Afternoon Hits: Phaneuf, Gill, Blue Jackets, Pitkanen, Rielly and Reimer
- Pierre LeBrun: Talks between the Maple Leafs and Dion Phaneuf haven’t started yet, but a source said that they could begin soon.
- TSN Radio: Darren Dreger: “My sense is that Dion Phaneuf will not take a dime less than 6.5 million”
- Josh Rimer: The Flyers sign Hal Gill to a one-year, $700,000 deal.
- Rob Mixer: The Blue Jackets had Nikita Nikitin, Artem Anisimov and Marian Gaborik back practicing today.
- Terrell Williams: Hurricanes put Joni Pitkanen on LTIR and assisgn Matt Corrente to the AHL.
- Darren Dreger: Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly will sit tonight. He won’t sit many more games before being returned to WHL.