Tag: Nicklas Backstrom

Injuries: Flyers, Devils, Blues, Kings, Capitals and Red Wings

Jeff Neiberg of the Philadelphia Daily News: On the Flyers ... R.J. Umberger is out with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day. Tom Gulitti of The Record: On the Devils ... John Moore's x-ray of his forearm revealed "just a…

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Rumors: Coyotes, Oilers, Capitals, and Bruins

Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: Changes could continue for the Arizona Coyotes as they look to improve from a 0-5-1 preseason. “Am I satisfied where we’re at? Absolutely not,” General Manager Don Maloney said. “We have a lot of…

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Morning Hits and Injuries: Vasilevskiy, Backstrom, Dupuis and More

Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy hopes to return by the end of October. He was on the ice Monday before practice, taking shots from in close. "I'm feeling great, almost ready to go," Vasilevskiy…

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Injuries: Kucherov, DeKeyser, Hammond, Muzzin, and Many More

Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Nikita Kucherov left last night's game in the first period with a lower-body injury. He was hit hard by Stars winger Remi Elie. Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Artemi Panarin has…

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Injuries: Oilers, Flyers, Devils, Capitals, Ducks, and Wings

Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: The Oilers will be without right winger Jordan Eberle for four to six weeks with a shoulder injury. Eberle could miss as many as 16 games. “It wasn’t anything big, just kind of a…

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Morning Hits: Rangers, Devils, Hawks, Flyers, Caps and Blues

Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: The Rangers have 25 players left at camp and will cut that number to 22 by their season opener next Wednesday. Dylan McIlrath and Raphael Diaz are battling for the seventh defenseman spot.…

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Morning Hits: PTOs, Torres, Ritchie, Roy and Spotters

Eric Stephens: The Ducks have invited Sheldon Brookbank and Vitaly Vishnevski to training camp. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Douglas Murray to training camp on a PTO. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Aaron Johnson to training…

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Morning Hits: Franzen, Backstrom, Marchand, Avs, and PTOs

Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that Johan Franzen has been given clearance to play. He'll attend the start of training camp and is expected to be ready for the start of the season. Franzen has…

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Rumors and Notes: RFAs, Huberdeau, Backstrom, and the Flames

NHL Numbers: Remaining unsigned RFAs: Micheal Ferland (CGY), Marcus Kruger (CHI), Stefan Elliott and Freddie Hamilton (COL), Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA), Brock Nelson (NYI) and John Albert (WPG). George Richards: Talk is that the Panthers and Jonathan Huberdeau have agreed on…

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Rumors and Notes: Franson, Berglund, Richards, Lindholm, and Capitals

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: Two sources are saying the Sabres are trying to add defenseman Cody Franson on a two-year contract. Franson has been looking for a multi-year deal and has been linked to the Bruins, Penguins and…

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Rumors and Notes II: UFA Dmen, Blue Jackets, and Capitals

Ryan Dadoun of Pro Hockey Talk: Some noteworthy free agent defenseman that are still looking for work: Cody Franson, Marek Zidlicky, Christian Ehrhoff, Lubomir Visnovsky and Sergei Gonchar. Aarron Portzline: The Blue Jackets have an offer on the table for…

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Video and Notes : Leafs Draft Offer, Caps, Oilers and Seattle

The video shows that the Maple Leafs offered the No. 4 draft pick to the Blue Jackets for the 8th, 34th, 38th, and 58th, as long as Noah Hanifin wasn't drafted by the Coyotes. The trade obviously didn't happen and…

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