Quick Hits: Ekman-Larsson, Leafs, Scouting Flyers-Devils, Ryder, Grigorenko, Allen, Giguere and Luongo
Darren Dreger via twitter: Oliver Ekman-Larsson signed a 6 year, $33 million contract extension with the Coyotes, a $5.5 million salary cap hit. Michael Traikos via twitter: Korbinian Holzer, Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov are the only Maple Leafs that…
Sabres Trade TJ Brennan to the Panthers
The Buffalo Sabres have traded defenseman TJ Brennan to the Florida Panthers for a 2013 5th round pick. Steve Goldstein via twitter: The 5th round pick previously belonged to LA Kings and was acquired for Keaton Ellerby. Brennan was a…
Maple Leafs trade David Steckel to the Ducks
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded center David Steckel to the Anaheim Ducks for right winger Ryan Lasch and a 2014 7th round pick. The 31-year old Steckel was drafted by the LA Kings, 30th overall in the first round…
Injury, Lines and Goalies: Ullstrom, Malkin, Lupul, Sabres, Senators, Leafs, Canadiens, and Flames
Katie Strang via twitter: Islanders forward David Ullstrom will be out for 3 to 4 weeks with a groin injury. Josh Yohe via twitter: Penguins Evgeni Malkin will be out tomorrow. David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul has…
NHL Rumors: Rangers and Gaborik, Senators, Johnson, Stars, Perry, Kings, Iginla, Bernier and the Canucks
Andrew Gross of The Record: There are whispers that the Rangers could be gauging the interest for winger Marian Gaborik. It may not be until the offseason or until they think a new deal is implausible. His five year, $37.5…
Quick Hits: Desharnais signs, Scouting the Avs-Wild and Leafs-Pens, Laviolette and Bonino
Renaud Lavoie via twitter: The Canadiens sign David Desharnais to a four year deal at $3.5 million a season. Adrian Dater via Sulia: Eastern Conference scouts at the Avalanche-Wild game: Jets, Capitals and Hurricanes. The Jets could use a forward.…
Free Agents: Howard, Filppula, Brunner, Ekman-Larsson, Desharnais and top college free agents
Ansar Khan of MLive: The Red Wings and Jimmy Howard are getting closer to a contract extension. He's currently making $2.25 million but his new deal will be closer to $5 million a season. It is expected to be for…
Leafs trade Deschamps to Capitals for Marshall … Capitals acquire Genoway from Wild
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded center Nicolas Deschamps to the Washington Capitals for defenseman Kevin Marshall. Deschamps was drafted by the Ducks, 35th overall in the 2nd round of the 2008 draft. He was acquired by the Leafs for…
Buffalo Sabres Have Some Decisions to Make: Miller, Vanek, Pominville, Regehr, Leopold, Hecht and Stafford
Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News: The Sabres currently sit near the bottom of the league. Gleason thinks the Sabres should consider trading Ryan Miller (33), Jason Pominville (30) and Thomas Vanek (29). All will be unrestricted free agents after…
Injury notes: Versteeg, Lecavalier, Kelly, Spezza, Ruutu and Steen
Florida Panthers via twitter: The Panthers announce that Kris Versteeg will be having season ending knee surgery. Damian Cristodero via twitter: Lightning Vinny Lecavalier is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. It's probably his knee that he tweaked on Saturday.…
Roster notes: Capitals, Penguins, Avalanche, Sabres and Maple Leafs … Starting goalies
Katie Carrera via twitter: Capitals lines: Hendricks-Backstrom-Ovechkin; Fehr-Johansson-Brouwer; Chimera-Ribeiro-Ward; Volpatti-Beagle-Crabb; Wolski-Perreault-Laich. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Bennett-Jeffrey-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams. Defensive pairings: Orpik-Martin Despres-Letang Niskanen-Engelland Eaton-Bortuzzo. Adrian Dater: Avalanche lines: Landeskog-Stastny-Hejduk McGinn-Duchene-Parenteau Mitchell-OReilly-Jones McLeod-Kobasew-Bordeleau John Vogl via twitter: Sabres power-play lines: Hodgson-Vanek-Ennis, with Pominville-Ehrhoff,…
NHL Rumors: Islanders, Sabres, Kings, Flames, Oilers, Flyers, Ducks, Bruins, Hurricanes, Panthers and Predators
B.D. Gallof via twitter: Don't expect the Islanders to be in a buying mode at the trade deadline since they are cost prohibited. Summer may be a better time for them. B.D. Gallof via twitter: Wouldn't expect an Islanders firesale…