Tag: Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and Goalies: Canes, Leafs, Devils, Kings, Rangers, Stars, Senators, Avs, Flyers, Isles, Lightning and Wild

Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines:  Ruutu-E. Staal-Semin, Gerbe-J. Staal-Tlusty, Skinner-Nash-Dwyer, Bowman-Sutter-Dvorak. Chip Alexander: Faulk-Sekera, Harrison-Murphy, Hainsey-Bellemore on D. Michael Smith: Hurricanes power play units: PP1: Bowman, E. Staal, Semin, Ruutu, Sekera. PP2: Skinner, J. Staal, Gerbe, Murphy, Faulk. David Alter: Projected Maple Leafs lines…

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Injury Notes: Nash, Khudobin, Erskine, Letang, Lehtonen, Howard, Drewiske, Bjugstad, Thomas, Calvert and Noesen

Pat Leonard: The Rangers put Rick Nash on the IR. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said that Anton Khudobin will be put on the IR. It may only be for the short term and called the injury a "best-case…

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Injury Notes: Khudobin, Lindholm, Carter and Noesen

Michael Smith: Hurricanes Anton Khudobin left last night's game, didn't look good. Kurt Dusterberg of NHL.com: Khudobin will have an MRI today after taking an awkward spill in the second period. "It didn't look good, obviously, the way he went off the…

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VIDEO: Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove and Don Cherry’s Coach’s Corner

Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove: Contract talks with the Maple Leafs and Dion Phaneuf will begin soon. He could take a little less, but a longer term. The Rangers are not going to panic and feel they just need some…

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Injury Notes: Spezza, Ducks, Tyutin, Carter, Lecavalier, Hartnell, Lindholm, Lehtonen and Erskin

Bruce Garrioch: A decision on if Jason Spezza will play or not will be made after their skate. Dan Wood: Ducks Kyle Palmieri, Nick Bonino and Mathieu Perreault will return to the lineup on Sunday. Eric Stephens: Ducks Dustin Penner…

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Injury Notes: Nash, Gustavsson, Eaves, Stalberg, Jones, Ruutu, Perrault, Penner, Palmieri and Beleskey

Nick Cotsonika: Hearing that Rangers Rick Nash could be out for seven to 10 days. Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Jonas Gustavsson is still a few days away from returning. Patrick Eaves is targeting a Oct. 26th return. Mark…

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Lines, Pairings and Starters: Hurricanes, Devils, Stars, Maple Leafs and Avalanche

Chip Alexander: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-EStaal-Semin; Gerbe-JStaal-Dwyer; Skinner-Nash-Dvorak; Bowman-Sutter-Lindholm. Westgarth, Ruutu extra forwards. Defensive pairings: Faulk-Sekera; Hainsey-Bellemore; Murphy-Harrison. Komisarek also working with Faulk. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes PP unit: Semin, EStaal, Tlusty, Lindholm, Murphy; 2nd PP: Skinner, JStaal, Gerbe, Faulk, Harrison. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Zubrus-Elias-Jagr; Clowe-Henrique-Ryder;…

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Morning Rumors: Gardiner, Ranger, Bryzgalov, Murray and Dubnyk

Mark Masters: Maple Leafs Jake Gardiner on trade rumors: 'You always hear a little bit but I try to stay out of it' ... 'I remember Schenn, it seemed like he was talked about every single day & nothing happened for the…

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Afternoon Hits: Forsberg, OEL, Morris, Miller, Hodgson, Ruutu, Spaling, Latta and McClement

Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: Predators Filip Forsberg is expected to return to the lineup tonight. Brian Compton: Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Derek Morris both skated this morning and looking like they will play. Mike Harrington: Both Ryan Miller and…

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Lines and Starters: Flyers, Penguins, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Lightning, Leafs and Sabres

Adam Kimelman: New Flyers lines: Hartnell-Giroux-Simmonds, Talbot-Couturier-Read, Voracek-Lecavalier-B.Schenn. Sarah Baicker: Flyers defensive pairings: Meszaros-Streit, Timonen-Schenn, Coburn-Grossmann. Shelly Anderson: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Jokinen-Malkin-Bennett Jeffrey-Sutter-Kobasew Glass-Vitale-Adams. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-EStaal-Semin, Gerbe-JStaal-Dwyer, Skinner-Nash-Dvorak. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks lines: Bickell-Toews-Kane, Sharp-Handzus-Hossa, Saad-Shaw-Hayes, Bollig-Kruger-Nordstrom. Erik Erlendsson: Lightning's Tom Pyatt…

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Injury Notes: Josi, Semin, Coyle and Landeskog

Mike Brehm: Predators defensman Roman Josi is out with a concussion from the Steve Downie hit. Corey Sznajder: Hurricanes Alex Semin hand/wrist is still being heavily taped. Michael Russo: Wild's Charlie Coyle will be at least three weeks with a…

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Lines and Pairings: Avs, Canes, Isles, Devils, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Leafs, Canadiens and Sens

Adrian Dater: Avalanche lines without Landeskogo: Mit​chell-Stas​tny-Tangua​y, O’Reilly​-Duchene-D​ownie, McGi​nn-MacKinn​on-Parente​au , McLeod-​Cliche-Bor​deleau. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Semin, Gerbe-J. Staal-Dwyer, Skinner-Nash-Dvorak, Sutter-Lindholm-Bowman. Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Bailey, Nelson-Regin-Bouchard, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. Defensive pairings: MacDonald-Hamonic, Hickey-Visnovsky, Strait-Donovan. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Henrique-Zajac-Ryder; Clowe-Elias-Ryder; Zubrus-Loktionov-Brunner; Carter-Gionta-Bernier. John Vogl: Sabres lines:  Vanek-Hodgson-Stafford,…

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