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AP Hockey WriterNHL camps opening with list of unsigned free agentsBy STEPHEN WHYNOP.K. Subban doesn't want to give advice to all the unsigned young players around the NHL. He just vividly remembers his own experience as a restricted free agent.Before he signed a short, so-called ''bridge'' contract, he took...

AP Hockey WriterDevils re-sign center Zacha to 3-year, $6.75 million dealBy JOHN WAWROWThe New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free agent center Pavel Zacha to a three-year, $6.75 million contract.The signing on Tuesday happened days before the Devils open training camp. And it comes a day after general manager...

AP Hockey WriterDevils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHLBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this...

AP Hockey WriterDevils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHLBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this...

AP Hockey WriterDevils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHLBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this...

AP Hockey WriterQuiet nature of NHL labor talks breeds cautious optimismBy STEPHEN WHYNORepresentatives from the NHL and NHL Players' Association have met numerous times over the past eight months and not once in a secret underground bunker or a dark parking garage.Unlike previous collective bargaining negotiations that spilled out...

Blue Jackets sign Zach Werenski to 3-year extensionCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed star defenseman Zach Werenski to a three-year, $15 million contract extension.Werenski was a restricted free agent, and one of the team's priorities was signing the 22-year-old player to a multiyear deal before...

Correction: Capitals-Ovechkin storyCHICAGO (AP) In a story Sept. 6 about Alex Ovechkin, The Associated Press erroneously reported what season the Washington Capitals captain is entering. He is entering his 15th, not 14th, season.A corrected version of the story is below:Caps' Ovechkin leaner if not lighter going into 15th...

LA Kings sign goalie Jack Campbell to 2-year extensionEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Goalie Jack Campbell has agreed to a two-year, $3.3 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings.The Kings announced Campbell's deal Saturday. He is now under contract through the 2021-22 season.Campbell was the 11th overall pick...

Devils promote Fitzgerald, MacKinnon to senior VP positionsBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have promoted player personnel directors Tom Fitzgerald and Dan MacKinnon to front-office vice president positions.Fitzgerald adds the title of executive vice president to his title as assistant general manager. MacKinnon was elevated to a...

AP Hockey WriterAP Interview: Welsh happy as 1 of NHL's 1st female officialsBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Once the butterflies and adrenalin rush of officiating her first NHL prospects game subsided, Kirsten Welsh woke up Saturday eager to get back on the ice again.Whatever miscues Welsh made and...

AP Hockey WriterOnly on AP: Welsh excited as 1 of NHL's 1st female officialsBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Once the butterflies and adrenalin rush of officiating her first NHL prospects game subsided, Kirsten Welsh woke up Saturday eager to get back on the ice again.Whatever miscues Welsh made...