Roster Notes: Players on waivers and reassignments
Roster deadline is Monday at 3:00 pm. To be off a teams roster, had to be put on waivers today. Bob McKenzie: On waivers: Finley NYI, Jones CGY, Smith CGY, Bickel NYR, Mashinter NYR, Powe NYR, T Smith TOR, Bodie…
Afternoon Hits: Panthers, Liles, Lucic, Thomas, Waivers, DeKeyser and Hossa
Pro Hockey Talk: The Panthers were sold for $230 million to Vincent Viola. James Mirtle: Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle on John-Michael Liles: "The feelings inside the coaches' and management's office should be left there... We know there's tough decisions coming."…
Roster Notes: Wild, Devils, Panthers, Sabres, Capitals and Oilers
Rachel Blount of the Star Tribune: The Wild reassign 11 to the AHL: Forwards: Erik Haula, Raphael Bussieres, Zack Phillips, Kris Foucault, Tyler Graovac and Josh Caron. Defensemen: Kyle Medvec, Corbin Baldwin and Colton Jobke. Goaltenders: Darcy Kuemper and Johan…
Roster Notes: Jets, Blackhawks, Avalanche, Sharks, Stars and Wild
Winnipeg Jets: The Jets reassign to the AHL: Ben Chiarot, Carl Kingberg, Julian Melchiori, Michael Hutchenson and Jerome Samson (requires waivers). Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks assign to the AHL: Forwards: Mark McNeill, Garret Ross and Alex Broadhurst. Defensemen: Dylan Olsen, Klas Dahlbeck and…
Lines and Pairings: Blues, Flyers, Wild and Sharks
Lou Korac: Two Blues lines for tonight: Steen-Backes-Oshie and Paavarvi-Berglund-Tarasenko. Sam Carchidi: Flyers defensive pairings yesterday: Kimmo-Coby; Schenn-Streit; Gus-Gill; Grossmann-Mez; Gervais-Lauridsen. Patrick Williams: Wild lines last night: Niederreiter-Coyle-Heatley Fontaine-Granlund-Haula Foucault-Konopka-McMillan Mitchell-Brodziak-Veilleux. Defensive pairings: Stoner-Dumba Blum-Prosser Kampfer-Medvec. David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Top two…
Injury Notes: Wilson, Franzen, Brown, Smith, Kostka, Zucker and Blujus
Adrian Dater: Avs Ryan Wilson will be out two weeks with a knee injury. Ansar Khan: Red Wings Johan Franzen didn't skate yesterday due to a hip flexor. They are waiting to see if it will be a day-to-day injury. Lisa…
Lines and Defensive Pairings for 13 Teams
Matt Kalman: Bruins lines: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla,Camara-Spooner-Johnson,Fraser-Soderberg-Cunningham,Paille-Fallstrom-Thornton. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis, Jokinen-Sutter-Conner, Zolniercyzk-Megna-Uher, Gibbons-Drazenovic-Adams. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel. McKegg-Smith-Clarkson. D'Amigo-Ashton-Kulemin. Ross-Crescenzi-Bodie. James Mirtle: Defensive pairings: Gardiner-Brennan, Rielly-Granberg, Fraser-MacWilliam. Jessica Rusnak: Canadiens lines: Pacioretty-DD-Briere, Moen-White-Leblanc, Hudon-Dumont-Thomas, Fournier-Tarnasky-Blunden. Defensive pairings: Gorges-Subban, Murray-Bouillon, Nygren-Dietz. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Pesonen-Henrique-Bernier;…
Morning Hits: Suter, Blackhawks goalies, Teravainen, Ristolainen and Zadorov
Michael Russo: Wild's Ryan Suter had been playing without a visor in past seasons but will wear one this year. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks goals allowed after 100 minutes each: Khabibulin 3, Simpson and Carruth 4, Paanta and Crawford 7, Whitney…
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…
Lines and Pairings: Devils, Jets, Lightning, Wild, Habs, Isles, Hawks, Sharks, Pens and Canes
Tom Gulitti: Devils lines, first group: Clowe-Henrique-Ryder; Whitney-Loktionov-Boucher; Carter-Kujawinski-Pesonen; McKelvie-D. Zajac-Thomson. Tom Gulitti: Devils 2nd group lines: Elias-Zajac- Jagr; Tedenby-Josefson-Sislo; Matteau-Wohlberg-Bell; Johnson, Black. Ken Wiebe: Jets Mark Scheifele is skating with Evander Kane and Devin Setoguchi. Joe Haggerty: Bruins Loui Eriksson is…
Morning Hits II: Subban, Emelin, Nugent-Hopkins, Pominville, Giroux, Kane, Kuznetsov, Phaneuf and Hjalmarsson
TSN: Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin would like to get P.K. Subban signed and may be fine with extending him during the season. "I would like to get something done," he told reporters, adding he did not want to discuss contracts in…
Morning Hits: Vanek, Niskanen, Red Wings lines, Preds backup, Zherdev, Hemsky and the Devils starter
Josh Rimer: Rimer is hearing IF the Sabres trade Thomas Vanek, he'd like to play for the Wild as he lives and trains their in the summer. Rimer doubts the Wild would trade for him, but he could sign with…