News & Rumours- May 10,2010

• DET-Datsyuk joins Team Russia at WHC
• DET-Jimmy Howard says NO to Team USA due to nagging injury
• DET- Lidstrom contemplating future. Lots of factors involved such as his son just got accepted into a hockey school in Sweden, what his family wants, the salary he will get in the future, and more.
• OTT-Ken Warren is preparing to go another route as Anton Volchenkov will demand in the $5 million/season range which they can't afford.
• ATL- management has reached out to 10 of their pending UFAs, the selling point is to be apart of the rebuilding of the Thrashers.
• PIT- expected to walk away from Sergei Gonchar as they won't be able to afford his salary demands next season.
• FLA- looking to move Vokoun at the draft
• LAK- will be looking at adding a huge top market UFA such as Patrick Marleau or Ilya Kovalchuk
• KHL-Jaromir Jagr re-signs for 1 year with Avangard Omsk of the KHL
• VAN- Sami Salo left hospital last night and is walking, he is listed as Day to Day.