NHL Rumors: Zbynek Michalek, and the Boston Bruins
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports: Defenseman Zbynek Michalek saw the writing on the wall this past offseason when the Coyotes made a bunch of defenseman additions. The 33-year old defenseman is in the final year…
NHL Injuries: Lightning, Jackets, Bruins, Devils, Leafs, Sabres, Stars, Flames and Coyotes
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Bryan Burns: With forwards Byron Froese and Joel Vermin being assigned to the AHL, should be potential good news regarding their injured centers in Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Namestnikov and Cedric Paquette. Joe Smith of…
NHL Rumors: Pronger, Jagr, Condon, Avalanche and Coyotes
On Chris Pronger, Jaromir Jagr and Mike Condon ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Chris Pronger's NHL contract will finally expire next month. He's been working with the NHL Department of Player Safety and would like to become a GM one day.…
NHL Injuries: Pens, Sens, Isles, Caps, Sabres, Panthers, Stars, Ducks, Canucks and Coyotes
On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Forward Evgeni Malkin missed last night's game with an upper-body injury that he's been dealing with for "a little while now." He left their morning skate early yesterday. Coach…
NHL Power Rankings: 2016-17 Consensus Week 23
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington tied for first in our consensus NHL power rankings for this week. The Chicago Blackhawks were only a point back of making it a three way tie up top. The Minnesota Wild were close as…
NHL Rumors: Knights, Coyotes, Senators, Rangers, Sabres, Panthers and Sharks
On the Vegas Golden Knights, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers and San Jose Sharks ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Vegas Golden Knights will now have 72 hours with teams protected lists instead…
Western Conference Injuries: Flames, Jets, and Coyotes
On the Calgary Flames ... Pat Steinberg: Flames GM Brad Treliving on defenseman Michael Stone's upper-body injury: “not going to be as long as it could have been” Derek Willis: Stone skated by himself before practice yesterday, but coach Glen Gulutzan…
Rink Rumblings: The (Head) Shakers Of The NHL Trade Deadline
Part II ... Looking back at the trade deadline ... the (head) Shakers The March 1st NHL trade deadline fell well short of expectations, as big names such as Matt Duchene, Gabriel Landeskog, Marc-Andre Fleury and Evander Kane did not get moved…
NHL Rumors: Nashville Predators and Arizona Coyotes
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of The Tennessean: (mailbag) Looking at the Predators center situation. The Predators have three pending free agent centers in Mike Fisher, Vernon Fiddler and Mike Ribeiro. Ribeiro asked for a trade but the…
NHL Rumors: Coaching, Coyotes, Sabres, Avs and Kings
On the coaching, Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Have to think there could be some coaching changes from teams who will likely miss the playoffs - Vancouver Canucks,…
NHL Attendance After 30 Home Games: 2016-17
Here is our third installment looking at NHL attendance figures for this season. A look at each teams home attendance through 30 games, along with the arena capacity percentage. We've also included the average attendance at the 20…
NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes and Tampa Bay Lightning
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: The Coyotes added five more draft picks at the trade deadline. Scouts like having more picks, but the Coyotes director of amateur scouting Tim Bernhardt knows he may not…