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Robin Lehner
On the Buffalo Sabres …

Mike Harrington: Goaltender Robin Lehner is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

On the Calgary Flames …

Craig Morgan: There is still no timetable on Mike Smith‘s return.

On the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals …

Chris Johnston: The Blackhawks will receive the higher of the Capitals or Maple Leafs 2018 third-round picks for defenseman Michal Kempny.

Chris Johnston: The Maple Leafs pick from the Devils in the Marcus Johansson trade. The Devils acquired the pick as compensation for the Leafs hiring Lou Lamoriello.

Jay Zawaski: “Kempny for a conditional 3rd. Not a bad return. Q never seemed to really like him. I’d expect a lot more moves like this. If Wingels and Bouma are here after the deadline, I’d be surprised.”

On the Colorado Avalanche …

AJ Haefele: Both Erik Johnson and Anton Lindholm are out indefinitely with upper-body injuries.

Mike Chambers: The Avs recalled David Warsofsky and Andrei Mironov.

On the Columbus Blue Jackets …

CBJ PR: Forward Nick Foligno will be out for one to two weeks with a lower-body injury.

CBJ PR: The Blue Jackets put defenseman Dean Kukan on the IR. He’ll  be out at least a week with an upper-body injury. They’ve recalled forward Zac Dalpe and defenseman Ryan Murray.

On the Montreal Canadiens …

Eric Engels: The Canadiens assigned Nikita Scherbak to the AHL.

Eric Engels: The Canadiens signed Nicolas Deslauriers to a one-way, two-year contract.

Pierre LeBrun: Deslauriers contract has a $950,000 AAV.

On the New York Islanders …

Shannon Hogan: The Islanders have put Thomas Greiss on the IR retroactive to February 16th.

Arthur Staples: Coach Doug Weight said there is no timetable for goaltender Thomas Greiss. They don’t think that he’ll be long, but when it’s a lower-body issue with goaltenders, it’s trickier.

On the Philadelphia Flyers …

Adam Kimelman: GM Ron Hextall said that goaltender Michal Neuvirth will be out weeks. They’ll have a better timeline sometime today.

Philadelphia Flyers: The Flyers recalled forward Oskar Lindbolm and activated Anthony Stolarz from the IR and loaned him to the AHL.

On the San Jose Sharks …

Kevin Kurz: The Sharks recalled Paul Martin and Rudolf Balcers. The Sharks put Tomas Hertl and Joel Ward on the IR.

On the St. Louis Blues …

Jeremy Rutherford: The Blues recalled Sammy Blais from the AHL.

On the Tampa Bay Lightning …

Joe Smith: Defenseman Andrej Sustr took 23 stitches from his cheekbone to close to his eye after he took a punch off his visor.

On the Vegas Golden Knights …

Jesse Granger: The Golden Knights have put Pierre-Edouard Bellemare on the IR with an upper-body injury.

 

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