Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis suffered his 2nd concussion of the season (4th of his career) in the 1st period last night. Video of injury at bottom of entry.”If there is more (concussions) to come, I think you have to take a look at what is important,” … “If I ever felt like it’s like putting myself at risk long term, then I’ll have to step back and think about things.”
Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald: Patrick Sharp’s knee injury is healing well according to coach Joel Quenneville. “I won’t say exactly when he’s hitting the ice, but he’s making some rapid progress here,” Quenneville said. “We’re really pleased and encouraged he’s been able to ratchet up his off-ice training and conditioning as well. I don’t have a number of days when he can get back on the ice, but we’re happy with his progress.”
Tom Reed of the Columbus Dispatch: Canucks backup goalie, Cory Schneider has one left on his current contract, and there is speculation that the Canucks could move him this summer rather than loss him as a free agent.
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Michael Ryder was a healthy scratch again for the Bruins last night, his 2nd scratch since the end of February. He only has 2 assists in his last 11 games. ESPN reported on the weekend that an unnamed source said that Marc Savard was had “real memory problems and he’s quite worried about it.” Conroy emailed Savard’s agent who said it was “not inaccurate.”
Harvey Fialkov of the Sun-Sentinel: Tomas Vokoun left last night’s game at the end of regulation with back spasms, Scott Clemmesen started the OT.
Andy Strickland via twitter: As he reported earlier, the Blues ownership group values the franchise close to $200 million.
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Contract talks between the Devils and Zach Parise won’t begin until after the season. Alex Ovechkin and Jason Arnott should be back this week. The Canadiens and Andei Markov will wait until after the season to talk contract. LeBrun would be surprised if Islanders coach Jack Capuano isn’t back next year. The Predators and Shea Weber will also wait until after the season to talk contract. Joe Sakic took a front-office job with the Avalanche and may follow the same path as Steve Yzerman did before landing a GM job.
