Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

VIDEO: Ryan Suter To Have Hearing For Elbow On Steve Downie

NHL Player Safety: Wild defenseman Ryan Suter will have a hearing this afternoon for his elbow on Penguins forward Steve Downie. Do you think Suter SHOULD get suspended, and if so, for how many games? Do you think he WILL get…

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Rumors III: Friedman 30 Thought Roundup

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Kings have already locked up Alec Martinez and Jake Muzzin. They are trying to get a deal done with Justin Williams, and will also have to deal with Kyle Clifford, Martin Jones, Tanner Pearson, Jarret…

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Quick Hits: Waivers, Lightning, Capitals and Line Combos

Renaud Lavoie: The Coyotes put Chris Summers and Brandon McMillan on waivers. The Predators put Mark Arcobello on waivers. Bryan Burns: Lightning coach Jon Cooper said that Tyler Johnson is "day-to-day" and Victor Hedman is "day-ish". Both will not play…

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Rumors II: Senators, Sabres, Wings, Leafs, Kings and Panthers

Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators GM Bryan Murray hinted over the weekend that he'll continue to search for a top-six forward. They are 11th in the Eastern Conference and are faced with two options. 1) sell some veteran…

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Rumors I: Oilers, Flames, Avalanche, Hurricanes and Wild

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers defenseman Jeff Petry is a pending UFA and if there is no traction on a long-term deal soon, he'll likely be traded by the deadline. The Red Wings and Penguins are among the…

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Injuries: Preds, Pens, Flyers, Kings, Lightning, Leafs and more…

Nashville Predators: James Neal practiced yesterday but remains on the IR with a lower-body injury. He skated on the second line with Mike Fisher and Colin Wilson. Neal has missed the last five games. Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:…

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Quick Hits: Nylander, Injury Updates and Some Line Combos

Leafs PR: The Maple Leafs have recalled William Nylander from MODO and assigned him to the AHL. Darren Dreger: The Leafs have no intention of recalling Nylander from the Marlies. There was recall provision in Nylanders contract that had to…

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Injuries: Flyers, Preds, Flames, Bruins, Red Wings and more

Frank Seravalli: Flyers GM Ron Hextall will have an update on Nicklas Grossmann today. Servalli guessing concussion. Jim Diamond: Predators Ryan Ellis left last night's game with a lower-body injury. Derek Willis: The Flames put Josh Jooris on the IR.…

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Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 13

There was a bit more variation at the top of the rankings this week. Three teams received first place votes, eight teams in the top three. With seven rankings this week, we were once again able to drop the highest…

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Injuries: Lightning, Wild, Flyers, Jets, Caps, Sens, Pens and Hawks

Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning's Radko Gudas will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out indefinitely. He suffered the injury after crashing awkwardly into the boards on December 29th against the Maple Leafs. He…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Sat. Jan. 3rd, 2015

Ten games last night. Nightly recap video of all eight games in just under four minutes, plus extended highlights of each game. Six teams record at least six goals. Jaromir Jagr becomes the old player to record a NHL hat…

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Top 5 2015 NHL Free Agent Goalies

There isn’t a big premium on goaltending anymore in that 20-25 goaltenders are legitimate starters and the difference between the top-tier and bottom-tier of the 20-25 is about one save per 100 shots (or .10SV%). That said, bad goaltending completely…

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