Lines, Pairings and Starters: Hurricanes, Devils, Stars, Maple Leafs and Avalanche
Chip Alexander: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-EStaal-Semin; Gerbe-JStaal-Dwyer; Skinner-Nash-Dvorak; Bowman-Sutter-Lindholm. Westgarth, Ruutu extra forwards. Defensive pairings: Faulk-Sekera; Hainsey-Bellemore; Murphy-Harrison. Komisarek also working with Faulk. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes PP unit: Semin, EStaal, Tlusty, Lindholm, Murphy; 2nd PP: Skinner, JStaal, Gerbe, Faulk, Harrison. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Zubrus-Elias-Jagr; Clowe-Henrique-Ryder;…
Goalie Hits: Giguere, Markstrom, Harding and the Blues
Adrian Dater: J.S. Giguere will start in net for the Avalanche against the Bruins. Harvey Fialkov of the Sun-Sentinel: Jacob Markstrom will start in net for the Panthers. Rachel Blount of the Star Tribune: Josh Harding will start in net…
Quick Hits: Ekman-Larsson, Leafs, Scouting Flyers-Devils, Ryder, Grigorenko, Allen, Giguere and Luongo
Darren Dreger via twitter: Oliver Ekman-Larsson signed a 6 year, $33 million contract extension with the Coyotes, a $5.5 million salary cap hit. Michael Traikos via twitter: Korbinian Holzer, Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov are the only Maple Leafs that…
Roster notes, lines, goalies: Sulzer, Miller, Giguere, Backes, Devils, Senators, Leafs, Stars, Oilers PP, Flyers, Bruins and Blue Jackets
John Vogl via twitter: Sabres defenseman Alexander Sulzer will be scratched tonight. Steve Zipay via twitter: Rangers Chris Kreider is being returned to the CT Whalers of the AHL. Looks like J.T. Miller is sticking with the team. Adrian Dater…
Could the Avs hold onto Ryan O’Reilly until the Summer? E. Johnson out indefinitely … Franzen out … Caps lines
Adrian Dater via twitter: Dater wouldn't be surprised if Ryan O'Reilly isn't traded until the summer or beyond. Especially since the Avs season has basically blown up already. B.D. Gallof via twitter: A source said that O'Reilly is looking for…
Lines and Starting goalies: Flyers, Penguins, Stars, Capitals, Islanders, Devils, Blues, Avalanche, Maple Leafs
Sam Carchidi via twitter: Flyers lines: Briere-G-Simmonds; Read-Couts-Knuble; McGinn-Schenn-Vor; Fed-Talb-Rinaldo. Dave Molinari via twitter: Penguins lines: Tangradi-Crosby-Dupuis, Jeffrey-Malkin-Neal, Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy, Glass-Vitale-Adams. Mark Stepneski via twitter: Stars lines: Eriksson-Benn-Jagr; Whitney-Eakin-Ryder; Nystrom-Fiddler-Vincour; Morrow-Roussel-Garbutt. Defensive pairings: Dillon-Robidas; Rome-Daley; Oleksiak-Goligoski; Benn-Larsen. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals lines: Ovechkin-Beagle-Crabb, Wolski-Backstrom-Brouwer, Chimera-Ribeiro-Ward, Hendricks-MJ90/Perreault-Fehr.…
Forsberg to retire today … NY Rangers rumors … Kings have 5 scouts at FLA last night … Plus more
Bob McKenzie via twitter: Peter Forsberg will be retiring from hockey today after 2 games with the Avalanche. A 2:30 MT press conference has been called. Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Rangers will be looking for defenseman with…
Dion Phaneuf Traded to Leafs – J.S. Giguere also traded to Leafs
Details to be released as available.. The posts will be as up-to-date as possible. Update 1:01 JS Giguere for Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake. No pick involved, confirmed. Players contracts below; JS Giguere - $6 million salary, $6.5 million cap…
Brian Burke on the Fan 590: Talks Goaltending, Shanahan, and the Leafs
Brian Burke was a guest on the Fan 590 and Sportsnet's 'Hockey Central at Noon' today (listen to interview). Burke shoots down Damian Cox's article idea that adding Brendan Shanahan would be a good idea for the Leafs. He also…