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:…
Line Combos: Flyers, Panthers, Flames, Islanders, Leafs, Devils and Canucks
Sarah Baicker: Flyers new top line: Giroux centering Lacavalier and Raffl. David Neal: Panthers lines: Upshall-Gomez-Boyes, Flash-Barkov-Versteeg, Bjugstad-Huberdeau-Winchester Matthias-Goc-Kopecky. Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Glencross-Monahan-Hudler; Baertschi-Backlund-Stempniak; Galiardi-Cammalleri-Jones. NY Islanders: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey, Nelson-Regin-Clutterbuck, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, Raymond-Bolland-Leivo, McClement-Kadri-Lupul, Bodie-Smith-Orr. Tom…
VIDEO: Grabner Suspended for Head Hit On Gerbe
New York Islanders winger Michael Grabner was suspended for two games for an illegal check to the head of Carolina Hurricanes Nathan Gerbe. Comment: Was the suspension the right amount? Too much? Not enough?