Morning Hits: Vanek, Niskanen, Red Wings lines, Preds backup, Zherdev, Hemsky and the Devils starter
Josh Rimer: Rimer is hearing IF the Sabres trade Thomas Vanek, he'd like to play for the Wild as he lives and trains their in the summer. Rimer doubts the Wild would trade for him, but he could sign with…
NHL Rumor Roundup from LeBrun and Garrioch
Tim Panaccio: A GM: "Vinny will make up what he lost. I'm glad I sat out 3-plus months for this. What a scam. It's gonna be a bidding war for him." Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Teams are allowed to talk…
Quick Hits: Jovanovski, Stamkos, Three Stars, rookie of the month and replacing Nill
Bob Duff: Panthers Ed Jovanovski on retirement: "My mindset is work hard in the summer, get my hip strong, but it's too early to say." Erik Erlendsson: An MRI on Steven Stamkos's knee came back clean enough to allow him to…
Quick Hits: Avalanche, Stars, Red Wings and Schneider
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: The Avalanche have fired coach Joe Sacco after missing the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. "The organization believes a change of leadership behind the bench is needed going forward," Greg Sherman, Avs…
Quick Hits: Scouting Flyers-Capitals, Zetterberg, Samuelsson, Crosby and Foligno
From twitter unless otherwise noted Dave Isaac: Scouting the Flyers-Capitals game: 2 Sharks (director of pro scouting) and the Stars. Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg missed yesterday's game with a groin injury and he's…
Training Camp notes: Svatos, Rielly, van Riemsdyk, Tarasenko, Yakupov, Zibanejad, Barker and Zetterberg
Rich Evans via twitter: Marek Svatos will attend the Panthers training camp. He didn't play last year as he sat out to heal from injuries. James Mirtle via twitter: Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle on defenseman Morgan Rielly: "We're not afraid…
Zetterberg thinks Russians will stay overseas … Clowe says players aren’t cracking
Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg thinks that some players will remain overseas this year, “I know for a fact Russians will probably stay,'' Zetterberg said. “I can't blame them either. The Russian league treats players a different…
Morning notes on Crosby, Zetterberg, Yemelin, Belesky, Hasek, Hovinen, Atkinson, Hishon and Kerdiles
Josh Yohe and Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Sidney Crosby may be getting closer to a decision on playing in Europe. “Right now for me, it’s more of a week-to-week thing,” Crosby said. “Each week you want to figure…
Flames looking for grit … Zetterberg as offer … Read to Sweden … Nash as bone bruise
Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald: Flames GM Jay Feaster wanted to add some more grit and sandpaper this summer, but hasn't been able to so far. “As far as a trade goes, we had conversations,” Feaster said Sunday at…
Flames won’t layoff employees … $50K a month for insurance? Burke poised to make move or 2? Long term contract clause
Wes Gilbertson of the Calgary Sun: Flames CEO Ken King said they won't be laying off people, but some will face cuts. “The details of the plan are largely private, but I can tell you that the salary and work-requirement…
Doan staying? No NTC or NMC for Weber … Visnovsky waits … Zetterberg next Wings captain? Beauchemin ready for camp
Josh Rimer via twitter: Rimer is hearing that Shane Doan will be staying in Phoenix. Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: Shea Weber's agent Jarrett Bousquet said yesterday that the 'offer sheet' has been formalized into a contract, and that it…
Bruins looking for top Dman … Nothing new on Subban … AHL to get TV deal if lockout … Ennis-Sabres talking … Possible Oilers targets next year
Dany Picard of CSNNE: Speculation is that the Bruins are looking to add a top pair defenseman to play with Zdeno Chara, and one of the popular names is Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle. A source close to Yandle said he…