Morning Rumors: Vanek, Chaisson, Depres, Ducks, Penguins, Gardiner, Ryan, Glencross and the Flyers
Jim Matheson: Lots of people think that Thomas Vanek may take a pay-cut and sign with the Wild in the summer. He went to school in Minnesota and is good friends with Jason Pominville. Nathan MacKinnon is living J.S. Giguere's…
Morning Hits: Spin-O-Ramas, Schenn, Sharp, Schneider and Panthers
Stephen Whyno CP on Yahoo!: Section 24.2 in the NHL rule book. "The spin-o-rama type move where the player completes a 360 (degree) turn as he approaches the goal, shall be permitted as this involves continuous motion. However, should the…
Injury Notes: Coyotes, Sabres, Palmieri, Clutterbuck, Voracek, Ruutu, Lindholm and Stone
Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Derek Morris and Oliver Ekman-Larsson are both day-to-day with upper-body injuries. Rostislav Klesla won't play tonight, but is getting closer. John Vogl: Sabres Ryan Miller isn't sure if he'll be able to start tonight against the Lightning due…
Afternoon Hits: Leafs recall two, Boll, Hodgson, Spezza, Smyth and Garon
James Mirtle: The Maple Leafs have recalled Trevor Smith and Jamie Devane. Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets Jared Boll took a puck off the head and left practice. Looks like he was hit just above the eye. John Vogl: Sabres Cody Hodgson…
Flyers fire Laviolette and McCarthy … Berube takes over
The Flyers fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant Kevin McCarthy. Arpon Basu: Craig Berube doesn't have an interim tag: "This is his team for the forseeable future" Frank Seravalli: Laperriere will become an assistant coach and Kjell Samuelsson will become…
Line Combos: Maple Leafs, Sabres, Senators, Lightning and Blackhawks
Kevin McGran: Maple Leafs lines: JVR - Bozak - Kessel; Lupul - Bolland - Raymond; Bodie Kadri McClement; Orr Ashton Smith. John Vogl: Sabres lines: Girgensons-Ennis-Vanek, Foligno-Grigorenko-Stafford, Ott-Porter-Flynn, McCormick-Larsson-Kaleta. Brent Wallace: Senators lines: Michalek Da Costa Ryan MacArthur Turris Conacher Greening Smith Neil…
Morning Hits: Nugent-Hopkins returning, blueline moves needed for Avs and Selanne’s Winnipeg farewell
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is about to return. Taylor Hallhad been moved to center to fill the void, but he may not be done with it. “Are we done with Taylor in the middle? Maybe…
Injury Notes: Josi, Semin, Coyle and Landeskog
Mike Brehm: Predators defensman Roman Josi is out with a concussion from the Steve Downie hit. Corey Sznajder: Hurricanes Alex Semin hand/wrist is still being heavily taped. Michael Russo: Wild's Charlie Coyle will be at least three weeks with a…
Lines and Starters: Ducks, Flames, Oilers and Avalanche
Aaron Vickers: Flames lines: Backlund between Hudler and Galardi, Monahan with Lee Stempniak and Sven Baertschi, Ben Street with Glencross and David Jones. Eric Stephens: Ducks lines: Selanne-Getzlaf-Perry, Silfverberg-Perreault-Penner, Maroon-Bonino-Palmieri. Wes Gilbertson: Flames left winger Curtis Glencross was centering their top power play unit.…
Morning Rumors: Vrbata, Stastny, Reimer-Bernier and Yakupov-Murray
Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: Radim Vrbata and the Coyotes have shelved contract talks until the end of the season. Vrbata is in the last year of three-year, $9 million deal. He's scored 90 goals over the past four seasons.…
Injury Notes: Miller, Tallinder, Pacioretty, Coyle, Hillen, Letang and Burrows
John Vogl: Sabres Ryan Miller (sore groin) didn't dress last night but is expected to play in their next game. Defenseman Henrik Tallinder will be out about a week. Arpon Basu of NHL.com: Canadiens Max Pacioretty missed last night's game with a…
VIDEO: Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove and Don Cherry’s Coach’s Corner – Oct. 5th
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