Brian Burke continued his trend of adding more size to the Maple Leafs lineup, acquiring Wayne Primeau from Calgary yesterday in a trade that sent defenceman Anton Stralman to the Flames. Also going to Calgary was Colin Stuart, who had been brought to the Leafs in the Pavel Kubina deal. A pair of draft choices were also exchanged (second round, 2011 to Toronto, seventh round 2012 to Calgary).
Another bid emerges to buy the Phoenix Coyotes – one which would see the team play five games a year in either Saskatoon or Halifax.
Here are the hockey headlines in the news this morning:
Leafs News
- Brian Burke adds some Primeau beef to Leafs Toronto Star
- Leafs deal Stralman and Stuart to bring Primeau ‘home’ Toronto Sun
- Leafs get Primeau from Flames The Globe And Mail
- Leafs to give former wunderkind Pogge fresh start elsewhere Toronto Star
- Leafs rookie tournament schedule set Toronto Sun
- Close Encounters Along The Way FAN 590
- Shuffling The Decks HockeyAnalysis.com
NHL News
- New bidders would bring Coyotes to Canada Toronto Star
- Reinsdorf bid would shut out Gretzky Toronto Star
- One Coyotes bid involves Halifax, Saskatoon games Toronto Sun
- Desert dogs or prairie dogs, Coyotes still a mess The Globe And Mail
- Al Stewart, 73: Hockey broadcaster Toronto Star
- Will shakeup hurt the Habs? Montreal Gazette
- Where it’s all hockey, all the time National Post
- Etiquette tips for the Jason Spezza wedding Down Goes Brown
