Quick Hits: Realignment, O’Reilly, Entry-level contracts, Benn, Stamkos, Kovalev, McGrattan and Panik
Nick Kypreos via twitter: The NHL and NHLPA may soon announce an agreement in principle on realignment for next season. The new realignment agreement may give the players a window to revisit the agreement after the NHL moves on possible…
Injuries and Goalies: Hall, Green, Crawford, Moore, Schneider and Elliott
Chris Nichols via twitter: Oilers Taylor Hall was taken out of last night's game as a "safety precaution" with "tightness in his leg" Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals Mike Green re-aggravated his groin injury and won't travel with the team…
Blues notes … Avalanche got Burned … Scouting the Flyers, Blues-Hawks, Bruins-Sens … Leafs Will Need to Make Roster Moves
Andy Strickland of TrueHockey: A Blues trade of Kevin Shattenkirk for Daniel Briere makes zero sense for the Blues. Shattenkirk will eventually sign a contract extension with Blues. They talked before the lockout and will resume talks at some point, which…
Injury Notes: Wisniewski, McDonald, Steen, Khabibulin, McDonagh, Nash, Del Zotto, Brown, Kuba, Bolland, Salo and Michalek
Shawn Mitchell via twitter: Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski was put on the IR and will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a broken right foot. St. Louis Blues: The Blues put Andy McDonald on the IR with a left…
Lines and Starting Goalies: Rangers, Flames, Leafs, Kings, Blackhawks and Blues
Pat Leonard via twitter: Rangers lines: "Hag-Step-Call, Pyatt-Rich-Gab, Miller-Boyle-Powe, Kreid-Halp-Nash (Nash in blue tho; could just be skating in Ash place" Wes Gilbertson via twitter: Flames lines: Tanguay-Stajan-Iginla, Glencross-Cammalleri-Stempniak, Hudler-Comeau-Baertschi, Aliu-Begin-Jackman Jonas Siegel via twitter: Ben Scrivens will start in net…
NHL Attendance For Each Team After 6 Home Games: 2012-13
In past years we've tracked NHL attendance in 10 game segments, basically 25% of a teams home schedule. Due to the exciting lockout we were all forced to endure, teams will only be playing 24 home games this year. In…
Morning Rumors II: Tagging, Blues, Briere, Shattenkirk, Luongo and Schneider
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: On March 1st teams will be allowed to spend up to 10% of next season's $64.3 million salary cap ceiling. The "tagging rule" usually doesn't come into play until after the season. This will help…
Blackhawks have their trade targets … Bruins scouting Flyers, Penguins … Streit looking for 3-4 year deal
Craig Custance via twitter: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman uses a specific strategy when looking to make midseason trades. Along with his scouting staff, they target specific players who they think would be a good fit with their team and who…
Quick Hits: DiPietro and Mursak to waivers, Realignment talk ongoing, Karlsson sent to AHL
Arthur Staple via twitter: The Islanders put Rick DiPietro on waivers today. Kevin Poulin will be recalled when DiPietro clears. Katie Strang via twitter: Islanders GM Garth Snow on the potential buyout of Rick DiPietro: "We haven't given that any consideration at this…
Injury Notes: Concussions, Redmond, Read, Anderson, Orr and Hossa
Allan Walsh via twitter: "NHL players are once again suffering concussions in record numbers, what is the league doing about the issue? The concussion issue has been largely ignored by the NHL in the hopes it would just go away. It won't…
Quick Hits: Allen, McCormick, Porter, Hossa, Tarasenko, Read, McBain, Pitkanen, Michalek, Carter, Franzen, Orr and Green
Lou Korac via twitter: The Blues have sent Jake Allen back to Peoria of the AHL. Nick Kypreos via twitter: Sabres Cody McCormick cleared waivers. Buffalo Sabres via twitter: The Sabres have recalled Kevin Porter from Rochester of the AHL.…
Sharks could offer a defenseman for a scoring forward … Should ‘Hawks worry about Hossa? Hansen suspended one game
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: TSN's Darren Dreger said on "Insider Trading" earlier this week, “Depending on who you talk to, there are teams that say some big names are potentially in play,” Dreger said of the Sharks. “Certainly…