Afternoon notes on Leafs, Flames, Crosby, Green, Ducks goalie situation, Pacioretty and Clowe
James Mirtle via twitter: Brian Burke, "We have a ton of cap room and intend to be active on July 1." Calgary Flames via twitter: Jay Feaster, "Jarome isn't going anywhere" Darren Dreger via twitter: Sidney Crosby is making progress…
Canucks blueline getting healthy … Sens ower Melnyk to meet with GM … Cole a priority for ‘Canes
Matthew Sekers of the Globe and Mail: Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler will return to the line for the last regular season game on Saturday. He had back surgery and has been out of the lineup since Jan. 26th. The Canucks…
Perry was almost traded to Oilers … Injury notes on Spacek, Lecavalier, Clowe, Green, Hamhuis, Miller, Havlat and 3 Senators
Randy Youngman of the OC Register: In 2003-04, the Anaheim Ducks almost traded Corey Perry to the Edmonton Oilers. The Ducks were prepared to send Perry and a 2004 1st round pick to the Oilers for center Mike Comrie. Comrie…
Kopitar to have surgery tomorrow … Hamhuis could be out week or longer … Green skates, Arnott practices … Glencross could get a nice raise, maybe not in Calgary
Rich Hammond of the LA Kings Insider: Anze Kopitar will have surgery on his ankle/leg on Wednesday and is likely done for the year, even if they go deep in the playoffs. There was torn ligaments caused by the ankle…
Hamhuis suffers concussion … Could Schneider be moved this summer? Contract talks for Parise, Markov, and Weber will wait until after season
Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis suffered his 2nd concussion of the season (4th of his career) in the 1st period last night. Video of injury at bottom of entry."If there is more (concussions) to come,…
Reports that Markov rejected Canadiens offer … Leclaire and MacDonald to have surgery … Orpik to return next week … Ovie to practice on Monday
Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: There was a report yesterday that UFA defenseman Andrei Markov had rejected a 1 year, $5.75 million contract from the Canadiens.“All I can tell you is that (Canadiens general manager) Pierre Gauthier and I…
Blackhawks injury and line updates … Gagne expects to play … Starting goalies … Weircioch makes NHL debut
Adam Jahns via twitter: Blackhawks injury updates: Brian Campbell could go tomorrow. Patrick Sharp is out for 3 weeks max. No progress for David Bolland. Erik Erlendsson via twitter: Simon Gagne is expecting to play. Adam Jahns via twitter: Viktor…
Pacioretty ‘contact skating’ in 3-5 weeks … Marchand gets 2 games … Eriksson, Burish out tonight … DeBoer’s could be out in Florida … Starting goalies
Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: The Canadiens medical staff is saying that Max Pacioretty is expected back 'contact skating' in 3 to 5 weeks. He's on complete rest until March, then rehab begins. On March 8th, he suffered a…
Backstrom still day-to-day … DiPietro back soon … Possible Avs goalie targets … Halpren and Plekanec injured
Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is still day-to-day with a fractured thumb. He was on the ice taking shots yesterday, testing it out, no timetable is set. Semyon Varlamov, out with knee issues, is ready…
Video of Zdeno Chara’s hit on Max Pacioretty. What are your thoughts?
Scary hit by Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara on Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty. Darren Dreger via twitter: Chara has a phone hearing with the League today at noon. Renaud Lavoie via twitter: "Severe concussion for Max Pacioretty. Neck injury. Possible fracture…
Richards not a lock for Rangers … Contract updates on Doughty, Stamkos and Weber … Keith’s injury
Larry Brooks of the NY Post: It's not a guarantee that Brad Richards will sign with the NY Rangers in the off-season. The Rangers may not offer the term or dollar amount that the Kings, Leafs and maybe Stars could…
More Trade Fallout … Biron and Spacek injured … Starting goalies
Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside of ESPN: Darren Dreger via twitter: Seems that due to the high asking price for Zenon Konopka (a 2nd round pick), the Islanders may want to re-sign him. Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: The…