Morning Hits: Injury Updates and Department of Player Safety
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan: Forward Mike Fisher is day-to-day with an upper body injury. He didn't practice yesterday. Mike Ribeiro was given a maintenance day. On the Florida Panthers ... Harvey Fialkov: There is no timeline of Jussi Jokinen…
Morning Hits: Waivers, PTOs and Injury Updates
Put on waivers yesterday ... James Mirtle: Players who were put on waivers yesterday. Anaheim Ducks: Clayton Stoner Dallas Stars: Matej Stransky and Justin Dowling New York Islanders: Scott Mayfield New York Rangers: Magnus Hellberg Vancouver Canucks: Michael Zalewski, Andrey…
Morning Hits: Suspension, Waivers and Injury Notes
On the LA Kings ... NHL Player Safety: Forward Tanner Pearson was suspended for the remainder of the preseason and two regular season for an illegal check to the head. On waivers yesterday ... James Mirtle: Players who were put…
Rumors and Notes: Kings, Hawks, Sobotka, Panthers and more
On the Los Angeles Kings ... Jon Rosen: Kings coach Darryl Sutter indicated that it's too early to say if they will go with seven or eight defensemen. A decision could come up next week. On the Chicago Blackhawks ...…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Campbell and Panthers
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Erik Erlendsson: Don't expect the Lightning to be involved much in free agency when it gets underway as noon. On Brian Campbell ... George Richards: Heard that the Panthers offered Brian Campbell a one and…
NHL Rumors: Panthers, Rangers and Canucks
On the Florida Panthers ... Brian Lawton: Have been told that Nick Bjugstad trade rumors of him being shopped are NOT true according from several Panthers officials. Elliotte Friedman: Talk is that the Panthers are a preparing an eight-year contract…
NHL Rumors: Mostly Wild with some Kings, Coyotes and Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: The Wild haven't decided if they will buy out the final year of Thomas Vanek or not. Buying out Vanek would save the Wild $5 million next season. “The…
NHL Rumors: Lucic, Panthers, Canucks, Jets and Kings
*** Doing some catching up with a couple of quick posts. Embedding tweets as opposed to re-writing to get to more rumors before they expire *** On Milan Lucic ... Just talked with Milan Lucic's agent Gerry Johannson, he preaching…
Rumors: Andrew Ladd – Panthers, Ducks, Bruins, Habs and Preds
On the Florida Panthers ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Panthers next priority now that Aleksander Barkov is signed long-term, would be to add a piece or two before the deadline. "It depends what it’s going to cost us, we’re…
Injuries: Blue Jackets, Ducks, Flames, Islanders and More
On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline: Sergei Bobrovsky said that he aggravated the groin injury that has kept him out of the Blue Jackets lineup since December 10th. Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets activated…
Injuries: Pens, Coyotes, Oilers, Blues, Bruins and More
Video: Marc-Andre Fleury takes an elbow from Chris Kunitz on Sunday. On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Sam Kasan of Penguins.NHL: Marc-Andre Fleury went through concussion protocol yesterday. “Marc came to us after the game and said he did not feel…
Rumors: Hurricanes and Panthers
On the Carolina Hurricanes and Eric Staal ... Bob McKenzie of TSN: Hurricanes GM Ron Francis and the agent for captain Eric Staal, Rick Curran, spoke on the phone yesterday about the pending unrestricted free agent.Neither side would comment on…