Morning Rumors: Avalanche, Devils, Penguins, Kings, Islanders, Maple Leafs, Islanders and Sabres
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avs coach Patrick Roy on the March 5th trade deadline. “Sometimes you’re just afraid to say, ‘hey, if we bring this guy in and he doesn’t gel with our guys, are we a better team?”…
Injury Notes: Islanders, Wild, Avs, Penguins, Devils, Red Wings, Blues and Predators
Arthur Staple: An MRI reveals that John Tavares has a torn MCL and a meniscus. He will be ready for training camp. Chad Graff: No change in Wild's Josh Harding's status. Each passing day makes a return less likely. Michael…
Injury Notes: Quick, Burns, Koivu, Fraser, Bozak, DeKeyser, Backstrom, Chiasson and Beauchemin
Daren Millard: Kings GM Dean Lombardi said that Jonathan Quick will be out for another month, likely until Christmas. David Pollak: Sharks Brent Burns had two good medical reports yesterday. His conditioning and timing is still a question, and there is no decision if…
Afternoon Hits: Eaves, Porter, Lack, Liles, Martin, Nash, Elias, Zherdev, Backstrom, Weiss and Jenner
Ansar Khan: Red Wings Patrick Eaves cleared waivers and was assigned to the AHL. Renaud Lavoie: The Blues put Chris Porter on waivers. Bob McKenzie: Canucks sign Eddie Lack to a two-year contract extension with a $1.15 million cap hit.…
VIDEO: NHL Suspends Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri For Three Games
The NHL has suspended Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri for three games for his hit to the head of Minnesota Wild's goaltender Niklas Backstrom. Was three games too much, not enough or just right?
Injury Notes: Backstrom, Nash, Moore, Green, MacKenzie, Tanguay, Quick, Greene, Clifford and Burns
Michael Russo: Wild's Niklas Backstrom left last night's game after being run over by Nazem Kadri. Andrew Gross: Rangers Rick Nash will travel with the team to Montreal and will continue practicing. Andrew Gross: Rangers Dominic Moore said he's good…
VIDEO: Two Questionable Hits From Nazem Kadri … Suspension Coming?
UPDATE: Chris Johnston: Nazem Kadri's hearing will be for his hit on Niklas Backstrom. John Shannon: The NHL did look at Kadri's hit on Granlund but did not view the head as the principle point of contact. The NHL will be…
Injury Notes: Parros, Belesky, Thomas, Backstrom and Potter
Dave Stubbs of Hockey Inside/Out: Canadiens George Parros, out with a concussion, is "almost symptom-free." “He is feeling good, doing a lot better,” Bergevin said, while cautioning that Parros shouldn’t be expected back on the ice imminently. “A concussion is a…
Injury Notes: Spezza, Pacioretty, Sbisa, Backstrom, Thomas and Pyatt
Bruce Garrioch: Senators Jason Spezza said that he should be fine tomorrow. Coach Paul MacLean said that Spezza will be evaluated in the morning and may not be in the lineup. Dave Stubbs: Looking like Max Pacioretty should be back…
Free Agent Hits: Wild, Coyotes, Leafs, Islanders, Penguins and Red Wings
Michael Russo: Niklas Backstrom's 3-year contract extension is for $10.25 million, a $3.42 million salary cap hit. Sarah McLellan: Coyotes GM Don Maloney said that management and coaches had talks with Mike Smith and his agent last week. Jeff Simmons…
Morning Hits: Talks heating up, Bernier, Backstrom, Lightning, Clarkson, MacKinnon, Stastny and Ballard
Dan Rosen: Trade talks are heating up. Leafs GM Dave Nonis has said it and Capitals GM George McPhee said he's expecting a flurry of activity soon. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier yesterday: “I’m still part of…
Quick Hits: Kiprusoff, Bowman, Tippett, Backstrom and Barkley
Chris Johnston: Flames GM Jay Feaster said he spoke with Miikka Kiprusoff last week, adding that Kiprusoff is still leaning towards retirement. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman said that trade talks are on the backburner as teams tend to…