Tag: John Carlson

Eastern Conference Injuries: Updates on Ten Teams

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith: Coach Jon Cooper said yesterday that he didn't know if Victor Hedman (illness) would be able to play tonight. J.T. Brown (upper-body) likely won't be in the lineup. On the Washington Capitals…

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NHL Injuries: Avs, Caps, Ducks, Jets, Sharks, Pens and More

On the Colorado Avalanche ... Terry Frei of the Denver Post: There is still no update on the status of Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon and their knee injuries. Patrick Roy said again that he won't talk about their injuries.…

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NHL Injuries: Avs, Stars, Canadiens, Blues, Coyotes and More

On the Colorado Avalanche ... Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon suffered a knee injury last night and will be evaluated today. Elliotte Friedman: Eric Gelinas suffered an elbow injury and is out indefinitely. Roger Millions: Hearing that Matt Duchene is out…

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NHL Rumors: Bruins, Rangers, Pens, Devils, Leafs, and Caps

Sportsnet Headlines ... Sportsnet: Not a lot of optimism with regards to the Bruins and Loui Eriksson according to Elliotte Friedman. "The agent and the team aren't talking, but what it sounds like is if the player wants to move…

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Injuries: Blues, Leafs, Panthers, Caps, Devils and More

On the St. Louis Blues ... Chris Pinkert of Blues.NHL: Coach Ken Hitchcock injury update. Paul Stastny is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and is not ruled out for tonight. Jake Allen is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Jay Bouwmeester…

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Injuries: Capitals, Stars, Lightning, Wild and More

On the Washington Capitals ... Mike Vogel: Nicklas Backstrom might be able to play tonight. John Carlson didn't travel with the team to Carolina. He's listed as day-to-day. Chuck Gormley of CSN Mid Atlantic: Center Jay Beagle will be out…

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Rumors I: Capitals Offseason – Holtby, Gleason, Green and Johansson

Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Capitals Braden Holtby is a pending RFA. He doesn't plan on getting that involved in the contract talks, but would prefer to do a long-term deal to remain in Washington. “Job security is something that…

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NHL Rumors: Red Wings, Alfredsson, Capitals GM Candidates, Flames and Canucks

Craig Custance of ESPN: Some early offseason priorities for Red Wings GM Ken Holland. 1. Add an impact defenseman - the will have cap space this summer as David Legwand, Daniel Alfredsson, Mikael Samuelsson, Todd Bertuzzi, Kyle Quincey, Jonas Gustavsson…

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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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Trade Rumors: Weiss, Iginla, Kiprusoff, Sabres, Sens, Caps, Flyers, Panthers, Kulemin, Bernier, Steckel and O’Reilly

Elliotte Friedman of CBC: Panthers GM Dale Tallon on Stephen Weiss rumors, who will be a UFA and has a no-movement clause. "Ridiculous," Tallon said. "I'm not trading him, I'm going to try to sign him." Travis Zajac's 8 year,…

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Lehtonen gets 5 year extension from the Stars … Carlson gets 6 years from the Capitals

Kari Lethonen signed a 5 year contract extension with the Dallas Stars worth $29.5 million. A $5.9 million salary cap hit. John Carlson signed a 6 year contract extension with the Washington Capitals worth $23.8 million. Mike Morreale via twitter:…

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Free Agent and trade notes on: Subban, Hall, Eberle, Seguin, Doan, Franzen, Luongo, Carlson and Fistric

L.A. Lariviere via twitter: P.K. Subban's agent said there is no truth the report that Subban asked for a 5 year deal at $30 million, "Another erroneous report. PK has not made any such request" Lariviere adds that his sources said…

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