Rumors and Notes II: Datsyuk’s Injury, Blue Jackets and Ehrhoff
Brendan Savage of MLive: A report by SVT.se out of Sweden is saying that Pavel Datsyuk's ankle surgery could keep him out longer than expected. The hope was that he'd be able start rehab at around the end of training…
Injuries: St. Louis, Shattenkirk, Ehrhoff, Dubinsky, Cole and More
Steve Zipay of Newsday: Rangers Martin St. Louis skated for the first time yesterday since spraining his MCL on March 15th. "My next step is to see how I feel later today, take it a day at a time," said…
Rumors II: Capitals, Teams that Could Use Green and Pouliot
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: The Capitals will currently have 11 RFAs and UFAs to deal with this offseason. “I think we need to evaluate where our team’s at first of all,” MacLellan said Thursday, during a sit-down interview…
NHL Rumors II: Bruins and Boychuk, Red Wings and Capitals
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli has a couple of open trade conversations still ongoing with fellow NHL teams, and it’s a safe bet it involves at least one of their defensemen. If the Bruins are…
Injury Notes: Prust, Nash, Khudobin, Kulemin, Gorges, Lehtonen, Brunner, Boyle, Kronwall and Gagner
Eric Engels: Canadiens Brandon Prust is out a month with a shoulder injury. Patrick Kearns: "If nothing new is the official statement regarding Nash's concussion, well, it means nothing really but he's probably not back anytime soon." Katie Carrera: Capitals…
Injury Notes: Nash, Khudobin, Erskine, Letang, Lehtonen, Howard, Drewiske, Bjugstad, Thomas, Calvert and Noesen
Pat Leonard: The Rangers put Rick Nash on the IR. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said that Anton Khudobin will be put on the IR. It may only be for the short term and called the injury a "best-case…
Injury Notes: Spezza, Ducks, Tyutin, Carter, Lecavalier, Hartnell, Lindholm, Lehtonen and Erskin
Bruce Garrioch: A decision on if Jason Spezza will play or not will be made after their skate. Dan Wood: Ducks Kyle Palmieri, Nick Bonino and Mathieu Perreault will return to the lineup on Sunday. Eric Stephens: Ducks Dustin Penner…
Injury Notes: Malkin, Letang, Backlund, Enstrom, Green, Kundratek, Erskine, Laich, Clowe and Hannan
Rob Rossi and Josh Yohe of the Tribune-Review: Penguins Evgeni Malkin skated again yesterday but is uncertain for tomorrow night. He's missed the last five games with an upper-body injury. Josh Yohe via twitter: Penguins defenseman Kris Letang left yesterday's…
Capitals sign Holtby and Erskine to extensions … Penguins sign Eaton … Coyotes give Schlemko an extension
Stephen Whyno via twitter: The Capitals signed goalie Braden Holtby to a 2-year, $3.7 million contract extension ($1.85 million salary cap hit). He'll make $1.7 million next year and $2 million in 2014-15. Stephen Whyno via twtter: The Capitals signed…
Morning NHL rumors involving the Flyers, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Capitals and Lightning … Teams scouting last night
Craig Custance of ESPN: Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is waiting for more teams to becomes sellers. "There's still a lot of teams that are deciding what to do, which way to go. You look at the standings, that's easy to…
Pronger out 4-6 weeks … Semin to miss game … Stastny and Hejduk out … Kane aiming for Sunday
Tim Panaccio via twitter: Chris Pronger will miss 4-6 weeks after having surgery to repair a broken bone is his right foot. Katie Carrera via twitter: Alexander Semin won't travel with the team to Boston, but could meet them in…