Injury Notes: Red Wings, Hurricanes, Devils, Penguins, Rangers, Islanders and Kovalchuk
Ted Kulfan: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that Darren Helm will go on the LTIR, with Jordin Tootoo and Jonas Gustavsson going on the IR. Ansar Khan: Patrick Eaves on LTIR gives the Wings $1.2 million in cap relief. Chip…
Afternoon Hits: Panthers, Liles, Lucic, Thomas, Waivers, DeKeyser and Hossa
Pro Hockey Talk: The Panthers were sold for $230 million to Vincent Viola. James Mirtle: Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle on John-Michael Liles: "The feelings inside the coaches' and management's office should be left there... We know there's tough decisions coming."…
Line Combos: Islanders, Wings, Leafs, Devils, Caps, Canes, Blackhawks, Lightning, Stars and Blue Jackets
Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Bailey, Grabner-Nielsen-Lee, Nelson-Regin-Bouchard, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. Mark Masters: Red Wings lines: Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Abdelkader; Franzen-Weiss-Alfredsson; Cleary-Andersson-Bertuzzi; Jurco-Glendening-Samuelsson. Paul Hendrick: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Clarkson. Broll-Kadri-Raymond. Lupul-Bolland-Kulemin. Ashton-McClement-Orr. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Clowe-Zajac-Brunner; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Tedenby-Loktionov-Jagr; Carter-Gionta-Josefson; Barch-(empty)- Janssen. Katie Carrera: Capitals lines: Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin; Chimera-Grabovski-Wilson; Byers-Perreault-Fehr; Volpatti-Latta-Rechlicz. Michael…
Lines, Pairings and Goalies: Sharks, Sens, Leafs, Canes, Isles, Pens, Canadiens and Lightning
David Pollak: Sharks lines: Hertl-Thornton-Burns, Marleau-Couture-Kennedy, Wingels-Pavelski-Nieto, Hamilton-Desjardins-Sheppard. Defensemen and goalies: Demers, Boyle, Hannan, Vlasic, Irwin, Tennyson G: Niemi, Stalock. Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines: Dizzy-Smith-Neil, MacArthur-Turris-Stone, Greening-Da Costa-Petterson, Cowick-O'Brien-Robinson. Defensive pairings: Cowen-Wiercioch, Borowiecki-Ceci and Sdao-Corvo. Mark Masters: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Clarkson; Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin; Ashton-Colborne-Bodie; Broll-McClement-Devane; Raymond-Smith-Kessel; Leivo-Orr. Michael Smith:…
New York Islanders 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: After five seasons of early exits, the New York Islanders, led by John Tavares and Matt Moulson, finally managed to make the playoffs and even took two games against the heavily favored Pittsburgh Penguins before…
Injury Notes: Gagne, Jagr, Loktionov, Tedenby, Giroux and Okposo
Chris Nichols: Oilers Sam Gagne is out indefinitely with a broken jaw. Rich Chere: Devils coach Peter DeBoer said he hopes to get Jaromir Jagr into a preseason game or two, "I believe he'll be ready (for the season opener)." Rich…
Line Combos: Senators, Islanders, Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Blackhawks and Capitals
Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines this morning: Michalek-Spezza-Ryan; Greening-Zibby-Neil: Prince-Pageau-Petersson and Kassian-Grant-Schneider. Defensive pairings: Methot-Karlsson; Phillips-Claesson and Wiercioch-Wideman Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Bailey-Nielsen-Okposo, Lee-Nelson-Strome, Gallant-Regin-Boulton, Quine-Miller-Diamond. Defensive pairings: Dalhuisen-Martinek, Pedan-Mayfield, Reinhart-Pulock. Goalies: Nabokov and Poulin. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: Lupul-Bozak-Kessel, JVR-Colborne-Clarkson, Raymond-Bolland-Kulemin, Broll-Kadri-Abbott,Ashton-McClement-Devane, Smith-Bodie. Ansar…
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: 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…
PTOs: Boyes, Thomas, Gillies, White, Theodore, Kobasew, Martinek and Johnson
Andy Strickland: Brad Boyes will attend the Panthers camp on a PTO. Bob McKenzie: The Panthers have offered Tim Thomas a PTO. No decision yet. Pierre LeBrun: Thomas wants to be a No. 1 goalie and not a backup according…
Tim Thomas Decision Could Come As Early As Today
Craig Custance: UFA goalie Tim Thomas could make a decision as early as today. He's having discussions with multiple teams. Joe Yerdon: Teams that may be looking for goalie help: Flames, Islanders and maybe the Panthers now that Scott Clemmensen…
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…