Injury Notes: Weiss, Hall, Michalek, Bolland, Malone, Garon, Johnson, Wilson and Versteeg
Florida Panthers: Panthers GM Dale Tallon announced that center Stephen Weiss will miss the rest of the season due to wrist surgery. Edmonton Oilers via twitter: Taylor Hall will return to the Oilers lineup tonight. Allan Walsh via twitter: Senators…
Injury Notes: Ward out 6 to 8 week, Theodore out 6 weeks, Lupul practices, Read practicing, Filppula out 2 more
Carolina Hurricanes: Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward will be out six to eight weeks after he was diagnosed with a third-degree sprain to his MCL. Surgery is not required. Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Hurricanes will run with a Dan Ellis and…
Injury and Roster Notes: Senators, Blues, Panthers, Flames and Hurricanes
Don Brennan via twitter: Senators goalie Craig Anderson practiced this morning. Coach Paul MacLean said "as of now" he doesn't see Anderson playing this weekend. Andy Strickland via twitter: Blue defenseman Kris Russel should be in, Wade Redden to sit. Lou…
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…
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…
Quick Hits: Cut resistant socks, Ryder, Scouting Avs-Sharks, Markstrom, McGrattan, Leafs blueline and Holtby
Michael Russo via twitter: Wild players are testing out the cut resistant socks in their last couple skates. Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu have tried them. Michael Rupp has been wearing them since Erik Karlsson's injury. David Pagnotta via twitter:…
Lines, Parings and Starting Goalies: Penguins, Devils, Hurricanes, Panthers, Islanders, Lightning and Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Dupuis Bennett-Jeffrey-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams. Defensive pairing: Orpik-Martin Niskanen-Letang Engelland-Despres Eaton-Bortuzzo. Tom Gulitti via twitter: Defensive pairings and goalies: Salvador-Zidlicky; Greene-Larsson; Volchenkov-Harrold; Tallinder-Fayne. Goalies: Hedberg, Kinkaid. Chip Alexander viat twitter: Hurricanes defensive pairings: Harrison-Sangs; Murphy-Gragnani: Corvo-Faulk. Steve Goldstein via…
Quick Hits: Filppula, Coach’s challenge, Wider nets, Iginla, Smith, Scouting Leafs-Flyers, Sit Kulemin?
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: If there is NHL expansion, it won't happen in the next year or two. You have to think that Gary Bettman as a good idea of the scenarios for the Coyotes for next year. A couple…
Five Bruins targets … Weiss and Theodore available? Richards Buyout? Outdoor Games … Scouting Avs-Ducks
James Murphy of ESPN Boston: The Bruins may be looking to add some scoring depth, a top-6 forward. Murphy lists 5 trade targets: Jarome Iginla - if GM Jay Feaster comes down on a price to say a 1st round…
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…
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,…
Ruff fired, Fasth extension, Markstrom recalled, McCormick waived and Injury updates
Buffalo Sabres via twitter: The Sabres have relieved head coach Lindy Ruff of his duties. Eric Stephens via twitter: The Ducks have signed Viktor Fasth to a 2 year contract extension worth $5.8 million. Florida Panthers via twitter: The Panthers…