Tag: Edmonton Oilers

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…

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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…

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Quick Hits: DiPietro thought of suicide, Rask’s contract, Caps claim Volpatti, Three others to waivers, Realignment concerns

3:50 PM New York Islanders: Islanders GM Garth Snow on Rick DiPietro's comments: “We are aware of Rick’s comments today and the severity of them. We will handle them internally as we do with all player matters. This is an…

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Trade Rumors: Hurricanes, Canucks, Oilers, Stars and Bruins

Kevin Allen via twitter: The Carolina Hurricanes could be making a trade for a veteran defenseman in the next couple days. Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks will be without center Ryan Kesler for four to six weeks. If…

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Injury Notes: Kesler, Malkin, Diaz, Gustafsson, Smith, Khabibulin, Duchene, Johnson, WIlson, Wingles and Havlat

Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: Canucks Ryan Kesler played six games with a broken foot. He initially suffered the injury back on Feb. 15th and will now be out for 4 to 6 weeks with a fractured right foot. “He…

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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…

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Morning Rumors: Getzlaf, Perry, Hiller, O’Reilly, Iginla, Whitney, Devils, Canucks and Byfuglien

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: To LeBrun's understanding, the Ducks will have contract talks with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry in the next 7 to 10 days. LeBrun thinks a Getzlaf deal will get done, but is not sure about Perry.…

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Garrioch’s rumor roundup … Liles on borrowed time? Whitney scratched … Clowe suspended pending hearing

Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Jarome Iginla and Flames haven't had any serious contract talks. Many believe that Iginla will be traded, but GM Jay Feaster shouldn't expect to hit a home run with the pending UFA. "I'm just not sure…

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Oilers Hall suspended for two games

Brendan Shanahan suspended Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall for two games for kneeing Minnesota Wild's Cal Clutterbuck.

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Oilers, Penguins, Capitals, Leafs, Canadiens, Canucks, Panthers and Predators

Dan Tencer via twitter: Oilers lines: Hall-RNH-Eberle, Yakupov-Gagner-Hemsky, Jones-VandeVelde-Petrell and Smyth-Belanger-Eager. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Cooke-Malkin-Neal Bennett-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams. Defensive pairings: Orpik-Martin Niskanen-Letang Engelland-Despres Eaton-Bortuzzo. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals lines: Chimera-Ribeiro-Ovechkin, Fehr-Backstrom-Brouwer, Wolski-Perreault-Ward, Hendricks-Beagle-Crabb. David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel,…

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Oilers Taylor Hall has a disciplinary hearing this afternoon

10:00 AM: Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Hearing is set for 2:30 PM EST. Kneeing and clipping are the fractions being considered. Pierre LeBrun via twitter: The hearing is by phone. (So five games or less) 8:10 AM: Michael Russo via…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Pens, Caps, Sens, Habs, Rangers Leafs, Lightning, Wings, Islanders, Blue Jackets, Oilers, and Wild

Pens Inside Scoop via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Cooke-Malkin-Neal Bennett-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals Lines: Wolski-Backstrom-Brouwer, Chimera-Ribeiro-Ovechkin, Fehr-Perreault-Ward, Hendricks-Beagle-Crabb. Defensive pairings: Alzner-Kundratek, Erskine-Carlson, Schultz-Poti. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Silfverberg-Turris-Alfredsson; Greening-Da Costa-Condra; Alphabet-Smith-Neil and Daugavins-Regin-Zibanejad. John Lu via twitter: Canadiens lines: Bourque -…

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