Olympic Hockey Notes: Selanne, Team Canada Scratches, Lehtonen Start, Datsyuk Ailing and Zetterberg Done
Stephen Whyno: Finland's coach on Teemu Selanne's injury: "small upper body injury. Not serious." Greg Wyshynski: Finnish coach does expect him to play. Bob McKenzie: P.K. Subban and Matt Duchene will be in the lineup for Canada. Chris Johnston: Patrick Sharp…
Morning Rumors: Sabres, Rangers, Blues, Isles, Kings, Pens, Canucks, Preds, Leafs, Devils, Wild and Oilers
Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: The Sabres and Ryan Miller haven't had any contract talks. "I still don't know what to say. There's been a change here even since there was a change here before," he said, referring to the…
Morning Rumors: Vanek, Callahan, Girardi, Stuart, Scouting the Oilers-Sabres, Hawks-Kings … And A Dreger Video
Chris Nichols: Thomas Vanek's agent: "I understand we're getting close to the time where Garth may feel he needs to act." Dennis Bernstein: Vanek would be a costly rental and his salary cap number doesn't really work for the Kings. Jason…
Injury Notes: Lightning, Pens, Sabres, Avs, Ducks, Flames, Sens, Bruins, Canes, Caps and Maple Leafs
Damian Cristodero: Steven Stamkos is targeting a Saturday return against the Red Wings. It will determine if he goes to the Olympics or not. Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Penguins Kris Letang has missed three straight games with an…
Morning Rumors: Miller, Wild, Caps, Oilers, Pens, Rangers, Vanek, MacDonald, Habs, Sharks and Callahan
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Ryan Miller situation likely won't be resolved until after the Olympic break, the asking price will be high, but there might be more teams involved. The Wild and Capitals are believed to be…
Morning Rumors II: Shopping Lists, Kings, Canucks, Maple Leafs and Moulson
John Shannon: The Olympic trade freeze is on Friday February the 7th at 3:00 PM ET. Corey Masisak of NHL.com: Top teams shopping list: St. Louis Blues Projected cap space: $1,545,246 - goaltending. Little cap room, would have to move a…
Morning Hits: Waivers, Leafs Need To Make Roster Moves, Fleischmann and Gelinas
Renaud Lavoie: On waivers: Stefan Warg (ANA) for purpose of buyout, John McCarthy (SJ) and Tim Kennedy (PHX). David Alter: The Maple Leafs will have to make some roster moves with players coming off the LTIR. Steve Goldstein: Panthers Tomas…
Injury Notes: Wings, Lightning, Sabres, Preds, Avs, Leafs, Canucks, Rangers, Ducks, Flames and Caps
Helene St. James: Red Wings Johan Franzen (concussion symptoms) will not be playing for Sweden at the Olympics. Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning's goalie Ben Bishop left last night's game after being hit in the head by the skate…
Morning Hits: Coyotes, Outdoor Games, Olympics, Stars, Ducks, Flyers, Flames, Jets and Starting Goalies
Chris Nichols: Starting in 2014-15, the Phoenix Coyotes will be known as the Arizona Coyotes. Darren Dreger: There are likely to be four outdoor games next season. Teams that are showing interest are the Sharks, Coyotes, Avalanche, Bruins and the…
Morning Rumors III: Rangers, Sharks, Leafs, Pens, Stars, Sabres, Blues, Wild, Coyotes and Canadiens
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Trade talk is picking up. "There’s definitely more talking going on," one team executive told ESPN.com Monday night. "Some of the bubble/lower teams have begun to share their lists of players they might move if they fall…
Morning Rumors II: Canadiens, Avs, Devils, Kings, Panthers, Lightning, Preds, Leafs and Ducks
Craig Custance: A GM on where trade talks are for most teams: "Everybody is just kind of in the feeling out stage." Hope Smoke: Maple Leafs Dave Poulin: "There is a lot of trade discussion going on and that will continue during…
Morning Rumors II: Sharks, Rangers, Wild, Sabres, Flyers, Panthers, Avs, Penguins, Jets and Kings
Craig Custance of ESPN: Sharks Dan Boyle's contract expires at the end of the season. “I talked to Doug yesterday,” said Boyle’s agent, George Bazos, when we chatted Sunday afternoon. “We’ll continue to talk. Both sides want to get something done.”…