Maple Leafs acquire David Steckel from the Devils
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded a 2012 4th round pick to the New Jersey Devils for David Steckel. Steckel is famous for the hit he put on Sidney Crosby that gave him his first concussion. I would think that…
Twitter notes involving the Devils, Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, Penguins, Panthers, Jets and Hurricanes
Tom Gulitti via twitter: Reportedly on waivers for the NJ Devils: Corrente, Harrold, Leach, Sestito, Fraser, Zharkov, Veilleux. Tracey Myers via twitter: Blackhawks assign Jimmy Hayes, Marcus Kruger, Peter LeBlanc, Brandon Pirri, and Dylan Olsen to Rockford of the AHL.…
Monday morning notes on the Maple Leafs, Flyers, Jets, Coyotes, Canadiens, Devils, Isles, Oilers and Kings
Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Maple Leafs sent goalie Ben Scrivens to the AHL yesterday, with more cuts expected today. Matt Frattin will likely skate with Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin in Thursday's opener, that's if Grabovski is…
Leafs still after top forward … Touch icing breaks another leg (with video) … Scheifele making case, but no contract yet … Wings promised move to East
Darren Dreger of TSN: Brendan Shanahan said he's not pushing to have fighting removed from hockey. The Leafs will put Nazem Kadri on the IR, which allows them to keep an extra player around for the time being. They will…
Afternoon twitter notes involving Modano, Shelly, Brodeur, Connolly, Lombardi, and Sullivan
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Mike Modano be signing with the Dallas Stars soon so that he can retire as a Star. It will be a 1 year deal worth $999,999, he won't collect it due to retiring. Nick Kypreos via…
Modano retires … Doughty rumors false … Leafs looking at Turris … Richards to play tomorrow … Lombardi and Lamoriello audio
Mike Modano on facebook: Modano retires from the NHL. "After a long summer of thinking about my future, I've come to the decision that it's time to retire as a player from the NHL. There's way too many people to…
Camp notes on Leafs, Hurricanes and Senators … Staal back practicing … NHL re-alignment … Sales notes
James Mirtle via twitter: Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson said they will be cut down to 40-42 players by tomorrow afternoon. Chip Alexander via twitter: First roster cuts for the Hurricanes will be tomorrow. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: The Senators…
Contract notes on Doughty and Turris … Free agent notes Selanne and McCabe … Injury notes on Markov, Kane, Brodeur, Salvador, Carter and Prust
Elliotte Friedman of CBC.ca: Kings GM Dean Lombardi must realize know that the "take less for the team" pitch isn't working with Drew Doughty. The Kings must change their approach if they can't sign him soon. Word is they won't…
Sunday notes involving Crosby, Doughty, Whitney, Iginla, Parise, Markov, and Poti
Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sidney Crosby practiced for an hour yesterday and "worked as hard as I possibly could out there." He didn't have any symptoms immediately after practice, and plans on practicing again today. Helene Elliott of…
Afternoon twitter notes involving Doughty, Crosby and a couple Pens, Schenn, Lombardi, Brodeur, Redden, Markov, Kesler and others
Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider posted a transcipt of a phone interview with Kings GM Dean Lombardi about Drew Doughty, and you should check it out in it's entirety. A couple quick quotes from Lombardi: “The problem we have,…
Sabres looking to make trades, could have trouble in new CBA … Possible lines for Rangers … Who plays with E. Staal? Markov has knee drained
John Vogl of the Buffalo News: The Sabres are still about $3.6 million over the salary cap ceiling, and will be actively looking to make trades before their Oct. 7th season opener. Mike Harrington via twitter: After signing Tyler Myers…
Myers and Schenn close … Brodeur may not be with Devils next year … Turris may not get done by camp … A team in Quebec City in 2 years?
John Vogl of the Buffalo News: The Sabres are close to locking up Tyler Myers to a long-term deal, with the final hurdle being length of the deal. TSN is reporting a 6 year, $33 million deal. "We had two…