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With the NHL Draft coming up on June 27 and free agency opening on July 1, discussions between NHL general managers will be heating up over the month of June. Each day this month, TSN.ca will provide the latest rumours, reports and speculation from around the NHL beat. Centre Market Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail reports the Anaheim Ducks will likely be in the market for one of the top three centres expected to be available via trade this off-season in Jason Spezza, Ryan Kesler, and Joe Thornton. Duhatschek also breaks down how each of these players would fit with the Ducks. Waiting Game According to Adrian Dater of the Denver Post, contract talks between the Colorado Avalanche and centre Paul Stastny will likely not restart before June 20. The Avalanche tried to work something out at the trade deadline and are still optimistic a deal can be made before Stastny becomes an unrestricted free agent. Coaching Carousel Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province speculates that recently-fired Dan Bylsma could be the frontrunner for the Canucks head coaching vacancy. While in Carolina, GM Ron Francis is considering much as seven candidates for their coaching vacancy, including Bylsma, according to a report from newsobserver.com. And in Pittsburgh, where Bylsma coached last year, the Post-Gazette lists another seven candidates for their open spot. Tweaks in Boston? According to Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com, sources say the Boston Bruins may be willing to wheel and deal ahead before free agent season opens. Forward Brad Marchand and defenceman Johnny Boychuk are two players who could be traded to open up some salary cap space to re-sign the likes of Reilly Smith, Torey Krug, Matt Bartkowski, Shawn Thornton, Jarome Iginla (or another player to replace him on the line with David Krejci and Milan Lucic). Currently, the Bruins have $9 million to spend but dealing Marchand and Boychuk would free up over $8 million more. Looking for defence Ansar Khan of MLive.com speculates on who the Detroit Red Wings could target when looking to add defencemen this off-season. While he believes the team would love Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators, if made available in a trade, he also lists some more reasonable targets on the free agent market. Minor Changes Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe reports the Chicago Blackhawks are likely to stay the course with their roster this off-season save for a few minor changes. Shinzawa reports the Blackhawks could be looking for a taker for winger Kris Versteeg, who was a healthy scratch in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final, and will be looking for a replacement for centre Michal Handzus. Jaylen Nowell Jersey . Judging by his performance Saturday night, Cotto has plenty left in the tank. 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Radoslav Nesterovic Jersey .C. Lions 35-14, was named the CFLs offensive player of the week Tuesday. Sheets recorded his ninth 100-yard rushing performance of the season to tie the Riders club record.BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund slumped to its fourth defeat in five Bundesliga games Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Cologne, while league leader Bayern Munich routed helpless Werder Bremen 6-0.Despite the return of key players from injury, Dortmund was unable to snap its five-game run without a win and the club sits two points off the relegation zone after eight matches. It will be just one point if Hamburger SV wins on Sunday.Its very, very hard for us. But we have to get through it, theres no way around it, said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side has conceded in every domestic game this season. We have to tighten up, theres no question.Kevin Vogt put Cologne ahead five minutes before the break, and though Ciro Immobile equalized three minutes after the interval, a mistake from goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller gifted Simon Zoller the winner in the 74th.Bayern captain Philipp Lahm and Mario Goetze both scored twice as Bayern warmed up for Tuesdays Champions League game at Roma with a comfortable win. Top striker Robert Lewandowski remained on the bench.Elsewhere, Stuttgart fought from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen, Max Kruse scored twice as Borussia Moenchengladbach defeated Hannover 3-0 away, Mainz beat Augsburg 2-1, and Wolfsburg won 2-1 at Freiburg thanks to two goals from former Freiburg midfielder Daniel Caligiuri.Julian Draxler scored one and set up another for Schalke to defeat Hertha Berlin 2-0 in the late game, giving new coach Roberto di Matteo a winning start.Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored with a fine header in the 19th off a cross from Draxler, who then sealed the result with a deflected shot in the 65th.It wasnt a spectacular game but it was important for us to get the three points, said di Matteo, who replaced the fired Jens Keller 11 days ago.Ilkay Gundogan started in midfield for Dortmund after 14 months out with back problems. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marco Reus also started after recovering from injury, but defensive problems cost the visitors dearly.Vogt beat Gundogan in a challenge for the ball, played a one-two with Marcel Risse and ran into the space left by Mats Hummels before beating Weidenfeller in a one-on-one. It was Colognes first goal at home this season.Reus set up Immobiles equalizer, but Dortmunds hopes of a win were dashed when Weidenfeller let Yuya Osakos harmless-looking cross through for the unmarked Zoller to claim the winner.We pushed hard but you cant concede so naively, Klopp said. Now youre standing there with nothing in yourr hands.dddddddddddd Thats hard.Bayern had no such problems against the leagues bottom side.Lahm hammered the ball home for his first goal of the season in the 20th, and Xabi Alonso scored his first Bundesliga goal seven minutes later, when he shot under the Bremen wall inside the left post. It was the Spaniards 61st touch of the ball.Alonso, who set a Bundesliga record with his 206 ball touches in the previous game against Cologne, had 21 touches in the first five minutes alone, two more than all the Bremen players together.Thomas Mueller scored a penalty in the 43rd, and Goetze claimed his first with a fine finish inside the far post two minutes later.With one eye on the trip to Roma, Pep Guardiola took Alonso and Arjen Robben off in the 61st, replacing them with Xherdan Shaqiri and Franck Ribery, who was making his comeback from a left knee injury.Lahm scored two goals in a Bundesliga game for the first time by claiming his second in the 79th, before Goetze scored again in the 86th.OK, another three points. Now its about focusing on the Champions League, Guardiola said.Bremen became the first side not to have a single shot on goal in 6,495 Bundesliga games since records were first kept in 1993.It has nothing to do with the coach, said Bremen general manager Thomas Eichin, defending the under-pressure Robin Dutt. That was just abysmal, a performance not suitable for the Bundesliga. Theres no glossing it up. But well turn things around again.In Stuttgart, Heung-min Son opened the scoring for Leverkusen in the fourth minute, then intercepted Stuttgart keeper Thorsten Kirschbaums attempted kick-out and replied with a wonderful strike to make it 2-0 five minutes later. The South Korean almost had a hat trick a minute after that, when he hit the crossbar.Karim Bellarabi, who made his debut for Germany the previous Saturday, appeared to wrap up the result with a fine solo effort in the 41st.But home favourite Timo Werner pulled one back in the 57th, Florian Klein scored 10 minutes later, and Martin Harnik completed an unlikely comeback in the 76th.Mainz remains unbeaten after eight games and finds itself provisionally third after a late flurry of activity in the transfer period has reaped reward.Jonas Hoffman, who arrived on loan from Dortmund, put Mainz ahead in the 20th and former Sevilla winger Jairo Samperio displayed good footwork before scoring on his starting debut three minutes later.Tobias Werners 78th-minute header proved only a consolation for Augsburg. ' ' '