Morning notes on Sedin, Toews, Carter, McQuaid, Reimer, Gustavsson, McDonald, Hejduk, Mueller, Suter and Parise
Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: The Canucks get some good news in that Daniel Sedin could be ready to return for the 1st round of the playoffs according to GM Mike Gillis. “It's risky to make projections with these…
Hall out 5-6 months … No contact yet for Toews … Roster notes for Pens, Devils, Preds, Wings … Starting goalies
Edmonton Oilers via twitter: Oilers Taylor Hall will not return to this season as he'll be having labral shoulder surgery. According to Steve Tambellini: "Recovery time will be between five and six months, so our hope is that Taylor will…
Keith waives in-person hearing … Tarasenko ready for NHL … Bettman ready for CBA talks … Howard back next week … Starting goalies
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Blackhawks Duncan Keith waived his right for the in-person hearing. Will do over the phone at 2 PM EST. Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Vladimir Tarasenko's Russian agent told SovSport that Tarasenko "is ready for the NHL...both…
Radulov to have physical and presser this morning … Teams worried about drafting Russians … Howard day-to-day … Doan has hearing for elbow
Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Alexander Radulov will take part in the Predators morning skate . Radulov will take his physical this morning as he was too tired to do it last night. GM David Poile and Radulov will have a…
Afternoon notes on: 2 College FAs, Backstrom, Kulemin, Zajac, Toews, Leafs lines and starting goalies
Roger Millions via twitter: The Flames are interested in NCAA defenseman Dan DeKeyser of Western Michigan and winger JT Brown of UMD. John Buccigross via twitter: The Lightning are also interested in DeKeyser and Brown. The Red Wings are interested…
Afternoon notes on: Crosby to return, Radulov, Avery, Letang, NHL rules, Bergeron, Parenteau, lines and starting goalies
Pens Inside Scoop via twitter: Penguins Sidney Crosby will return on Thursday against the Rangers. Slava Malamud via twitter: Reports out of Russia are that Alexander Radulov is leaning towards returning to the NHL, but the KHL leaders are doing…
GM meeting next week … Notes on the Maple Leafs, Datsyuk practicing, Wild goalie injuries, Mason gets stitches, Souray injured
Darren Dreger via twitter: The GM meetings are next week. They'll talk about putting the red-line back in, video review for goalie interference, concussions and CBA talk. Darren Dreger via twitter: Drafting in the top 10 could be good thing…
Stars considered offers for Ott and Souray … Preds offer for Nash didn’t include Ellis … Grabovski’s agent in T.O. next week … starting goalies
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk had some offers that they strongly considered for Steve Ott and Sheldon Souray. "I would say there were a couple of things on the table that took a lot…
A whole lot of rumors and 1 video
Dennis Bernstein via twitter: The asking price for Sabres Derek Roy is a younger forward that has top 6 potential and a prospect or pick. Spector's Hockey via twitter: LeBrun claims Jaroslav Spacek is likely to be dealt. John Shannon…
Ballard to LTIR … No deal for Grabovski … Waivers today … Boyce claimed on waivers … Russell has concussion … Scouting
Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Canucks put Keith Ballard on the LTIR, creating $4.2 million in cap space. Ott could be an option. Ballard has a concussion and is not close. He might be ready for the playoffs. Chris Johnston…
Twitter notes: Ott, Hemsky, Nabokov, Spacek, Radulov, Wisniewski, Wallace, Bertuzzi … Stars, Oilers, and Devils lines … starting goalies
Tracey Myers via twitter: Stars forward Steve Ott on trade rumors: "It’s a compliment if teams are calling and asking for u but it’s nervewracking b/c you’ve been here for a long time." Jason Gregor via twitter: Gregor is hearing…
Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke meets with Columbus GM Scott Howson
Sportsnet.ca: It is believed any deal between Toronto and Columbus would have to include a combination of players that could include Nazem Kadri, Luke Schenn, Nikolai Kulemin and possibly James Reimer. Darren Millard via Twitter: Sportsnet can confirm Maple Leafs…