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This is my list of the off-season winners and losers. And I am basing this information on the draft and free agency to date.

Winners:

Minnesota
What can I say that is not already obvious? Adding Suter and Parise makes them a dangerous team all of a sudden. One of the problems I saw with Minnesota was goal scoring and I think Zach Parise complements the Wild perfectly. It will be interesting to see if he plays with Dany Heatley or if they try to spread the offense ...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]954[/ATTACH]The NHL entry draft is consistently full of big splashes. Friday night in Pittsburgh was no different than any other year.

Before the [B]Carolina Hurricanes[/B] arrived at the podium to make their first round selection, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the Hurricanes had traded said pick, along with [B]Brian Dumoulin[/B] and [B]Brandon Sutter[/B] to the draft host [B]Pittsburgh Penguins[/B] in exchange for [B]Jordan Staal[/B].

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The Hockey Network combines aspects of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Yelp, and eBay into the ultimate hockey site

New York, NY (February 20, 2012) — Any fan, player, parent, or coach will tell you, hockey is not just a sport, it’s a way of life. That’s why founder George Steiner set out to build a website that would appeal to all hockey enthusiasts. “Hockey needs its own online community for information and interaction,” says Steiner. On The Hockey Network,

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]857[/ATTACH][B]Bob Hartley[/B] was appointed to the helm of the [B]Calgary Flames[/B] ship on May 31.

My first thought was: what will this mean for Calgary's on-ice style of play?

For years the Flames have played a slow-paced, cautious style of hockey under the tutelage of previous coaches [B]Brent Sutter, Mike Keenan and Jim Playfair[/B]. Some years, this provided the team with moderate success but in recent years, it brought nothing but heartbreak as the ...

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7) Ryan Murphy - CAR - Once former Kitchener Ranger captain, Gabriel Landeskog made the jump the NHL, a big part of the team's offense fell even more to Murphy. It is a slightly atypical expectation since Murphy is a defender but, it is also a testament to how much offensive potential he possesses. In the end his point totals did take a step back, but considering the changes in Kitchener, it was still a pretty solid season for Murphy.

It is a great sign for ...