- Matias Strozyk via twitter: Sergei Kostitsyn signed with Avangard of the KHL.
- Eric Stephens via twitter: Ducks Jonas Hiller is sitting tight, but might start looking harder at overseas options. He doesn’t feel good about taking another goalies job.
- David Pagnotta via twitter: Teemu Selanne will play with Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League if the lockout goes much longer. He said it would be his last season.
- Aaron Portzline via twitter: John Davidson, “If (my next stop) is Columbus, I can tell you this: That hockey club is better than the one we took over in St. Louis. That one was way, way down the ladder. But this Blue Jackets team is not that far off. There are some pieces there to work with, absolutely. They’ve got some real players there.”