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Eric Lindros has long had a shaky relationship with the Philadelphia Flyers organization, but it appears as though bygones will be made bygones at the end of December when Lindros returns to the ice in Philly as part of the Winter Classic.
He confirmed to FAN590 in Toronto on Wednesday morning that he’ll indeed [...]

Rumors have been circulating for quite some time that the 2012 NHL Draft would be held at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but it’s expected to become official this week. According to a report at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the NHL is set to formally announce Pittsburgh as the host of the draft on Thursday from the arena, prior to the Penguins’ game [...]

It’s going to be another year of blockbusters and huge flops in the NHL. Which teams blew out their budgets for big name stars and gigantic special effects to score Michael Bay-levels of box office gold? Which teams are bloated action retreads and terrible sequels? Find out in Puck Daddy’s 2011-12 NHL Season Previews, running throughout the month.
In an up-and-down season that saw [...]

If constructed, the Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil 1,980 miles from Hardisty, Alberta to Arthur, Texas. The U.S. State Department supports the project; environmentalists oppose it, citing previous spills in an existing pipeline from Alberta to Illinois.

Sean Avery of the New York Rangers [...]

We expected the official announcement of the 2012 Winter Classic between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers to come Thursday, off the heels of a Philadelphia Daily News report last week. Alas, there are still kinks to be worked out between the NHL and the Philadelphia Phillies, who operate Citizens Bank Park where the game is scheduled to be played. [...]

Well, this will bring the haters out: Sean Avery of the New York Rangers was arrested and charged with battery against a police officer early Friday morning. The LA Times reports the incident occurred at 1 a.m. PST and that Avery spent the night in jail.

From NBC New York: Avery was having a party at his home in the Hollywood Hills…

Nine years was an odd number for Brad Richards. Big free-agent deals seem to go 12 years or 10 years; the New York Rangers‘ $60 million contract with Richards went nine years, bringing him to 2020 when he’ll be 40 years old.
With that projection, the contract doesn’t seem so odd any longer, considering the state [...]

For those of you that believe that Kim Kardashian is a jersey chaser, here’s a story where she actually turns down a few athletes. Well, former athletes. Former athletes that she probably has never heard of.
Carmelo Anthony and LaLa Vasquez watched the Arizona vs. Connecticut NCAA game at Southern [...]

When Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren signed 34-year-old enforcer Jody Shelley to a three-year, $3.3 million contract, there was an outbreak by the fans about paying a fighter $1.1 million per season.
Shelley, who scored only two goals in 57 games with the San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers last year, was added to the [...]

The news that convicted sex offender Graham James received a pardon in 2007 is sickening.
But one of his most prominent victims see this moment as “the break we’ve been looking for” to put pressure on the Canadian government to better protect children from pedophiles.
“What happened [Sunday] was something that I believe was an amazing opportunity [...]