Injury Notes: Rinne, Johnson, Jackman, Morrow, Lupul, McLaren, Helm, Lecavalier and Hartnell
Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: Predators goalie Pekka Rinne will be out at least four weeks after a "hip scope." Magnus Hellberg has been recalled. Josh Cooper via twitter: Predators GM Poile said that Rinne has a spontaneous bacterial infection in…
Injury Notes: Pitkanen, Rinne, Jovanovski and Downie
Ken Preston CarolinaHurricanes.com: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford announced that Joni Pitkanen will miss the entire 2013-14 season. He suffered a broken left calcaneus (heel) bone on April 2nd and missed the remainder of the season. Josh Cooper: Predators Pekka Rinne…
Injury Notes: Helm, Bergeron, Beauchemin, Rinne, Clemmensen, Havlat and Michalek
Helene St. James: Red Wings Darren Helm didn't skate yesterday as he has a pulled groin according to GM Ken Holland. Ansar Khan: Holland said that Helm will likely miss the first few days of training camp, they are being…
Morning Hits: Vanek, Niskanen, Red Wings lines, Preds backup, Zherdev, Hemsky and the Devils starter
Josh Rimer: Rimer is hearing IF the Sabres trade Thomas Vanek, he'd like to play for the Wild as he lives and trains their in the summer. Rimer doubts the Wild would trade for him, but he could sign with…
Injury Notes: Rinne, Pitkanen, Jovanovski, Versteeg, Bergenheim and Helm
Ryan Porth: Predators Pekka Rinne hasn't been fully cleared by doctors and is still in "rehab mode." He is limited in drills but feeling great. Bob McKenzie: Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen April 3rd injury prognosis was for three months, but healing…
Morning Hits: Rinne, Martin, Callahan, Bryzgalov, Radulov and the Kitchener Rangers
Josh Cooper: (S/T Pro Hockey Talk) Predators GM David Poile said that Pekka Rinne hasn't started skating yet. He had hip surgery in May. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins defenseman Paul Martin said he's fully recovered from the "significant injury" he suffered at…
Morning Hits: Burish, Bolland, Emery, Rinne, Danis and the Canucks
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: Sharks winger Adam Burish will miss the second round with an upper-body injury. Burish was slashed on the hand by Alex Edler in Game 4. Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune: Blackhawks Dave Bolland…
Roster Notes and Goalies: Marchand, Ward, Lupul, Canes, Rangers, Sharks, Coyotes, Price, Rinne, Niemi and Luongo
From twitter unless otherwise noted Boston Bruins: Bruins Brad Marchand skated this morning. Stephen Whyno: Capitals Joel Ward skated before practice. He has missed the last three games with a bruised left knee. James Mirtle: Randy Carlyle will decide this…
Quick Hits: Bryzgalov, Bozak and Grabovski, Filppula, Blue Jackets, Soderberg and Rinne
From twitter unless otherwise noted Randy Miller of the Courier-Post: Flyers Ilya Bryzgalov is a candidate to be bought out after the season with the salary cap dropping to $64.3 million. Bryzgalov's thoughts: “To be honest, I don’t care,” he…
Free Agent notes: Wild and Brett Clark … Rask and the Bruins
Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: The Wild are said to be interested and possibly close to signing veteran defenseman Brett Clark. The 36-year old has been playing with Oklahoma City of the AHL and is close to point-a-game. He…
Lines and Starting Goalies: Oilers, Penguins, Capitals, Leafs, Canadiens, Canucks, Panthers and Predators
Dan Tencer via twitter: Oilers lines: Hall-RNH-Eberle, Yakupov-Gagner-Hemsky, Jones-VandeVelde-Petrell and Smyth-Belanger-Eager. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Cooke-Malkin-Neal Bennett-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams. Defensive pairings: Orpik-Martin Niskanen-Letang Engelland-Despres Eaton-Bortuzzo. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals lines: Chimera-Ribeiro-Ovechkin, Fehr-Backstrom-Brouwer, Wolski-Perreault-Ward, Hendricks-Beagle-Crabb. David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel,…
Lines, defensive pairing and starting goalies: Senators, Panthers, Red Wings, Sabres, Hurricanes, Blues, Predators, Lightning and Devils
Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Silfverberg, Latendresse-Turris-Alfredsson, Greening-Smith-Neil, O'Brien-Regin-Condra. Daugavins will be a scratch. Defensive pairings: Karlsson-Methot, Gonchar-Philllips, Wiercioch-Benoit. George Richards via twitter: Alex Kovalev has joined Stephen Weiss and Tomas Fleischmann on the Panthers top line. Tomas Kopecky joins Jonathan Huberdeau and Peter Mueller. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Panthers lines: Fleischmann-Weiss-Kovalev, Huburdeau-Mueller-Kopecky, Upshall-Matthias-Shore and Skille-Smithson-Parros. Ansar Khan via…