power plays, were the obvious best teams in the East, but they only rose to the top of the standings around   more...
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What will the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins be up to come July 1st? Will the Flyers be able to keep their young talent? How many players will the Penguins manage to keep in tow? Who will the Rangers overpay this year? Will   more...
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Finally we get someone notable. The Isles, with barely 3 lines of offense, just signed LW Ruslan Fedotenko. One of Tampa Bay's MVPs during their climb to Stanley Cup Champs, "Rusty The Tank" plans to redeem himself after what he calls a disappointing last season. Are the Isles are talkin' to a   more...
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While the opening days of free agency were more than a little deflating for Islanders and Devils fans - especially given the splash made by the rival Rangers - both organizations appear to be bouncing back nicely after a disappointing start out of the gate.The Isles have signed Ruslan Fedotenko and   more...
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One of FIO's weekly fantasy hockey columns, staff writer Rob Edwards clues you in on some possible fantasy free agents to lookout for in Week 22 - check to see if any of these guys are on your league's waiver wire.
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GM Garth Snow and owner Charles Wang just inked RW Trent Hunter for 5 years ($10 million) on Lawwngisland. So now what about the rumors circling Miro Satan (who just had a house built on LI), Ruslan "The Tank" Fedotenko, Mike Comrie, and Bryan Berard? What the Isles may need is a good, tough D-man   more...
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The team report on the Islanders finally gets its day to shine. Then Simon went and screwed it up but this was done just before the SImon incident...go figure.
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Not only is my stomach turning as pre-season begins, but I wonder if I really need to move back to the Northeast just to feel it all unfold. "The Atlantic Division"-sends a chill down my back. Rangers, Devils, Flyers, Pens...and oh yeah, the Islanders, who lost everyone, but hope to build some   more...

It has been a week of good news and bad news for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they have seen several roster gains, losses and signings as the free agency market swings into full motion. Ray Shero is quick to emphasize that he managed to keep the core in place, yet he lost his #1 post-season priority   more...
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Satan and Ingrid Smolinska at a Slovak Fashion Show. Shall I add that Marian Hossa was on hand at the fasion show and pictured as well?We can now move out of panic mode, as the Penguins have finally signed some wingers. Hot on the heels of signing bruiser Eric Godard earlier in the week, the   more...
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