Ruff fired, Fasth extension, Markstrom recalled, McCormick waived and Injury updates
Buffalo Sabres via twitter: The Sabres have relieved head coach Lindy Ruff of his duties. Eric Stephens via twitter: The Ducks have signed Viktor Fasth to a 2 year contract extension worth $5.8 million. Florida Panthers via twitter: The Panthers…
Injury updates: Red Wings, Hurricanes and Blackhawks
Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Jimmy Howard left in the first period of last night's game. Howard apparently was experiencing blurry vision after getting hit with a puck in practice. "I didn't know about that,"…
Quick Hits: Setoguchi, Peckham, Ebbett, Carcillo, Lupul, Landeskog, Seabrook, Islanders and Franzen
Bob McKenzie via twitter: The NHL has fined Wild forward Devin Setoguchi $8,108.11 for high stick to Red Wings Kyle Quincey. Edmonton Oilers via twitter: The Oilers have recalled defenseman Theo Peckham from the AHL. Elliotte Friedman via twitter: Canucks…
Injury Notes: Powe and Strait to the IR, Martinek activated, Fowler should start skating soon, Landeskog skating
Andrew Gross via twitter: The Rangers have put Darroll Powe on the IR with a concussion. Arthur Staple via twitter: The Islanders put Brian Strait on the IR. He has a broken ankle, and recovery could be 6-8 weeks. The…
Injury notes: Landeskog, Michalek, Skinner, Booth, Dubinsky, Wisniewski, Gallagher, Crawford, Powe and Daley.
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Dater wonders if it would be better for the Avalanche to shut Gabriel Landeskog down for the season due to his concussion. Coming back too early can put players at risk for a more…
Injury notes: Hartnell, Leighton, Green, Samuelsson, Datsyuk, Franzen, Lehtonen and starting goalies
Zach Berman of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Flyers Scott Hartnell skated on Friday but there is no change to his 4 to 8 week timetable. He met with doctors on Friday. It's been 3 weeks since he broke a bone in…
Injury notes: Lehtonen, Crawford, Bertuzzi, Jovanovski, Versteeg, Leino, Michalek, Brown and Gardiner
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen left last night's game in the first period with a groin injury. He's listed as day-to-day. Mark Lazerus via twitter: Blackhawks Corey Crawford is day-to-day with an upper body…
Injury notes: Karlsson, Kesler, Hiller, Zubrus, Duchene, Jovanovski, Malhotra, Franzen, Schultz and Gleason
Ottawa Senators via twitter: Senators GM Bryan Murray: "Erik had surgery this morning to repair a 70% cut in his achilles. Recovery time is 3-4 months" ... "Erik Karlsson's season is effectively over." Senators.NHL.com: Audio of Murray talking about Erik Karlsson. Vancouver Canucks…
Karlsson has lacerated Achilles, video breakdown of the incident … Zubrus needs surgery … Realignment tweaked
Ottawa Senators via twitter: Senators Erik Karlsson suffered a laceration to his left Achilles that will require surgery. He'll be out indefinitely. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: League executives say that Karlsson could be recovering for 4 to 6 months depending on…
Could the Avs hold onto Ryan O’Reilly until the Summer? E. Johnson out indefinitely … Franzen out … Caps lines
Adrian Dater via twitter: Dater wouldn't be surprised if Ryan O'Reilly isn't traded until the summer or beyond. Especially since the Avs season has basically blown up already. B.D. Gallof via twitter: A source said that O'Reilly is looking for…
Bruins likely not interested in Iginla … Ryan O’Reilly doesn’t interest the Penguins … Leafs not dealing for goalie … NHL realignment
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: LeBrun doesn't think that the Bruins have interest in Jarome Iginla. Will DePaoli via twitter: The Penguins don't have an interest in Ryan O'Reilly and with the possibility of moving him to the wing for their…
Quick Hits: waivers, Pitkanen, Frattin, Lecavalier, Zubrus, Rakell, Isles and Pens lines, Allen and Theodore
Darren Dreger via twitter: Danny Taylor and Jay Pandolfo clears waivers. Matt Zassian was put on waivers by the Wild. Michael Smith via twitter: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said that Joni Pitkanen is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and "We do…