- Darren Dreger via twitter: Flames GM Jay Feaster is working the phone but nothing is imminent. Rene Bourque has a modified no-trade clause, and he gave a list of 10 teams he won’t go to back in July. Feaster isn’t shopping Bourque but listening to offers on a number of players.
- Tim Panaccio via twitter: Pronger’s eye doctor said he won’t clear him unless he plays with a visor.
- Harvey Fialkov via twitter: Fialkov thinks the Panthers are probably shopping Scott Clemmensen.
- Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avalanche center Matt Duchene is off the 4th line and practiced with Chuck Kobasew and Joakim Lindstrom.
- Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The 2012 NHL draft will be held in Pittsburgh.
- Dave Molinari via twitter: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said that Evgeni Malkin is a “game-time decision.”
- David Pollak via twitter: Predators Mike Fisher and Francis Bouillon are expected to make their season debuts tonight.
- Allen Panzeri via twitter: Senators lines: Condra-Smith-Neil, Michalek-Spezza-Greening, Winchester-Da Costa-Konopka, Foligno-MZ93-Daugavins. Defensive pairings: Gonchar-Cowen, Kuba-Karlsson, Phillips-Rundblad, Lee.
- Jim Jamieson via twitter: Oilers defensive pairings: Whitney-Potter Smid-Gilbert Barker-Sutton. Nikolai Khabibulin is expected to start.
- Dan Rosen via twitter: Marc-Andre Fleury will start in net for the Penguins against Evgeni Nabokov and the Islanders.
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Panthers put Ryan Carter on waivers.