NHL Rumors I: Bouillon, Clarkson, Sustr, DeKeyser, Gardiner, Scouting the Habs-Sabres and Kings-Coyotes
Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Contract extension talks have begun between the Canadiens and Francis Bouillon. The Fouth Period: Devils winger David Clarkson is a UFA at the end of the season, and he and the Devils have only held very…
Injury Notes: Eaves, Malone, Hedman, Methot, Vanek, Faulk, Corvo and Ruutu
Ted Kulfan via twitter: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that Patrick Eaves has no fractures in his jaw and is day-to-day. Damian Cristodero via twitter: Lightning winger Ryan Malone is out indefinitely with a left shoulder injury. Defenseman Victor…
Quick Hits: Perry, Lecavalier, Campbell, Penguins, Michalek, Enstrom, Kostitsyn and Laich
Fan 590 Audio: Corey Perry interview on Hockey Central @ Noon. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: "Does the Corey Perry deal mean the squeeze on the NHL's middle class is on until the cap goes up? Short answer: Yup. Best will…
Lines and Goalies: Leafs, Devils, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Panthers, Senators and Penguins
Mark Masters via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel; MacArthur-Grabovski-Frattin; Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin; Komarov-McClement-Orr; McLaren. Defensive pairings: Gunnarsson-Phaneuf; Fraser-Franson; Liles-Holzer. Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils lines: Ponikarovsky-Henrique-Kovalchuk; Pesonen-Elias-Clarkson; Carter-Zajac-Bernier: Barch-Gionta-Kostopoulos. Defensive pairings: Salvador-Zidlicky: Greene-Harrold: Volchenkov-Larsson. Katie Carrera via twitter: Capitals lines: Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin; Fehr-Ribeiro-Brouwer; Chimera-Perreault-Ward; Laich-Beagle-Hendricks. Edmonton Oilers via twitter: Oilers…
NHL Attendance For Each Team After 12 Home Games: 2012-13
Here is round two of our attendance tracking for this season. As noted in our first installment, we're tracking based on six game increments or 25% percent of their home games. Attendance figures have to be taken with a grain…
Corey Perry Salary Breakdown
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Salary breakdown for Corey Perry's new deal according to a source: Season Salary Signing bonus 2013-14 $7.0 million n/a 2014-15 $5.0 million $4.0 million 2015-16 $5.0 million $4.0 million 2016-17 $6.0 million $4.0 million 2017-18 $7.5…
NHL Rumors II: Senators looking to add, Stewart trade speculation, Not so fast on Ryan, Time for a Sharks reset
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators are in a good spot and GM Bryan Murray is thinking about adding and not subtracting. Their top prospects won't be available. "I don't know that there's a specific (approach yet). We've…
NHL Rumors I: Friedman’s thoughts, Decisions for Jets, Islanders to talk with Visnovsky and Nabokov
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: The Canucks are bringing their entire scouting staff to the GM meetings in Toronto on Wednesday.Teams like the Canucks (looking for centres), Philadelphia (defencemen), Rangers (a defenceman and depth forwards) and Nashville (offence) are looking to make…
Injury notes: Brodeur, Hossa, Krejci, Havlat, Kennedy, Quincey, Helm and Bertuzzi
Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger: Devils Martin Brodeur said he should be ready to start on Thursday, but may end up dressing as the backup. Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Marian Hossa left last night's game in first period after…
Corey Perry Re-signs with the Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed right winger Corey Perry to an eight year contract extension. Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the eight year deal is for $69 million, a $8.625 million salary cap hit. Perry was drafted by the Ducks,…
Quick Hits: McDonald, Jovanovski, Brodeur, Letang, Matteau and Schroeder
Lou Korac via twitter: Blues forward Andy McDonald: "The plan is to play tomorrow." Josh Rimer via twitter: The Panthers are expected to make an announcement on defenseman Ed Jovanovski's future. Nick Kyproes via twitter: Jovanovski's hip is still an issue.…
Lines and Starters: Isles, Leafs, Rangers, Canadiens, Devils, Canucks, Hawks, Kings, Ducks, Flyers, Lightning and Blues
NY Islanders via twitter: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Boyes, Bailey-Nielsen-Okposo, Cizikas-Aucoin-McDonald, Martin-Reasoner-Boulton-Joensuu. Defensive pairings: MacDonald-Hamonic, Streit-Martinek, Hickey-Visnovsky, Finley-Carkner. David Alter via twitter: Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, Lupul-Kadri-Frattin, MacArthur-Grabovski-Orr, Komarov-McClement-Kulemin-McLaren. Defensive pairings: Gunnarsson-Phaneuf, Liles-Holzer, Fraser-Franson, Komisarek-Kostka Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers lines: Nash-Richards-Gaborik Hagelin-Stepan-Callahan Miller-Boyle-Pyatt Haley-Halpern-Powe. John Lu via twitter: Canadiens…