- Dan Murphy via twitter: “Its highly unlikely the Canucks would trade Bieksa before Salo is healthy, and that is mid December at BEST. The more D-men the merrier IMO.”
- Dan Murphy via twitter: Roberto Luongo will start for the Canucks. Defenseman Ryan Parent was sent to Manitoba on a conditioning stint.
- Chris Vivlamore via twitter: Ondrej Pavelec will start for the Thrashers against the Canadiens.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: Mike Brown is not at morning skate, Luca Caputi taking his place.
- Rich Chere via twitter: Johan Hedberg starting for the Devils.
- Rich Chere via twitter: Martin Brodeur will skate this weekend on his own.
- Darren Dreger via twitter: Chris Chelios said he’s “just sniffing it out”, referring to the KHL reports. Also added that, “it’s not likely to happen.”