Mathieu Darche is waiting for a new  Collective Bargaining Agreement to be decided, so that he can sign with another team, according to the Montreal Gazette. “I talked with some teams in early July and came close with one. For some reason it didn’t work out,” said the former Montreal forward. “I wish I’d been signed [...]

Executives and legal counsel from the National Hockey League met with executives, legal counsel and a collection of 11 players from the National Hockey League Players Association for roughly three hours Tuesday at the PA’s office in ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. This was the fourth meeting since bargaining commenced June 29 in New York. [...]

RDS’ Renaud Lavoie proposes that the majority of the unrestricted free agents to be won’t be members of the squad after the trade deadline. That list includes Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Hal Gill, Andrei Kostitsyn and Travis Moen. Under contract until 2013, defenseman Yannick Weber could also be moved. The Canadiens should be able to trade defensemen Gill and Weber without much issue. Kostitsyn could [...]