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Welcome to today's news and rumors rundown
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We start in Edmonton where the Oilers have officially announced that Stan Bowman will take over as GM making him the 11th GM in franchise history
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Next we move to Toronto and more front office news as it was reported by Lance Hornby that Cliff Fletcher will be extending his contract with Maple Leafs to remain Senior Advisor
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to the GM. Despite being 89 years old he is still deeply involved in the game and will be entering
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his 18th year in an advisory role. Now more on Evgeny Kuznetsov who just became a free agent after mutually agreeing to terminate
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his contract with the Hurricanes. There were initial reports that he would return to the KHL but that may not be the case as
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he is weighing his options on potentially signing with another NHL team before the 2024-25 season
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And we end in Washington where the Capitals could be in the running to acquire Patrick Lane
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Now that they have $3.9 million in extra cap space thanks to the termination of Kuznetsov's
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contract they might explore a trade with the Blue Jackets. And that's it for this edition of the news and rumors rundown
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Stay tuned for more tomorrow
