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The Nashville Predators have seemingly picked their goaltender going forward. TSN has confirmed that the club has signed Pekka Rinne to a two-year, $6.8 million contract. The deal will reportedly pay Rinne $2.8 million in 2010-11, and $4 million in 2011-12. The move keeps Rinne from reaching unrestricted free agency. Continue Reading: http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=311320

Check out this pretty cool Visa/2010 Vancouver Olympics spot with NHL star Ilya Kovalchuk.

From RotoWorld.com 2-24-2010 “I’ve seen him a cou­ple of times and our con­ver­sa­tions are fine, but there have been no con­ver­sa­tions about the future at all,” general manager David Poile said. “That ball is in his court. We’ve well esta­blished that if there is going to be an over­ture about him coming back to Nash­vi­lle,

Tatar-inform “Alexei Morozov believes Canadians have chink in their armour” 2-24-2010 Captain of the Russian team and Kazan’s HC Ak Bars Alexei Morozov answered journalists’ questions after a training session at Britannia Centre. According to Morozov’s words, the quarter final stage versus Canada at the Olympics-2010 shouldn’t be considered a preschedule final. “It is totally

GenXXXL breaks down the Russian team in anticipation of the 2010 Olympic quarter-finals game between the Canada and Russia. In particular, GenXXXL believes that the Russian blueline and defencemen Anton Volchenkov could be a difference maker. The complete counter to Gonchar would be Anton Volchenkov. Where Gonchar is flash and dash, joining the rush to

Adam Thompson The Wall Street Journal 2-23-2010 “On the topic of star Russian Alex Ovechkin returning in his prime to the KHL, Mr. Medvedev indicated he would honor his contract, which runs through 2020-21. But he’s got his eye on New Jersey Devils sniper and Russian Olympian Ilya Kovalchuk (above): “When [Ovechkin’s] contract would expire,

THE VISIT: Moose forward Sergei Shirokov spent Sunday and Monday at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver as a guest of the Russian delegation. “They wanted him to be part of those surroundings,” said Arniel. “It was a nice gesture by the Russian federation.”

The Portland Pirates had an eleven game winning streak going into Sunday’s game against the Rochester Americans. Mike York scored with 1.3 seconds remaining in regulation and had the deciding goal in the shootout to give the Americans a 3-2 victory over the scorching Pirates. Evengy Dadonov and Jamie Johnson also scored for the Americans

On Sunday Russia won their Olympic group in a 4-2 victory over the Czech Republic. Evengi Malkin netted two goals for the Russians and defencemen Anton Volchenkov helped hold down the fort by slowing down the previously unbeaten Czechs. To read more about the Russian’s win on Sunday and Anton Volchenkov’s stellar play, please visit