Lines from Yesterday: Stars, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Hurricanes, Kings and Red Wings
Mark Stepneski: Stars Vern Fiddler centered Lane MacDermid and Brett Ritchie yesterday. Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets Redor Tyutin and Jack Johnson have been consistent pairings on the blueline. Scott Powers: Brandon Saad centered Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp again. Michael…
Injury Notes: Callahan, Huberdeau, Bjugstad, Brown and Talbot
Dan Rosen of NHL.com: Rangers Ryan Callahan will likely start the season on the IR following his offseason shoulder surgery. "Right now I don't ," Callahan said. "I guess you never know, but you've gotta see how it progresses. That's really…
Morning Quick Hits: Richards, Wilson, Frattin and Flyers
Helene St. James: Teams don't have to be roster compliant until Monday, September 30th. Steve Zipay: Rangers Brad Richards said that former coach John Tortorella lost confidence in him last season, and then he lost confidence in himself. Chuck Gormley:…
Lines from yesterday: Wild, Coyotes, Ducks, Kings and Sharks
Michael Russo: Wild Group B lines yesterday: Niederreiter with Granlund and Heatley; Cooke with Brodziak and Mitchell. Sarah McLellan: Coyotes lines yesterday: Boedker-Doan-Ribeiro, Korpikoski-Hanzal-Vrbata and Bissonnette-Chipchura-Yip. Eric Stephens: Two Ducks lines yesterday: Etem-Koivu-Cogliano and Beleskey-Holland-Palmieri. John Hoven: Kings second line yesterday: Matt Frattin…
Joni Pitkanen Injury and the Fallout for the Hurricanes
Josh Rimer: Rimer has been told that Joni' Pitkanen's injury could be career threatening. James Mirtle: Mirtle is hearing that Pitkanen's injury could be career ending. A race for an icing claims another. Dennis Bernstein: The Kings will have nine…
Injury Notes: Beauchemin, Alt, Flyers defense, Havlat and Stoll
Helene Elliott: Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin said he's on schedule to return from his ACL injury and is hoping to be ready for the opener. He added that he'll play with a brace on his right knee. Tim Panaccio: Flyers…
Morning Hits: FLyers, RNH, Hall, Weiss, Carter, Goalie pads and Karmanos
Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: The Flyers are hoping that a team will call them in the next couple weeks looking for a defenseman. They would like to shed some salary. Dan Tencer: Oilers GM Craig MacTavish said that Ryan…
Injury Notes: Meszaros, Helm and Mitchell
Tim Panaccio: Flyers Andrej Meszaros said he hasn't been cleared to play and has some more tests to go through. Said he feels good. Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Darren Helm skated again but admits that he is only "partly'…
Morning Hits: Zherdev, Eriksson, Frattin and Ryan
Igor Eronko: KHL president Alexander Medvedev on Nikolai Zherdev: 'As far as we know, Nikolai Zherdev painted the town red again. He will be committed to compulsory ADA treatment.' Caryn Switaj of BostonBruins.com: Loui Eriksson is in Boston, talking about the trade…
Morning Hits: Crawford, Ovechkin, Maidens and Zykov
Nick Kypreos: Chicago Blackhawks Corey Crawford signs a six year, $36 million contract extension. Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Moscow Dynamo's general director, Andrewy Safronov, on Alex Ovechkin following Ilya Kovalchuk's 'retiring' decision. “Ovechkin has a current contract with the…
Free Agent Hits: Kadri, Read, Hodgson, Boedker, Johansson, Pietrangelo, Eminger and Bang
Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Maple Leafs RFA Nazem Kadri won't be talking about contract talks “until the deal gets done.” He did say that “negotiations are continuing and the lines of communication are open”. Assistant GM Claude Loiselle (handling…
Morning Hits: Mitchell, Martinez, Lindholm, All-Star Game, Oldest and Youngest Teams and Avs Q&A
Brian Compton: Opening night was eight weeks away from last night. Dennis Bernstein: Bernstein thinks that if Willie Mitchell can remain healthy, the Kings could look to deal Alec Martinez to a team that incurs an injury to their blueline.…