- Bob McKenzie: Initial statement that escrow would be 20 percent was incorrect. The NHLPA decided to reduce it to 14 percent. John Shannon: Players were told that escrow is 14 percent.
- Pavel Lysenkov: CSKA’s GM Sergei Fedorov is coming out of retirement and will suite up for the team against Mike Keenan’s Metallurg.
- Szymon Szemberg: Kyle Wellwood is retiring from hockey according to Swiss reporter @BergerNeueLZ.
- Rich Nairn: The Coyotes have recalled Tim Kennedy and Brandon Yip. They assigned forwards Chris Brown and Lucas Lessio to the AHL.
- Mike Halford: Islanders Frans Nielsen was fined $5,000 for his slash on Coyotes Martin Hanzal.