Injury Notes: Lightning, Red Wings, Rangers, Avs, Blue Jackets, Leafs, Devils, Stars, Bruins, Flyers and Sharks
Damian Cristodero: Lightning Teddy Purcell is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. George Sipple: Red Wings Johan Franzen (hip) practiced yesterday and will play today. George Sipple: Red Wings Daniel Alfredsson (groin) practiced yesterday. Darren Helm (groin/back) practiced yesterday morning. Helene…
Morning Hits: Outdoor Games, Capitals, Lou on Hybrid Icing, Red Wings Cap and Pocklington
Chris Botta: Source saying to expect four or five stadium games in 2014-15. The Winter Classic, three Stadium Series and possibly a Heritage Classic. Tim Panaccio: The Flyers and Bruins were the main candidates to meet the Capitals in the…
Roster Notes: Waivers, Maple Leafs, Predators, Jets, Bruins and Lightning
Elliotte Friedman: No players that were put on waivers on Thursday were claimed. Renaud Lavoie: On waivers Friday: John Mitchell (Ana), Kevin Marshall (Tor), Nick Crawford (Buf), Alex Biega (Van) and Nicolas Deschamps (Wsh) Chris Johnston: The Maple Leafs put…
Line Combos: Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Oilers and Sharks
Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets power play units yesterday: Atkinson-Dubinsky-Gaborik, Johnson-Wisniewski; also Jenner-Anisimov-Johansen, Tyutin-Letestu. Hockey Central: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said their first line is likely Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Abdelkader, with their second line as Alfredsson-Weiss-Franzen. Daniel Cleary could work his way in to the…
Flyers Sign Matt Read to Four-Year Extension
The Philadelphia Flyers have signed Matt Read to a four-year contract extension worth $14.5 million.
New Jersey Devils 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: After losing Zach Parise in the summer of 2012, the Devils lost another key star this offseason. This time though, it wasn’t to the free agent market. Ilya Kovalchuk ‘retired’ and then took his talents…
Florida Panthers 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: So much for building off of their success in 2011-12. Florida finally managed to snap their 10 season postseason drought, but they followed it up with one of their worst seasons in franchise history. Keep…
Morning Rumors: Stepan, Franson, Thomas, Lundqvist, Sedin’s, Morrow, NJ Goalies, Raymond, Halak and Miller
Darren Dreger of TSN: Players will be warned if their jersey is tucked in, and then will get a two minute penalty if it happens again. It's unlikely that Derek Stepan will be in the Rangers lineup on opening night. Stepan…
Injury Notes: Red Wings and Leafs, Sieloff, Clowe, Nikitin, Sbisa and Hossa
Ansar Khan: Red Wings Darren Helm is skating for the first time since Sept. 6th. Ansar Khan: Red Wings Johan Franzen didn't skating yesterday after taking a couple days off with a hip flexor. Helene St. James: Red Wings Jakub Kindl…
Morning Hits: Nugent-Hopkins, Schultz, Whitney and Teravainen
Nick Kypreos: Just like Taylor Hall's and Jordan Eberle's extensions, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' doesn't have a no-trade or no-movement. Jason Gregor: Oilers Justin Schultz is able to go to arbitration next summer, could factor into negotiations. Josh Rimer: A member of the…
Lines and Pairings: Blues, Flyers, Wild and Sharks
Lou Korac: Two Blues lines for tonight: Steen-Backes-Oshie and Paavarvi-Berglund-Tarasenko. Sam Carchidi: Flyers defensive pairings yesterday: Kimmo-Coby; Schenn-Streit; Gus-Gill; Grossmann-Mez; Gervais-Lauridsen. Patrick Williams: Wild lines last night: Niederreiter-Coyle-Heatley Fontaine-Granlund-Haula Foucault-Konopka-McMillan Mitchell-Brodziak-Veilleux. Defensive pairings: Stoner-Dumba Blum-Prosser Kampfer-Medvec. David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Top two…
Reassigned: Canucks, Avalanche and Capitals
Elliott Pap: The Canucks send forwards Brandon DeFazio and Alexandre Grenier to Utica of the AHL. Adrian Dater: The Avalanche sent Michael Schumacher to the AHL. Spencer Martin, Troy Bourke and Mason Geertsen were sent back to junior. Chuck Gormley:…