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VANCOUVER – The Canucks traded forward Ryan Shannon to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Lawrence Nycholat on Tuesday.Shannon, a member of the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks in 2007, was traded to Vancouver later that summer and spent most of last season dealing with knee injuries.

TORONTO – The remodelling of the Toronto Maple Leafs continues.The Maple Leafs have dealt veteran defenceman Bryan McCabe and a fourth-round pick to the Florida Panthers for blue-liner Mike Van Ryn, ridding the team of its biggest contractual obligation.

MONTREAL – With or without Mats Sundin, the Montreal Canadiens will go into their 100th anniversary season feeling good about themselves.The Canadiens got together on Tuesday for their annual charity golf tournament bolstered by the addition of wingers Alex Tanguay and Georges Laraque, but with hopes nearly extinguished of landing former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Sundin as a free agent.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators are moving forward without Alex Radulov.The NHL team announced Tuesday that it had suspended the Russian indefinitely without pay after Radulov let a Sept.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have decided to raise Mike Gartner’s No. 11 to the rafters at Verizon Centre.A ceremony for the Hockey Hall of Famer will be held before a Dec.

The anticipated deal between the Maple Leafs and Panthers will be made official today, various reports suggest.
Heading to Florida will be Bryan McCabe and a draft pick; going the other way will be Mike Van Ryn.

TAMPA, Fla. – A day after being traded from Ottawa, restricted free-agent defenceman Andrej Meszaros has signed a six-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:
 
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed F Maksim Mayorov.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Acquired D Andrej Meszaros from Ottawa for D Filip Kuba, D Alexandre Picard and a first-round pick in the 2009 draft.

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have traded defenceman Andrej Meszaros to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defencemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard and a first-round pick in 2009.

TORONTO – Mats Sundin is coming back to Toronto … to play in a charity hockey game.While the Swede still hasn’t decided if he’ll return to the NHL this season, he has signed on to participate in the Festival Cup at Air Canada Centre on Sept.

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Signed D Mike Egener and D Ryan Stokes.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed C Tim Brent.

TORONTO – Tim Robbins loves the New York Rangers but has recently been given one less thing to love about the team – they weren’t able to re-sign pest Sean Avery this summer.

Hours after Ottawa GM Bryan Murray held a news conference to announce the team was at a contractual impasse with restricted free agent defenseman Andrej Meszaros, The Hockey News has learned from an NHL source that Meszaros has agreed to the terms of a multi-year offer sheet with an average salary in excess of $5 million per season.

The 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship will be held in Alberta.

The tournament, which will take place late December 2011 to early January 2012, will be played out of the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary and Rexall Place in Edmonton.

DALLAS – Stu Barnes’ playing career is over.The veteran forward has decided to retire after 16 seasons in the NHL to become an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Blackhawks have added some depth by signing centre Tim Brent to a one-year contract on Thursday.The Blackhawks acquired the 24-year-old from Pittsburgh in a trade last month.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:
 
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed LW Joakim Lindstrom to a one-year contract.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:
 
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed LW Joakim Lindstrom to a one-year contract.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:
 
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed LW Joakim Lindstrom to a one-year contract.

Something just doesn’t feel quite right for Peter DeBoer.For the past 14 years he’s been back on the ice by late August and right in the thick of an Ontario Hockey League training camp.