Morning Hits: Mason, Jagr, Maple Leafs, KHL and Vasilevski
Ken Wiebe: Flyers Steve Mason confirmed that he missed Game 1 and 2 with a concussion. Chris Johnston: Devils Jaromir Jagr contract breakdown: $3.5 million salary with a $250,000 bonus every five games from game 10 to 45. Up to…
Morning Rumors: Caps, Isles, Oilers, Bruins, Jets, Sabres, Leafs, Spartak and Dmen Trade Possibilities
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Gormley wonders if it's time for the Capitals to make a trade. They've lost seven of nine, and have Michael Neuvirth and Martin Erat looking for a change of scenery. The Islanders could be looking for…
Russian Hits: Jets prospect Burmistrov, two KHL coaches fired and another close
Igor Eronko: Alex Burmistrov on a return to the Jets: 'Let's try but we'll see in 2 years when my contract will expire. Now my thoughts are with #AkBars.' Gary Lawless: Lawless points out that Burmistrov's stats for Jets fans are…
Free Agent Hits: Cowen, Kaberle and Cleary
Bruce Garrioch: Senators GM Bryan Murray on Jared Cowen: "We'd love to have him in camp but we played a lot of games without him last year." Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators and Jared Cowen have some work…
Morning Hits: Theodore, Erat, Bourdon, Lombardi, Komarov and Brunner
Patrick Caisse: Citing a TVA Sports report, Jose Theodore will be signing a one-year deal worth between $800,000 and $1.1 million. Bob McKenzie: Still on holidays, McKenzie reports that there is zero truth to Theodore signing with the Bruins. Brian…
Morning Hits: Fraser, Sullivan, Cowen, Campoli, Hagman, Brent, Foster and Some Season Ticket Renewals
Lance Hornby: It is unlikely that Mark Fraser and the Maple Leafs will reach a deal before their arbitration today's hearing. There had been no contract in the past week as of yesterday morning. Chris Ribau of the Daily Press…
Free Agent Hits: Selanne, Bryzgalov, Henrique, Wheeler, Gerbe and Palmieri
Helene Elliott: There is still no word if Teemu Selanne will return next season. He is reportedly skating back in Finland. Dmitry Chesnokov: Ilya Bryzgalov did not receive a contract offer from Alex Mogilny and Admiral Vladivostok. Mogilny made the…
Free Agent Hits: Wheeler, Bogosian, Kadri, Franson, Bryzgalov, Allen, Stuart, Hamill and Goloubef
Gary Lawless: The agents for both Blake Wheeler and Zach Bogosian said there is "nothing new" to report on contract talks as of yesterday morning. An agent said that as the hearing gets closer, both sides usually get closer as…
Quick Hits: Grabovski, Hainsey, Morrow and Henrique
Dmitry Chesnokov: Former Maple Leafs center Mikhail Grabovski has only received one KHL offer. He's not considering the KHL, only the NHL. Igor Eronko: Atlant GM on Grabovski: "We made an offer to Grabovski, but he wants to stay in…
Kovalchuk’s mom talks, the Fallout, Gonchar and Datsyuk were close to leaving and the KHL cap
Dmitry Chesnokov: SKA is denying they had a deal in place with Ilya Kovalchuk in January. Pavel Lysenkov of SovSport spoke with Kovalchuk's mom, who was not surprised with what transpired. “I knew about it, to be honest. Of course…
Gretzky not interested in Leafs … Free agents Benn, Subban and O’Reilly … “Cup of Hope”
Bob McCown via twitter: (tweeted this morning) Gretzky talked to a MLSE board member about the Maple Leafs presidents job. Gretzky not interested. Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos, Damien Cox and Bob McCown talked about Wayne Gretzky becoming the Maple Leafs president…
Medvedev needs to say less … Connolly to remain in AHL … Sharks defensive pairings … Stars bringing in Modano and Recchi
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: LeBrun thinks that KHL president, Alexander Medvedev should tone down his criticism of the NHL. The NHL hasn't committed to sending players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Some of Medvedev's comments: "Not all the…