NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers and Five Cheap Deadline Targets
On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly.com: The Philadelphia Flyers are still in the wildcard race, but have a few teams ahead of them who have games in hand. There aren't really any trades that GM Ron Hextall…
NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers Edition
On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: With Vincent Lecavalier about to retire, it will give the Flyers an extra $2.25 million in salary cap space. The extra cap space will help them bring in a…
NHL Injuries: Devils, Ducks, Flyers, Pens, Hawks and Sens
On the New Jersey Devils ... Tom Gulitti of the Record: Cory Schneider will be sent to Albany of the AHL today on a conditioning stint. He was put on the IR retroactive to March 4th. The Devils aren't practicing…
Rumors III: Bruins, Richards, KHL and Flyers
On the Bruins ... Darren Dreger of TSN: From time to time, teams call the Bruins about goalie prospect Malcolm Subban. There is reason to believe that the Maple Leafs or Coyotes would have interest in him. The Bruins have…
Rumors V: Penguins, Flyers and Canucks
On the Penguins ... Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "if Pitt fails, is it time that you finally break up Crosby and Malkin by throwing Malkin out there. Such a crazy league now" ... "if Pitt doesn't achieve goals of being a…
Rumors I: Flyers, Avs, Sens Arena, Expansion and No Relocation
Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: Flyers GM Ron Hextall admits they need to find a scoring winger and that Vincent Lecavalier's time with the Flyers is likely over. It will be tough for them to unload his $4.5 million per…
Injuries: Lightning, Wild, Flyers, Jets, Caps, Sens, Pens and Hawks
Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning's Radko Gudas will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out indefinitely. He suffered the injury after crashing awkwardly into the boards on December 29th against the Maple Leafs. He…
Injuries: Sabres, Coyotes, Flyers, Avs, Cap, Ducks, and Rangers
Joe Yerdon: Sabres Michael Neuvirth has a lower-body injury. Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Martin Hanzal is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Bryan Burns: Lightning's Cedric Paquette left last night's game with a lower-body injury. Randy Miller: Flyers Claude Giroux will probably…
Quick Hits: Waivers, Injury Updates, Lines and Starting Goalies
Michael Russo: Wild's Josh Harding clears waivers and is assigned to Iowa of the AHL. Mike Heika: The Blue Jackets claim Kevin Connauton. Randy Miller: Someone told Miller that Flyers Claude Giroux has a lower-body injury. Joe McDonald: Claude Julien…
Injuries: Methot, Devils, Giroux, Martinez, Jackets, Panthers and MGL/CHIP
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators defenseman Marc Methot is getting closer to returning to the lineup and is day-to-day according to assistant GM Pierre Dorion. Methot could be sent to Binghamton of the AHL on a conditioning assignment.…
Injuries: Lehtonen, Jenner, Giroux, Alfredsson, Franson and More
Mark Stepneski of Stars Inside Edge: Stars coach Lindy Ruff said that Kari Lehtonen has a concussion with "mild symptoms" and could miss a couple days. “It’s a concussion. I am not going to hide from that,” Ruff said. “It…
The Top 10 Best Long-Term NHL Contracts
The NHL is a league that is notorious for its ugly, bad, and sometimes mind-boggling contracts. With all of the bad contracts seemingly always in the headlines (bad news makes for better stories), it’s easy to forget that even the…