Morning Hits: Waivers and Roster Notes For Seven Teams
Renaud Lavoie: On waivers yesterday: Brad Thiessen, Jared Staal, Greg Nemisz, Justin Shugg and Ben Holmstrom (CAL), Mike Moore, John Landrey and Tim Kennedy (WAS), Bobby Sanguinetti, Alex Biega, Peter Andersson, Dustin Jeffrey, Brandon Defazio and Darren Archibald (VAN), Luke…
Injuries: Pens, Flyers, Rangers, Bruins, Leafs, Coyotes and Wings
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Evgeni Malkin is not skating or working out due to an undisclosed injury and is still a few days away. “I know I’ve said that before,” Johnston said of the four-to-five-day timeline. “It just…
Rumors III: Three Mailbags and Hurricanes Options At Center
Craig Custance of ESPN: (mailbag) No updates on if there is any interest in UFAs Ray Whitney and Tim Thomas. There is no way the Wild could move Niklas Backstrom unless they take a bad contract in return.Custance thinks that…
Injuries: Staal, Malkin, Datsyuk, Drouin, Byfuglien, Couture and Edler
Dan Rosen: Hurricanes Jordan Staal broke a bone in his right leg last night. There is no timetable for his return. Shelly Anderson: Penguins Evgeni Malkin is not skating. He was walking around the dressing room with no sign of…
Top NHL Prospects – Eastern Conference Teams
As part of 2014-15 season primer series for each team, we included each teams top 10 prospects heading into the season. We've decided to re-list them all and breaking down by Eastern and Western Conferences. First up will be the…
Rumors II: Spezza, Methot, Neal, Bylsma, Franson and Thornton
Luke Fox of SporstNet: The Stars don't see Jason Spezza a rental player and GM Jim Nill is "pretty confident" that they can sign him to a contract extension before the 2014-15 trade deadline. “We wanted Jason to get to…
Rumors I: Johansen, Bobrovsky, Whitney and Fleury
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen's camp haven't had any contract negotiations in the past six weeks, but the sides are expected to meet face-to-face this weekend in Traverse City, Michigan. “The last time…
Quick Hits: Leafs, Carter, Alfie, PTOs, Robidas and Maatta
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Simmons thinks that Randy Carlyle has about a 40 game window to improve the Leafs or he could be out of job, regardless of the extension. David Clarkson will get a shot to be…
Pittsburgh Penguins 2014-15 Season Primer
The Pittsburgh Penguins are next up in our season primer series. The Penguins underwent some roster changes this offseason, including the trading of James Neal. Use the below Tabs to view Penguins info for this upcoming season, as well as…
Rumors I: Senators Looking for Top-Nine, Methot and Coyotes
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Bryan Murray is still looking to add a top-nine forward as training camp nears. Sources saying available forwards at the moment include Alexander Semin ($7 million), Damien Brunner ($2.5 million), Drew Stafford…
Injury Updates: Alfredsson, Dupuis, Robidas, Virtanen and Lucic
Ansar Khan of MLive: Daniel Alfredsson wants to play this year, but it's up to his body. "When you do it every day for a couple of weeks we'll see how it feels," Alfredsson said. "Make sure it holds up…
Rumors II: Bruins, Penguins, Rangers, Wings, Leafs and Blues
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: The Bruins obviously need to make some cap room for RFAs Torey Krug and Reilly Smith. Marc Savard can't go on the LTIR until the start of the season. If the young kids like…