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Talk Surrounding The Draft
by Paul on 06/24/09 at 03:33 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
• This weekend should also provide some drama on the Anaheim Ducks’ front. GM Bob Murray should know imminently whether defenseman Scott Niedermayer will return for at least one more kick at the can (the smart betting is he will). With Murray’s shrewd acquisitions of Ryan Whitney and James Wisniewski, there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of room economically or ice-time-wise for veteran Chris Pronger, who has one more year left on his deal at $6.25 million and/or soon-to-be free agent Francois Beauchemin….
• Another guy bound to be in the middle of about a million rumors this weekend will be Los Angeles GM Dean Lombardi, whose young Kings took a big step forward last season by hanging around the playoff picture well into the second half. Lombardi is now on the hot seat to get the Kings into the playoffs for the first time since 2002….
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