Morning Hits: Injury Notes, Waivers, Avery, Kassian, and More
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Bruins Zdeno Chara practiced with the team for the second straight day yesterday. He's still on the IR and a question mark for tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning's Tyler Johnson was back at practice yesterday. Jeremy Rutherford…
Morning Hits and Injuries: Vasilevskiy, Backstrom, Dupuis and More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy hopes to return by the end of October. He was on the ice Monday before practice, taking shots from in close. "I'm feeling great, almost ready to go," Vasilevskiy…
Injuries: Bruins, Pens, Ducks, Flames, Kings, Sens and Lightning
Joe Haggerty of the CSNNE: The Bruins put Zdeno Chara on the IR, but he could be eligible to return for their season opener. He suffered an upper-body injury on Sept. 24th, and hasn't skated with teammates since then. Bob…
Morning Hits: Avs, Flames, Coyotes, Bruins, Wings, and Capitals
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: The Colorado Avalanche have traded Freddie Hamilton to the Calgary Flames for a 2016 7th round pick. The Avs are now at 47 contracts, with Jack Skille and Curtis Glencross on PTOs. The Avs…
Morning Hits and Injuries: Waivers, Penguins, Lightning and More
Renaud Lavoie: On waivers: Nikita Nikitin (EDM), Jason Akeson (BUF), Eric Tangradi (DET), Louis-Marc Aubry (DET), David Warsofsky and Kevin Porter (PIT), Marc-Andre Gragnani (NJ) and Corey Potter (ARI) Chris Hine: Bryan Bickell cleared waivers and will start the season…
Injuries: Blues, Sabres, Senators, Wings, Jets and More
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues Carl Gunnarsson has missed their past two games and his groin injury is still not fully healed. “At first I thought I might be back right after it happened,” he said. “It…
Injuries: Kucherov, DeKeyser, Hammond, Muzzin, and Many More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Nikita Kucherov left last night's game in the first period with a lower-body injury. He was hit hard by Stars winger Remi Elie. Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Artemi Panarin has…
Injuries: Oilers, Flyers, Devils, Capitals, Ducks, and Wings
Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: The Oilers will be without right winger Jordan Eberle for four to six weeks with a shoulder injury. Eberle could miss as many as 16 games. “It wasn’t anything big, just kind of a…
Morning Hits: Rangers, Devils, Hawks, Flyers, Caps and Blues
Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: The Rangers have 25 players left at camp and will cut that number to 22 by their season opener next Wednesday. Dylan McIlrath and Raphael Diaz are battling for the seventh defenseman spot.…
Morning Hits: Avs, Sharks, Hawks, Flyers, Leafs, Preds and Expansion
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: Curtis Glencross was released from his Maple Leafs PTO and quickly signed a PTO with the Avalanche. Avs Jesse Winchester is still being bothered by concussion-like symptoms. Jack Skille (PTO) injured his hip on…
Rumors and Notes: Hawks, Flyers, Wild, Wings, and Lightning
Edward Fraser of The Hockey News: The Blackhawks have Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa and Corey Crawford under contract for next year at a combined $44.7 million. That leaves them less than $30 million for…
Morning Hits: Chara, Datsyuk, Devils, Sens, Flyers and Zuccarello
Boston Bruins: Zdeno Chara left last night's game with an upper-body injury. Coach Claude Julien said there was no update on Chara's status. Chuck Pleiness: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that Pavel Datsyuk will start skating in two weeks.…