On the Bruins …
- Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Defenseman Dennis Seidenberg took contact in battle drills during practice yesterday. He was taking light contact before, but yesterday was his first heavy contact. He’s getting close to returning.
“The good thing is that there is improvement…there hasn’t been any pain,” said Seidenberg, whose original prognosis from the back surgery was an eight week recovery period that would put him right around Thanksgiving. “It’s all about the strength in my lower leg and pushing off, and that’s where I have to judge how I feel. There’s been a good mix of . You’ve got to be smart about it, and not come back if you’re feeling . There’s a fine line.
“It’s getting close. I’m feeling better on the ice, and I’m feeling strong in the battles. Today was the first practice where I battled with the guys, and especially during the 3-on-3 at the end I felt good. I was pushing off and battling…how close? I’ll talk to and we’ll go from there.”
- Boston Bruins: GM Don Sweeney said that David Pastrnak has a small, non-displaced crack in his foot. He’s been given more time to rest.
- Boston Bruins: Sweeney said that Torey Krug was given another maintenance day.
- DJ Been of WEEI: Bruins prospect Alexander Khokhlachev will be out four to six weeks with a finger injury.
“He went up to Utica and fell on his hand, and he had a fracture, a small crack in his little finger, so he had surgery to put a pin in and stabilize that,” Sweeney said. “His timeframe — everybody’s different, but it’s probably four to six.”
On the Sharks …
- Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: Logan Couture will travel with the team on their six-game road trip, but he won’t skate at any point according to coach Pete DeBoer. Couture had surgery on Oct. 17th on his fractured right fibula and was given a four to six week timeline. It’s looking like it will be five weeks without being on skates for Couture by the time the road trip is done. He was at the arena yesterday and wasn’t wearing a walking boot.
On the Blue Jackets …
- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Center Alexander Wennberg was put on the IR with a bruised foot. He was hit by a puck earlier this month and tried to pay through the pain.
- Ryan Johansen missed practice yesterday, but is likely to play on Friday.“He’s just banged up a little bit, so we kept him off the ice,” Tortorella said.
On the Maple Leafs …
- Rob Longley: Jonathan Bernier is getting closer to returning. He practiced yesterday. The Leafs assigned Antoine Bibeau to the AHL.
On the Avalanche …
- Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: The Avs have recalled Calvin Pickard as Semyon Varlamov is out with another groin injury.
On the Panthers …
- George Richards of the Miami Herald: Aleksander Barkov is expected to return to practice today, and could return to the lineup in the next week or so.
“He’s real good,” Gallant said. “Not to get too far ahead, but everything is on schedule. They said 3-4 weeks and it will be three weeks . It will be day-to-day after that. I can’t say he’ll play this weekend or next weekend, but things are looking good. It will be nice to have him out there.”
On the Red Wings …
- Ansar Khan of MLive: Defenseman Kyle Quincey had ankle surgery on Saturday and will could be out for six weeks.
On the Predators …
- Thomas Willis: Missing from Predators practice yesterday included Paul Gaustad (lower-body), Eric Nystrom (upper-body, IR) and Carter Hutton (upper-body, IR).
On the Flyers …
- Dave Isaac: Michal Neuvirth was being looked at by doctors yesterday.
On the Lightning …
- Joe Smith: Nikita Kucherov was fine after taking a shot off of his foot.
On the Ducks …
Andersen was in pain for a bit, but stayed in the game pic.twitter.com/7kI40DNQDH
— Stephanie (@myregularface) November 12, 2015
