Tag: Alex Pietrangelo

What Next for the St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers?

Approaching the quarter mark of the 2018-19 NHL schedule, the St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers found themselves outside the Western Conference playoff picture. Fearful of falling further out of the contention, both clubs fired their head coaches last Tuesday.…

Lyle Richardson

NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Senators, Blues, Hurricanes, Capitals, Wild and Flyers

On the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals, Minnesota Wild and Philadelphia Flyers ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Can the Montreal Canadiens acquire a second first-round pick by moving Max Pacioretty or something else? The Canadiens…

Mark Easson

Western Conference News: Blackhawks, Avalanche, Blues, Sharks and Canucks

On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Chris Hine: Jan Rutta and Cody Franson are hopeful to return to the lineup on Thursday. On the Colorado Avalanche ... NHL.com: Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson has been suspended for two games for boarding Lightning…

Mark Easson

Western Conference News: Oilers, Wild, Blues, and the Golden Knights

On the Edmonton Oilers ... Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: Goaltender Cam Talbot is hoping to return soon. “I’m aiming for less than a week,” said Talbot, who took the morning skate Tuesday in Columbus and said his undisclosed…

Mark Easson

Western Conference News: Ducks, Blackhawks, Stars, Predators, Sharks, Blues, Canucks, Knights and Jets

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens: Defenseman Hampus Lindholm and his upper-body injury were on the ice practicing yesterday. Nick Ritchie and his upper-body injury were on the ice but came off early. On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Chris…

Mark Easson

Western Conference News: Ducks, Blackhawks, Wild, Sharks, and Blues

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens: Coach Randy Carlyle said that forward Corey Perry is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. They will re-evaluate him in a week. Perry isn't on crutches and was working out at the arena yesterday.…

Mark Easson

Western Conference News: Ducks, Avs, Stars, Wild, Blues, Knights, Canucks and Jets

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens of the OC Register: It's looking like forward Ryan Getzlaf will return after missing 19 games with a facial fracture. Jakob Silfverberg has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury appears…

Mark Easson

Central Division: St. Louis Blues Season Outlook

Forwards Mike Yeo has his work cut out for him as several notable forwards are out with injury. St. Louis will be expected to rely on the Schwartz-Stastny-Tarasenko trio more than usual. It will be something to see how Brayden…

Chris Wassel

NHL Expansion Draft: St. Louis Blues Primer

Forward Decisions The bulk of St. Louis’ front line production comes from six established forwards that will be protect, and they have some solid prospects, who are expansion ineligible. Coming off another stellar year with 39 goals and 36 assists, Vladimir Tarasenko…

Kevin Wickersham

Morning Hits: Injury Updates and Department of Player Safety

On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan: Forward Mike Fisher is day-to-day with an upper body injury. He didn't practice yesterday. Mike Ribeiro was given a maintenance day. On the Florida Panthers ... Harvey Fialkov: There is no timeline of Jussi Jokinen…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Blues, Sobotka, Shattenkirk, Rangers and Oilers

On the St. Louis Blues, Vladimir Sobotka and Kevin Shattenkirk ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Vladimir Sobotka promised to return to the Blues for this season, but his KHL team, Omsk Avangard, is saying that he is…

Mark Easson