The Philadelphia Flyers and Brayden Schenn don't appear to be seeing eye to eye.

Just two days before a scheduled arbitration hearing, the parties are roughly 1-year and $1.25 million apart in negotiations.

The Flyers are offering a two-year contract worth $4.25 million in Year 1 and just under $4.37 million in Year 2, while Schenn is asking for a one-year, $5.5-million deal, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Schenn is coming off a career year that saw him hit 26 goals and 59 points in 80 games, good enough for third in team scoring. The 24-year-old just completed a two-year contract that paid him an annual average of $2.5 million.

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The Philadelphia Flyers and Brayden Schenn don't appear to be seeing eye to eye.

Just two days before a scheduled arbitration hearing, the parties are roughly 1-year and $1.25 million apart in negotiations.

The Flyers are offering a two-year contract worth $4.25 million in Year 1 and just under $4.37 million in Year 2, while Schenn is asking for a one-year, $5.5-million deal, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Schenn is coming off a career year that saw him hit 26 goals and 59 points in 80 games, good enough for third in team scoring. The 24-year-old just completed a two-year contract that paid him an annual average of $2.5 million.

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With general manager George McPhee now in place, the Las Vegas NHL franchise is hard at work trying to nail down a name and color scheme.

While still nameless, the club has received a place-holder logo in the form of the NHL shield with the name "Las Vegas" underneath it, reports Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

In the meantime, the club continues to negotiate with the NHL on possible names.

"We’re exchanging names and ideas with the NHL and they’ve come back with names for us," Murray Craven - team owner Bill Foley's hockey advisor - said. "They’ve been great to us, as has Adidas, who have some great ideas for uniform designs.

"But ultimately, it’s going to be Bill’s call what the name will be."

While nothing has been decided, Craven noted the NHL wasn't opposed to the proposed name "Silver Knights," of which the club already owns the trademark.

"We met with the NHL recently (in Montana) and they haven’t gotten back to us yet," Craven said.

Of course, in their search for a name, Craven admits they've received suggestions from outside parties, with some being on the more ridiculous side of things.

"Someone wanted $50,000 for the name 'Desert Turtles,'" Craven said. "Somehow, I don’t see us calling ourselves the Las Vegas Desert Turtles."

As Foley and co. alluded to earlier in the month, the biggest hurdle in the process has been trademarks and the need to avoid gambling references.

"You want a simple, classic design," Craven said. "Toronto has that with the maple leaf. Detroit has that. Boston with the 'B'. The Blackhawks. It’s very important you get the right look because it’s how people identify with your team."

While the hunt continues, Craven said the team is hopeful to have the name, logo, and color scheme decided sometime in September.

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With general manager George McPhee now in place, the Las Vegas NHL franchise is hard at work trying to nail down a name and color scheme.

While still nameless, the club has received a place-holder logo in the form of the NHL shield with the name "Las Vegas" underneath it, reports Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

In the meantime, the club continues to negotiate with the NHL on possible names.

"We’re exchanging names and ideas with the NHL and they’ve come back with names for us," Murray Craven - team owner Bill Foley's hockey advisor - said. "They’ve been great to us, as has Adidas, who have some great ideas for uniform designs.

"But ultimately, it’s going to be Bill’s call what the name will be."

While nothing has been decided, Craven noted the NHL wasn't opposed to the proposed name "Silver Knights," of which the club already owns the trademark.

"We met with the NHL recently (in Montana) and they haven’t gotten back to us yet," Craven said.

Of course, in their search for a name, Craven admits they've received suggestions from outside parties, with some being on the more ridiculous side of things.

"Someone wanted $50,000 for the name 'Desert Turtles,'" Craven said. "Somehow, I don’t see us calling ourselves the Las Vegas Desert Turtles."

As Foley and co. alluded to earlier in the month, the biggest hurdle in the process has been trademarks and the need to avoid gambling references.

"You want a simple, classic design," Craven said. "Toronto has that with the maple leaf. Detroit has that. Boston with the 'B'. The Blackhawks. It’s very important you get the right look because it’s how people identify with your team."

While the hunt continues, Craven said the team is hopeful to have the name, logo, and color scheme decided sometime in September.

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Dominic Moore is mighty pleased with the New York Rangers' recent re-signing of teammate Chris Kreider.

The club came to terms with Kreider, a restricted free-agent forward, on a four-year, $18.5-million contract just prior to a scheduled arbitration meeting, and as Moore sees it, they locked up an all-time skater.

"Chris is the most explosive skater in the history of the NHL, in my opinion," Moore said, according to NHL.com's Adam Kimelman. "He's a game-changer because he can break out and do amazing things because he is a freak athlete. Guys like that don't grow on trees. He has earned his way into being a valuable player in the league."

Former teammate - and newest member of the Ottawa Senators - Derick Brassard echoed Moore's praise, suggesting the 25-year-old's biggest attribute is his strength.

"Chris is very physically gifted," Brassard said. "He's one of the strongest guys in the league who has really good speed and a really good shot. Guys like him are really hard to find. … The Rangers are lucky to have a player like him."

Kreider is coming off his third full season with the Rangers and his second-straight 21-goal campaign, but feels he's just coming into his own.

"Hopefully I am just scratching the surface," Kreider said. "I am of the mindset that I am trying to get better every single day. I guess if you are not improving, there's no point of doing it."

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A day after a report claimed the New York Islanders are talking to the New York Mets about building a new arena in Queens, Robert Brodsky and Jim Baumbach of Newsday reported, citing a source, that the Islanders are eyeing Belmont Park as another possible venue.

An arena at Belmont Park, located just outside New York City's limits in Elmont, would bring the Islanders back to Nassau County, where they played for 43 years before relocating to Brooklyn's Barclays Center last season.

The source indicated the Islanders' new owners, Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin, have met with the New York Racing Association - which runs Belmont Park, currently a horse-racing facility - several times in recent months.

Though the Islanders have only played one season in Brooklyn, the desire for a move stems in part from the unhappiness of fans and players with the commute and conditions of the arena.

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The New York Rangers avoided arbitration for the second time Friday, re-signing forward Kevin Hayes, the team announced.

The deal will reportedly pay Hayes $2.6 million in both years for a total of $5.2 million, according to Larry Brooks of the New York Post.

Hayes was the final restricted agent to contend with after the club announced the signing of Chris Kreider earlier in the day. Like Kreider, Hayes was also set to go to arbitration, with a meeting scheduled for July 27.

The 24-year-old is coming off his second full season with the Rangers where he finished with 14 goals and 36 points in 79 games.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed restricted free-agent defenseman Connor Carrick to a two-year contract, the team announced.

Carrick was acquired this past season by the Maple Leafs - along with Brooks Laich - in a trade that sent forward Daniel Winnik to the Washington Capitals.

He put up four points in 16 games with the Maple Leafs, but proved his offensive abilities during the Calder Trophy playoffs when he led the league with 18 points in 15 games with the Toronto Marlies, despite being eliminated in the conference finals.

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