- Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Matt Walker is a strong candidate to be removed from the Flyers 23 man roster once Michael Leighton is ready to come off LTIR, which should be this week. The Flyers will go with 3 goalies for a short time. By putting Walker or Oskars Bartulis on waivers, they would be back under the salary cap
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: With the way Tampa’s goaltending has struggled, don’t be surprised if they go after Dwayne Roloson at the trade deadline. Tomas Vokoun may be better, but he’s expensive and they play in the same division, they could go after him after July 1st.
- Tampa Tribune: Vincent Lecavalier could start practicing with the Lightning this week and could be in the lineup around Christmas time.
- Pavel Lysenkov via twitter: SKA and Yevgeny Nabokov have terminated their contract together citing family circumstances. He had signed a 4 year deal with them and in 22 games, he had 8 wins, 88.8 SV%,3.02 GAA, and 2 SO. Lysenkov thinks Nabokov will try the NHL again at some point.
- Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider: Marco Sturm will have his physical at 10 this morning, and if he passes he could join the team on their road trip, though when he joins the lineup is not known.
- Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avalanche defenseman Kyle Quincey suffered a left shoulder injury Saturday night, more should be known today. Milan Hejduk is day-to-day with a groin injury and isn’t expected to miss much action.
- Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Citizen: Pascal Leclaire suffered a lower body injury Friday night and didn’t practice yesterday. The Senators have recalled Robin Lehner in case Leclaire is unable to serve as their backup.
- Curtis Zupke of the OC Register: Aaron Voros will be out 3-4 weeks with a fractured orbital bone, an injury he suffered in a fight last week. It won’t require surgery.