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In the afterglow of an historic Canadian gold medal win, it may be a Russian dilemma that brings Senators fans down to earth again. Ottawa GM Bryan Murray guested on the local Team 1200 afternoon show and was asked where negotiations were with soon to be unrestricted free agent Anton Volchenkov. Murray’s response was troubling…

If you’ve been wondering where the Senators organization stands in contract negotiations with Anton Volchenkov, Bryan Murray was on this afternoon’s Healthy Scratches program on Team 1200 and here is a transcript of his conversation with co-host Steve Lloyd (Ed. note: Murray’s dialogue is in bold. Here is the Facebook link to listen to the

Hockey Boards 2/26/2010 6. Sergei Shirokov, LW – Manitoba Moose (AHL) Acquired: 6th round (163 overall), 200610 March 1986, 5’ 10″, 175 lbs Currently second on the Moose in scoring, and for the most part, Sergei Shirokov hasn’t looked out of place in his first professional North American season. However, after starting 2010 at close

Mikeael Samuelsson talks to Ryan Parker of NHLPA.com about the honor of being a Triple Gold Club Member. To view the video please visit this link.

Toronto Sun February 25, 2010 They’re just glad their boys will be home safe and sound. GM Bryan Murray and coach Cory Clouston said they would have been happy to see any one of Daniel Alfredsson (Sweden), Anton Volchenkov (Russia), Milan Michalek and Filip Kuba (Czech Republic) win a medal, but neither is upset Jarkko

OSC February 25, 2010 The Manitoba Moose topped the Houston Aeros 3-2 on Thursday night to close-out their four-game regular season series against the club at the Toyota Center. Manitoba finished with an even 2-2-0-0 record against Houston this campaign. Sergei Shirokov, Michael Grabner and Pierre-Cedric Labrie all notched goals for the Moose while Cory

Check out The Fourth Period’s 2-24-2010 piece entitled “Predators holding out hope for Radulov”. Preadtors GM David Poile told the paper he has spoken to Radulov, who left Nashville to play in the Russian KHL two summers ago. “I’ve seen him a couple of times and our conversations are fine, but there have been no

Dallas News.com reported on Mike Heika’s piece that salary concerns and a wealth of options could lead the Dallas Stars to trade center Mike Ribeiro. Among the individuals Heika pointed to as replacements at center, Perttu Lindgren of the AHL’s Texas Stars could be a possibility. I believe Ribeiro is a reasonably priced second-line center

Manitoba Moose winger Sergei Shirokov connected for his 17th goal of the season in a 4-3 loss to Toronto on Wednesday night. The 2010 AHL All Star was returning from a trip to Vancouver on behalf of the Russian Olympic Federation.

Thanks to Agent Jay Grossman for setting up an interview with Pred’s Goalie Pekka Rinne this afternoon after he signed his new two-year $6.8 million contract. Pekka was obviously excited and relieved, and ready to get back to work on the ice. It is an interesting, wide-ranging interview that even includes a story about Pekka