Morning Rumors: Sedin’s, Islanders, Miller, Emelin, Phaneuf, Reimer, Oilers, and Flames
Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province: Canucks GM Mike Gillis and Henrik and Daniel Sedin's agent, J.P. Barry, met again on Monday for a couple hours. The Fourth Period: Two sources saying the Islanders are looking to improve their blueline. They…
Afternoon Hits: Protected 1st Rounder, Bass, Gagner, Perreault, Lupul, Liles, Flames Injuries and Pacioretty
Pierre LeBrun: The 1st round pick that the Islanders included in the Vanek-Moulson deal with the Sabres is protected. Islanders can defer to 2015 if it is in the top 10. Bob McKenzie: Blue Jackets Cody Bass has cleared waivers.…
Sabres Retain Part of Vanek’s Salary … Offered To Maple Leafs 3 or 4 Days Ago
Bob McKenzie: The Sabres retained approximately $1.4 million (20 percent) of Thomas Vanek's salary in the trade with the Islanders. Darren Dreger: The Sabres offer the Maple Leafs Vanek, along with retaining part of his salary. The Sabres offered Vanek…
Morning Rumors: Sabres, Islanders, Flyers, Blues, Panthers, Canadiens, Sharks, Kings, Leafs and Oilers
Arthur Staple of Newsday: Staple thinks the Islanders had no intention of re-signing Matt Moulson. He doesn't see Moulson being with the Sabres beyond the trade deadline. Staple's had heard rumblings that Moulson and he reps were disappointed GM Garth…
Injury Notes: Visnovsky, Salvador, Schneider, Ward, Callahan, Hagelin, Franzen, Koivu, and Scuderi
Arthur Staple: Islanders Brian Strait (upper-body) and Lubomir Visnovsky (concussion) are not skating. Tom Gulitti: Devils Bryce Salvador's MRI revealed a stress fracture in his foot and has been placed on the IR retroactive to last Tuesday. Lou Lamoriello: "It could…
Line Combos: Islanders, Hurricanes, Bruins, Devils, Stars, Penguins and Blackhawks
NY Islanders: Islanders lines: Vanek-Tavares-Okposo; Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey; Grabner-Nelson-Regin-Clutterbuck; Martin-Cizikas-McDonald-Boulton. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Gerbe-E. Staal-Semin, Tlusty-J. Staal-Dwyer, Ruutu-Nash-Lindholm, Bowman-Sutter-Westgarth. Joe McDonald: Bruins lines: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla, Smith-Bergeron-Marchand, Soderberg-Kelly-Caron, Paille-Campbell-Thornton. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Elias-Loktionov-Jagr; Zubrus-Zajac-Brunner; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Carter-Gionta-Bernier; Tedenby-Josefson. Defensive pairings and goalies: Greene-Fayne; Volchenkov-Zidlicky; Gelinas-Larsson; Harrold. Goalies: Brodeur, Terreri.…
Sabres-Islanders Trade: Regier, Snow, Numbers And A Collection Of Thoughts From Twitter
John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Sabres GM Darcy Regier on the Thomas Vanek - Matt Moulson trade. “It was a deal that has been worked on off and on for a while,” General Manager Darcy Regier said in First Niagara…
Morning Rumors: Miller, Islanders and Anderson
John Hoven: Next up for the Sabres is Ryan Miller, but where to is the question. Not a lot of teams looking for goalie that makes that much money. John Vogl: Sabres GM Darcy Regier on Ryan Miller: "I’ve really had…
TRADE: Sabres Trade Vanek To Islanders For Moulson and Picks
The Buffalo Sabres have traded winger Thomas Vanek to the New York Islanders for winger Matt Moulson, a 2014 1st round pick and a 2015 2nd round pick. The 29-year old Vanek was drafted 5th overall by the Sabres in…
Injury Notes: Kostka, Weber, Hickey, Coyle and Perreault
Chris Kuc: The Blackhawks put Michael Kostka on the IR retroactive to October 22nd. John Vogl: Sabres Mike Weber left last night's game with an upper-body injury. Arthur Staple: Islanders Thomas Hickey broke his nose in the first period last…
Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Gustafsson, McGinn, Lupul, Letang, Isles, Khudobin, Klesla and Murray
Renaud Lavoie: Clearing waivers: Bobby Robins (Bos) and Kevin Porter (Buf). Michael Russo: The Wild have recalled goalie Johan Gustafsson with Josh Harding injured. Mike Halford: The Flyers send their leading goal scorer, Tye McGinn, to the AHL. Terry Koshan:…
Lines and Goalies: Wings, Flyers, Penguins, Oilers, Blues, Leafs, Islanders and Sabres
Ansar Khan: Datsyk is skating with Bertuzzi and Alfredsson. Zetterberg is centering Franzen and Tatar. Weiss centering Abdelkader and Cleary. Andersson centering Miller and Tootoo. Anthony SanFilippo: Raffl on a line with Giroux and Lecavalier. Hartnell with Schenn and Voracek. Pittsburgh Penguins:…