Morning Hits: Jackets-Stars, Pens-Flyers, Sykora,Korpisalo, Dano, Montoya and Giguere
Rob Mixer: The Blue Jackets and Stars will make up their game on April 9th. Seth Rorabaugh: The Penguins - Flyers game yesterday: Penguins missing $24.225 million in salary cap money. Flyers missing $4.9 million including Chris Pronger. Seth Rorabaugh:…
Injury Notes: Penguins, Blues, Leafs, Capitals, Red Wings, Sabres, Blackhawks and Jets
Pittsburgh Penguins: Beau Bennett and Kris Letang have been cleared to practice. St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko will have surgery on his hand and will be re-evaluated in six weeks. Mark Masters: Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said that Jonathan Bernier…
Morning Rumors: Miller, Flames, Downie, Vanek, Stastny, Cammalleri, Draft Lottery and Hotstove Video
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The NHLPA would like to see the trapezoid removed to help protect defenseman. Whether Ryan Miller is with Blues next year will depend on what post-season success they have and what his salary demands…
Morning Rumors and Notes: Bourque, Stastny, Jagr, Jokinen, Stars-Jackets, Bozon, Mitchell and Berra
Guillaume Lefrancois of CBC: The Canadiens will have to decide if they will buyout Rene Bourque this offseason. A buyout would cost them $3.67 million in total. Salary cap numbers would be $1.67 million for the first two year and…
Injury Notes: Canucks, Pens, Hawks, Habs, Stars, Jackets, Leafs, Kings, Wings, Oilers, Jets and Ducks
Vancouver Canucks: Ryan Kesler is out "at least a couple of weeks" with a sprained knee according to coach John Tortorella. Pittsburgh Penguins: Coach Dan Bylsma on James Neal: "You don't know if you're talking about 1-2 days or much…
Add James Neal To The Penguins Injured List
Seth Rorabagh: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said that James Neal has been diagnosed with a concussion. A list of Penguins who are currently out with injuries, which includes some pretty significant names. Name POS Status Date Injury Returns Chris Kunitz…
VIDEO: Banned Chara Dynasty AX1 Commercial
A banned Dynasty AX1 stick commercial featuring Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara.
Morning Rumors: Sabres, Panthers, Callahan, Jagr, Orpik, Bolland, Timonen, Yapukov, Stamkos and Flames
Craig Custance of ESPN: The current UFA list will shrink from now until July 1st. "I have the preliminary list," said Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray, who is going to have a lot of money to work with this…
Morning Hits: Gretzky, Burke, Orlov, Kings, Toffoli, Leafs, Nedved and Goloubef
Chris Nichols: Wayne Gretzky on the possibility of returning to the NHL: "If something wonderful came along obviously I'd be all ears, but at this point in time I'm just a fan." Hope Smoke: Brian Burke on when he was started…
Injury Notes: Peverley, Lehtonen, Grabovski, Laich, Jurco, Stastny, Pitkanen, Bolland, Bernier and Kesler
Pierre LeBrun: Stars Rich Peverley has been released from hospital. Mark Stepneski of Stars.NHL: (a couple days old) Doctors talk about Rich Peverley's incident. “We successfully treated him for a cardiac event with standard therapy,” said Dr. Gil Salazar of…
Morning Rumors: Canucks, Islanders, Oilers, Sabres, Ducks, Leafs, Sens, Canadiens and Avs
Eliotte Friedman of CBC: On the Canucks rumors: "Canuck rumour I: That the Aquilini family forced Tortorella on Gillis. Verdict: Skeptical." "Canuck rumour II: That ownership blocked Gillis from trading Ryan Kesler at the deadline. Verdict: Don't believe it." "Canuck…
Morning Hits: Expansion, Salary Cap, Draft Lottery, Combine, College UFAs and Comeau Suspension
Louis Jean: Gary Bettman: "We have no expansion process or plan. We're not there yet." Elliotte Friedman: GMs have been told that next season the salary cap will be within $1 to $2 million of what they had projected. They projected…