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Hats off to Leafs goaltender Ben Scrivens, who once again is in the news for serving his community.  This latest venture is to join the march in the upcoming Pride parade. A couple weeks ago, Scrivens was a part of a Special Olympics fundraiser. Prior to this year, former GM Brian Burke marched in the

Coburn might be heading the other way.

A tweet from Arizona Sports 620's John Gambadoro lifted the spirits of many Phoenix Coyotes fans when he wrote: The Coyotes and head coach Dave Tippett have agreed in principle on a new multi-year deal pending the successful sale of the team — John Gambadoro (@Gambo620) June 18, 2013 The deal is not done yet but this can be added to the list of unsolved issues that should become a lot clearer over the next couple weeks. His current contract is set to expire o June 30. Tippett has made it clear in the past that he feels having solid ownership in place is a key part in the process of becoming a consistent winning team year after year. Tippett succeeded Wayne Gretzky as head coach of the Coyotes in September 2009. In his first season with the team, he led the Yotes to their first playoff appearance since the 2001-2002 season with a record of 50-25-7 (107 points). During his four years in the Desert, Tippett coached the Coyotes to a winning record of 156-96-42. The most memorable moment in his coaching tenure thus far was the successes of the 2011-2012 season which saw the Coyotes claim their first ever Pacific Division championship, their first playoff series win and their first appearance in the Western Conference Final. Noted for his defensive style of coaching, the 51-year-old has built Phoenix into a contender through a system of accountability and positioning in the defensive end. The future of the Coyotes looks bright with Tippett at the helm. UPDATE: Via Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos regarding terms of agreement. #Coyotes contract offer to Dave Tippett pending sale of the team, believed 2 be similar to #Rangers agreement with Alain Vigneault. 5yr 10M — Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) June 18, 2013

The Blues and defenseman Taylor Chorney have agreed to terms on a new one year, two way contract. Over the course of the past two seasons, Chorney, 26, has played in two games with the Blues. In 61 career NHL games, he has recorded one goal and six ...

Paul wasn't feeling well when this news broke, so, a little belatedly: ESPN Chicago's Scott Powers reports that the Blackhawks believe that Marian Hossa will return from whatever ailed him in Game 3 in time to skate in Game 4: Other than saying it's an upper-body injury, [Blackhawks coach Joel] Quenneville wouldn't go into detail about why Hossa, who is tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points, was scratched from Monday's game after participating in the pregame warm-up. "Not going to go exactly where the injury is or [when it] occurred, but I'm going to say he's likely to play tomorrow night," Quenneville said. Ben Smith, who did not take part in the warm-ups, subbed in for Hossa. Quenneville maintained the Hawks knew of the possibility Hossa wouldn't play, and that it had nothing to do with anything that happened in warm-ups. Quenneville said he didn't want to tip his hand about Hossa not playing, which is why Smith didn't skate before the game. "He would have taken warm-up if we wanted him to take warm-up," Quenneville said. "He knew there was a chance he was going to play. So he was getting himself ready. I just didn't want to tip our hand that there was something going on." Continued

Paul has been sidelined with what is now a pretty serious health issue this evening, and he's going to be out of the loop for at least the next 24 hours. I will try to substitute as best as I can, but Wings news remains my priority, so we may miss some stories here and there. Send Paul your thoughts and prayers. He's okay but he's more than a little tired of and frustrated by being sidelined again.

Speculation on possible amnesty buyouts for all 30 NHL teams this summer. Montreal Canadiens - Tomas Kaberle - D - One year remaining at $4.25M Obviously, right? I mean there's the slightest possible chance that Bergevin finds a buyer with just one year left on the deal, but if it wasn't done at this year's deadline it seems to be incredibly unlikely. Boston Bruins - Chris Kelly - C - Three years remaining at $3M Boston likes Kelly, and they just signed that contract last summer, but they have just $1.587M in cap space going into next year and star goaltender Tuukka Rask is up for a new contract. Even buying out Kelly won't be enough though, Rask should earn in the $5-6.5M range. Boston is in trouble cap wise, and say bye to Nathan Horton as a UFA. Rich Peverley could also be a buyout candidate. Toronto Maple Leafs - Mike Komisarek - D - One year remaining at $4.5M Beyond obvious that this is going to happen. Komisarek couldn't even stay in the Marlies' lineup when he was sent to the AHL. A buyout may rejuvenate his career, but he was never what the Leafs paid for. Thanks Andrei Markov, for trolling the Leafs org into buying a marginal player at high cost. Ottawa Senators - Chris Neil - RW - Three years remaining at $1.9M It's not going to happen because the Senators have a ton of cap space, and also because they're in love with the toothless wonder, but Neil is no longer much of an effective player. He can agitate and fight players smaller than him, but he doesn't do much else. Buffalo Sabres - VIlle Leino - C - Four years remaining at $4.5M Buffalo isn't in cap trouble going into next year, but it's nearly unfathomable that they would choose to not buy out Leino, who's been awful since he was signed to a hugely expensive deal. Do any buyout candidates interest the Habs? This is a pretty sad sack group. I don't think I'd want any of them on my team, and I don't think Marc Bergevin would either. Follow @AndrewBerkshire Follow @HabsEOTP

Versus AHL Calder Cup FinalsGame SixListen Live on The Fan 1260Live Stream on AHL Live Where: Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, New YorkWhen: 7:00 PM EDTMedia: Time Warner Cable systems in Central NY (cable), AHL Live (online), 1260 AM (radio)

I mean, seriously... how could you not give this man 4.17 million dollars a year for 6 years? Slava Voynov is making 4.17 per year for 6 years. And the Flyers overpaid for Streit. Fuck you Homer — Joe Hampson (@jhamps10) June 18, 2013 Ok, so not everyone is happy with this deal. Slava Voynov has long been a fan favorite here at The Royal Half. And that means we've done lots of photoshops with him. And we've watched him celebrate his day with the Stanley Cup. And now, we get to see him patrolling the Los Angeles Kings blueline for the next 7 years. No big deal. I know that at times it can be a very meaningless stat... but out of Slava Voynov's 12 goals in 2013... 6 were game-winners. Now he can afford chicken! So Slava Voynov and Drew Doughty will be anchoring the Los Angeles Kings blueline until 2019... ...and then they'll be free agents in the same year?!? Actually, I'm not worried at all about this at all because there will be a lockout before 2018 and the LA Kings will be able to amnesty buy them both out. Finally, a Russian King that actually achieved something! Go buy your Slava Voynov TRH T-shirts now... before the Russian Mafia breaks my legs for selling them! And now.... SLAVA MOBILE DEVICE CASES!!!