Free Agent Hits: Morrow, Markov, Franson, Daugavins and Svatos
William DePaoli: Brenden Morrow has been looking for $3 million a season, which is likely why he's still unsigned. Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: Canadiens Andrei Markov is entering the final year of his contract. “I will be happy to…
Injury Notes: Clutterbuck, Murray, Orr and Bodie
Arthur Staple: Islanders Cal Clutterbuck suffered a skate laceration and "will miss some extended time." John Lu: Canadiens defenseman Douglas Murray sat out yesterdays practice with a lower-body injury. Mark Masters: Maple Leafs Colton Orr (bone bruise) skated for the first…
Lines and Pairings: Jets, Senators, Devils, Stars, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, and Canucks
Gary Lawless: Lawless's projected Jets lines: Little-Ladd,-Wheeler, Kane-Scheifele-Setoguchi, Halischuk,-Jokinen-Frolik, Tangradi-Slater-Wright. Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines this morning: Michalek-Spezza-Ryan; Kassian -Smith-Condra; Puempel-Grant-Cowick and Hobbs-O'Brien. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Clowe-Zajac-Ryder; Zubrus-Elias-Brunner; Olesz-Loktionov-Bernier; Carter-Henrique-Gionta; Barch-Josefson-Tedenby. Defensive pairings and goalies: Salvador-Zidlicky; Greene-Larsson; Volchenkov-Harrold; Merrill-Fayne. Goalies: Brodeur, Schneider. Mark Stepneski: Stars…
Cuts: Kings, Sabres, Avalanche, Ducks, Canadiens and Oilers
Lisa Dillman: The Kings sent seven players back to junior yesterday, down to 49 players. Mike Harrington: The Sabres sent five players back to junior: Justin Bailey, Nicholas Baptiste, Justin Kea, Logan Nelson, and Connor Boland. They still have 56 players…
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;…
Lines and pairings from yesterday: Senators, Penguins, Canadiens, Stars and Jets
Don Brennan: Senators lines: Conacher with Da Costa and Stone, Kassian with Smith and Condra, Ryan with Spezza and Michalek. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins lines: Bennett-Malkin-Neal, Glass-Jeffrey-Kobasew, (Letourneau-Leblond)-Vitale-Farnham, Kuhnhackl-Ebbett-Payerl, Sill. John Lu: Canadiens lines: Galchenyuk - Eller - Gallagher;Prust - Reway - Collberg;Bournival -…
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…
Maple Leafs Hits: Kadri, Franson and Phaneuf
Chris Johnston: Maple Leafs VP of Hockey Operations, Dave Poulin, said they don't expect Nazem Kadri and Cody Franson to be in training camp if they remain unsigned. David Alter: Poulin said that they made a fair offer to Kadri…
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…
Free Agent Hits: Grabovski, Henrique, Johansson and Murray
Katie Carrera: The Capitals have signed center Mikhail Grabovski to a one-year, $3 million contract. Grabovsky's agent said that 12 teams were interested in Grabovski, but coach Adam Oates was the difference: “His enthusiasm to work w/ Mikhail convinced us…
Free Agent Hits: Grabovski, Pietrangelo, Murray, Tanev and Alberts
Matt Brown: Mikhail Grabovski said he's thrilled to be joining the Capitals, official announcement today. Aaron Ward: Grabovski and the Capitals have agreed on a one-year deal. Steve Simmons: Capitals GM George McPhee said last night in a text, "Until we…