Steen and Helm injured … Deharnais heading to the Swiss League
Matias Strozyk via twitter: Alexander Steen will be out for at least 3 weeks with a tear in the back of his thigh. Bob Duff via twitter: Red Wings Darren Helm suffered a fractured cheekbone after being hit with puck…
Canucks scouting Marlies-Heat game last night, Burke and Nonis there as well … A “wow factor move” by the Oilers coming?
Pass it to Bullis via twitter: The Toronto Marlies played the Abbotsford Heat last night, drawing Vancouver Canucks scouts and management. Strombone1 via twitter: Strombone (Roberto Luongo?) responded with "That's weird?" Pass it to Bullis via twitter: At the Marlies-Heat…
Winter Classic may not be cancelled today … Capping escrow? Comcast “beyond annoyed” … Hurricanes season ticket holders
9:37 AM: Bob McKenzie via twitter: NHL is still expected to cancel the Winter Classic today. Pierre LeBrun via twitter: LeBrun still expects the NHL to cancel the Winter Classic. 8:47 AM: David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail: The…
Quick player notes on Skinner, Stamkos, Thornton, Vokoun, Brown and McBain
Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes Jeff Skinner has left Markham and is back in Raleigh skating with teammates. “I’ll see how these workouts go here,” he said. “I had a good training program going on at…
Winter Classic expected to be cancelled tomorrow … 3 groups of owners … Coyotes lay off 1 employee … Many didn’t return after last lockout
TSN: The NHL is expected to cancel the Winter Classic on Friday. A $250,000 payment to the University of Michigan for the use of the Big House is due on Friday. $1 million was to be paid on December 7th…
Some Red Wings not going overseas … Hall to sign with OKC … Del Zotto and Kelly going to Switzerland
Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Patrick Eaves is still experiencing post-concussion problems. He is able to at least do some skating. Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall and Darren Helm all said they are not looking to…
No talks scheduled, but both sides say they are willing to meet … Escrow checks in the mail
Darren Dreger via twitter: Don Fehr to players: "at every op we have contd to state we are ready to meet + willing to discuss all open issues,incl owners' last offer. Nonetheless, to date, their group has declined to commit…
Insurance holding Crosby back … More players heading overseas, 2 signing in ECHL … Some NHLers career may be over … Hall off IR
Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sidney Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson, said that it would cost as much as $400,000 to insure Crosby if he were to go overseas. Crosby was interested in playing in Max Talbot's charity games in…
Winter Classic to be cancelled … More owners need to get involved … Johnson and Parise share some thoughts
Renaud Lavoie via twitter: The NHL and NHLPA are still talking to each other over the phone and through email. There are no formal talks scheduled. Katie Strang of ESPN: A source said that the NHL is expected to cancel…
Markov may be heading back to Montreal … Sharp and Schneider may be thinking Swiss … Bradley heads to Finnish League
Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: Andrei Markov may be on his way back to Montreal with a rib injury. “I was trying to check an opponent and he leaned at the last second,” Markov told Gagnon. “Instead of hitting…
NHL NY offices closed … No meetings scheduled … Bill Daly and Steve Fehr quotes
Michael Russo via twitter: The Winter Classic was to be cancelled today, but the NHL offices are closed today and tomorrow because of Hurricane Sandy, so it might be delayed. Louis Jean via twitter: There are no meetings scheduled between…
Suter backtracking from comments … Will take more than guaranteeing existing contracts … A few more heading overseas
Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: To avoid financial penalties, the NHL will be forced to cancel the Winter Classic sometime between Tuesday and Friday. A 60 or 62 game season could begin on December 1st. After this week, the next…