Tag: Montreal Canadiens

Quick Hits: International play, Kaleta, Chimera and Scouting the Leafs-Wild

John Shannon: The NHL and NHLPA will meet today to talk about International hockey, with the World Cup and Premiere games the main topics. Bill Hope: Sabres Patrick Kaleta will forfeit $152,439 during his suspension. Katie Carrera: Capitals Jason Chimera…

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Injury Notes: Pronger, Calvert, Neal, Lindholm, Helm, Pacioretty and JVR

James O'Brien of Pro Hockey Talk: (citing a Hockey News feature) Flyers GM Paul Holmgren has finally admitted that defenseman Chris Prongerwill never play in the NHL again. “I’ll say it, Chris is never going to play again,” Holmgren said.…

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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…

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Line Combos: Leafs, Sabres, Islanders, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Stars and Kings

David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: Clarkson-Bozak-Kessel Broll-Kadri-Lupul Raymond-Bolland-Leivo Ashton-McClement-Orr McLaren-Bodie. John Vogl: Sabres lines: Vanek-Hodgson-Ott, Foligno-Ennis-Stafford, Girgensons-Grigorenko-Flynn, Porter-Larsson-McCormick. Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Grabner-Tavares-Okposo, Nelson/Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey, Moulson-Regin-Clutterbuck, Martin/Boulton-Cizikas-McDonald. Shelly Anderson: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Jokinen-Malkin-Kobasew Glass-Sutter-Adams Jeffrey-Vitale. Scott Powers: Blackhawks lines: Bickell-Toews-Kane, Sharp-Handzus-Hossa, Saad-Shaw-Nordstrom, Bollig-Kruger-Smith. Marc Antoine Godin:…

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VIDEO: Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove and Don Cherry’s Coach’s Corner

Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove: Contract talks with the Maple Leafs and Dion Phaneuf will begin soon. He could take a little less, but a longer term. The Rangers are not going to panic and feel they just need some…

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Morning Rumors: Coaches on the hot seat, Elliott, Lundqvist, Canadiens, Sabres, Vanek, Boyle and the Oilers

Bruce Garrioch: Panthers coach Kevin Dineen, Wild's Mike Yeo and Jets Claude Noel could be on the hot seat. “When you see one team make a coaching change there can most definitely be a domino effect. No question about it, especially…

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VIDEO: Canadiens Lars Ellar Scores a Beauty on Roberto Luongo

Canadiens Lars Ellar has his back to the play and isn't even in the Vancouver Canucks end when he get scores what would be the game winning goal.

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Injury Notes: Parros, Belesky, Thomas, Backstrom and Potter

Dave Stubbs of Hockey Inside/Out: Canadiens George Parros, out with a concussion, is "almost symptom-free." “He is feeling good, doing a lot better,” Bergevin said, while cautioning that Parros shouldn’t be expected back on the ice imminently. “A concussion is a…

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Injury Notes: Spezza, Pacioretty, Sbisa, Backstrom, Thomas and Pyatt

Bruce Garrioch: Senators Jason Spezza said that he should be fine tomorrow. Coach Paul MacLean said that Spezza will be evaluated in the morning and may not be in the lineup. Dave Stubbs: Looking like Max Pacioretty should be back…

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Injury Notes: Miller, Tallinder, Pacioretty, Coyle, Hillen, Letang and Burrows

John Vogl: Sabres Ryan Miller (sore groin) didn't dress last night but is expected to play in their next game. Defenseman Henrik Tallinder will be out about a week. Arpon Basu of NHL.com: Canadiens Max Pacioretty missed last night's game with a…

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Lines: Sabres, Islanders, Blue Jackets, Capitals, Flyers, Canadiens, Stars, Lightning and Coyotes

John Vogl: Sabres lines: Vanek-Hodgson-Stafford, Ennis-Grigorenko-Ott, Girgensons-Porter-Flynn, McCormick-Larsson-Kaleta. Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Bailey, Nelson-Regin-Bouchard, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. Arthur Staple: Blue Jackets lines: Atkinson-Dubinsky-Gaborik, Calvert-Anisimov-Comeau, Foligno-Johansen-Umberger, Jenner-Letestu-MacKenzie. Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Capitals lines: Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin, Laich-Grabovski-Brouwer, Chimera-Fehr-Ward, Erat-Beagle-Wilson. Arpon Basu of NHL.com: Flyers lines: Scott Hartnell -…

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Lines and Pairings: Avs, Canes, Isles, Devils, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Leafs, Canadiens and Sens

Adrian Dater: Avalanche lines without Landeskogo: Mit​chell-Stas​tny-Tangua​y, O’Reilly​-Duchene-D​ownie, McGi​nn-MacKinn​on-Parente​au , McLeod-​Cliche-Bor​deleau. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Semin, Gerbe-J. Staal-Dwyer, Skinner-Nash-Dvorak, Sutter-Lindholm-Bowman. Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Bailey, Nelson-Regin-Bouchard, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. Defensive pairings: MacDonald-Hamonic, Hickey-Visnovsky, Strait-Donovan. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Henrique-Zajac-Ryder; Clowe-Elias-Ryder; Zubrus-Loktionov-Brunner; Carter-Gionta-Bernier. John Vogl: Sabres lines:  Vanek-Hodgson-Stafford,…

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