Quick hits: Audio, Subban-Habs talking today, Kubina, Henrique, Flyers, Hovinen, Leafs and Jets lines and starting goalies
Globe and Mail Audio:Eric Duhatschek, James Mirtle and Darren Yourk - TV numbers, Zajac and Lupul contracts, Subban trade speculation and Gretzky's future. Nick Kypreos via twitter: Critical in-person meeting this morning between the Canadiens management and P.K. Subban's Newport group.…
Wings Kindl has groin injury … Antropov optimistic for opener … Poti back with Caps … Kovalev close on deal … Lilja may look to Sweden
Ted Kulfan via twitter: Mikael Samuelsson returned to practice but Jakub Kindl sits with a groin injury. Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Nik Antropov didn't pass is medical with the Jets last week, but has been skating this…
Players on waivers … Blue Jackets, Senators, Islanders, Blackhawks, Wild reassign players … Svatos released
Bob McKenzie via twitter: On waivers today: Angelidis, Wyman, Wilson, Taormina (TB). Cannone (OTT). Chorney (STL). Tardif (BOS). Van Der Gulik (COL). Holden (CBJ). Connolly (TOR). Joslin, Gordon (VAN). Wallace (CAR). Bodnarchuk (LAK). N Palimieri, Dowell, Veilleux (MIN). Blunden, St. Denis (MTL). Byron, Carson, Irving,…
Doan to sign with Coyotes or Canucks today … Canucks-Burrows not close … Ryan staying … A. Kostitsyn to KHL … Versteeg, Lilja injury update
Harrison Mooney of the Vancouver Sun: John Gambadoro of Sports 620 KTAR in Phoenix is saying that Shane Doan will sign somewhere by 2 pm today (PST), as all contracts have to be signed by then to count under the…
Flames lease close to expiring … 6 Predators and Hurricanes questions … Lilja out … Klefbom not ready … Horton cleared
Tamara Gignac of the Calgary Herald: The Flames lease at the Scotiabank Saddledome expires in 2014 and the Flames would like a modern building to enable them to compete financially with other NHL teams. They are being tight-lipped about when…
Meszaros tears Achilles tendon, out 6-8 months … Options for Flyers
Sarah Baicker of CSN Philly: Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros underwent surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon, and is out indefinitely. According to GM Paul Holmgren, "Andrej was injured last week during summer training in Slovakia. Andrej will be…
Afternoon notes involving Pronger, Lilja, Nodl, Letang, Hall, Markov, Edler, Burrows, Seabrook, Eaves, Green, Miller and more
Philadelphia Flyers NHL.com: Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger will be out 4 weeks as he's scheduled to have knee surgery tomorrow afternoon to remove some loose particles that have been bothering him for a month or so. Anthony SanFilippo via twitter:…
Dubinsky has fractured fibula … Doughty deal will get done … Malkin out tomorrow … Pronger and Okposo could be back tomorrow
Joe Yerdon via twitter: Brandon Dubinsky will be out 3-4 week with a broken Fibula Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Kings GM Dean Lombardi has no doubt they'll get Drew Doughty signed, it will get done eventually. Lombardi also added, that…
Thornton’s new deal … Ballard to miss 3 games? Commodore has ‘chip fracture’ in hand … Bourque returning soon?
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: The San Jose Sharks have locked up Joe Thornton for 3 more years for $21 million. It's a $200,000 pay cut. Being only a 3 year deal, and not a longer term…
Stumbling block for Coyotes sale … Leclaire injured … Fraser out 4-6 weeks … Lydman game time decision
David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail: Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer has an agreement in principle with the City of Glendale which could give him $100 million from parking, taxes and property levies to help cover losses, on a multi-year…
Teams inviting veterans for tryouts
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: The San Jose Sharks have invited former Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja to their training camp on a tryout. Luke DeCock of the Raleigh News & Observer: The Carolina Hurricanes are close…
No truth to Kaberle, Rosehill for Brown … Another Forsberg comeback? Donovan, Pisani looking for a deal
There was a rumor floating around the internet last night that the Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Tomas Kaberle and Jay Rosehill to the Los Angeles Kings for Dustin Brown. The report was tied to Rich Hammond of LA Kings…