Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

Afternoon Rumors: Maple Leafs, Downie, Goaltenders and Draft Lottery

Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "Most likely that the Leafs will look to get something done with a team in the West. There is that relationship in Anaheim" James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: The Maple Leafs could look at the…

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Afternoon Notes: Erikson, Versteeg, Desharnais, Calvert, Schlemko, Kunitz, Neal, Olesz and Mazanec

Mike Halford: Bruins Loui Eriksson will be back in the lineup tonight against the Stars. George Richards: Looking like Kris Versteeg will be back in the Panthers lineup on a line with Goc and Kopecky. Gomez and Barch will be…

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Lines and Goalies: Senators, Devils, Stars, Wings, Wild, Lightning, Flyers, Penguins and Blues

Brent Wallace: Senators lines: Conacher-Spezza-Neil MacArthur-Turris-Ryan Michalek-Smith-Zibanejad Greening/Kassian-Grant-Condra. Rich Chere: Devils lines: Elias-Loktionov-Jagr; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Zubrus-Zajac-Brunner; Carter-Gionta-Bernier; Tedenby-Josefson. Mark Stepneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Cole; Whitney-Eakin-Chiasson; Nichushkin-Horcoff-Peverley; MacDermid-Fiddler-Roussel. Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings lines: Datsyuk centering Zetterberg and Bertuzzi. Johan Franzen…

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Morning Hits: Expansion Cities, Selanne, Penguins Injuries, Josi, Fisher, O’Reilly and Thomas

David Shoatls: Tim Leiweke said that there won't be a second team in the Toronto any time soon. First it will be Seattle and Quebec, then Vegas, with Kansas City a possibility. Adam Kimelman: Ducks Teemu Selanne lost some teeth…

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Injury Notes: Canucks, Hawks, Sens, Devils, Ducks, Bruins, Oilers, Leafs, Pens and Blues

Dan Murphy: Canucks injuries: Jordan Schroeder (ankle) out two months, Jannik Hansen (upper-body) out for three-four weeks, Dale Weise (lower-body) out three-four weeks and David Booth (lower-body) out one-two weeks. Chris Kuc: Blackhawks Michal Handzus (upper-body) is not skating and…

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Injury Notes: Visnovsky, Salvador, Schneider, Ward, Callahan, Hagelin, Franzen, Koivu, and Scuderi

Arthur Staple: Islanders Brian Strait (upper-body) and Lubomir Visnovsky (concussion) are not skating. Tom Gulitti: Devils Bryce Salvador's MRI revealed a stress fracture in his foot and has been placed on the IR retroactive to last Tuesday. Lou Lamoriello: "It could…

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Line Combos: Islanders, Hurricanes, Bruins, Devils, Stars, Penguins and Blackhawks

NY Islanders: Islanders lines: Vanek-Tavares-Okposo; Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey; Grabner-Nelson-Regin-Clutterbuck; Martin-Cizikas-McDonald-Boulton. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Gerbe-E. Staal-Semin, Tlusty-J. Staal-Dwyer, Ruutu-Nash-Lindholm, Bowman-Sutter-Westgarth. Joe McDonald: Bruins lines: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla, Smith-Bergeron-Marchand, Soderberg-Kelly-Caron, Paille-Campbell-Thornton. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Elias-Loktionov-Jagr; Zubrus-Zajac-Brunner; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Carter-Gionta-Bernier; Tedenby-Josefson. Defensive pairings and goalies: Greene-Fayne; Volchenkov-Zidlicky; Gelinas-Larsson; Harrold. Goalies: Brodeur, Terreri.…

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Injury Notes: Rinne, Neal, Lundqvist, Fasth, Stempniak, Slater, Nieto, Jenner and MacArthur

Pat Iverson of SB Nation: Predators Pekka Rinne told the Finnish magazine "Urheilulehti," that his hip infection is "very dangerous" and could lead to long-term problems. Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Penguins James Neal is not expected to practice…

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Morning Rumors: Weber, Hurricanes goalie situation, Stastny and Brodeur

Dave Isaac: "You know why Nashville won’t trade Weber? Because as of July 1, they’ll have paid him 38% of a contract that he’s only completed 14% of." The Fourth Period: The Hurricanes could look to the free agent market…

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Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Gustafsson, McGinn, Lupul, Letang, Isles, Khudobin, Klesla and Murray

Renaud Lavoie: Clearing waivers: Bobby Robins (Bos) and Kevin Porter (Buf). Michael Russo: The Wild have recalled goalie Johan Gustafsson with Josh Harding injured. Mike Halford: The Flyers send their leading goal scorer, Tye McGinn, to the AHL. Terry Koshan:…

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Lines and Goalies: Wings, Flyers, Penguins, Oilers, Blues, Leafs, Islanders and Sabres

Ansar Khan: Datsyk is skating with Bertuzzi and Alfredsson. Zetterberg is centering Franzen and Tatar. Weiss centering Abdelkader and Cleary. Andersson centering Miller and Tootoo. Anthony SanFilippo: Raffl on a line with Giroux and Lecavalier. Hartnell with Schenn and Voracek. Pittsburgh Penguins:…

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Injury Notes: Brodin, Fisher, Letang, Salvador, Thomas, Kostka, Lundqvist and Doan

Minnesota Wild: Wild's defenseman Jonas Brodin has a broken cheekbone and is out indefinitely. No timetable.Jim Diamond: Carrie Underwood reports that Mike Fisher has a "foot fracture thing."William DePaoli: Penguins Kris Letang looking like he's back on Friday and paired…

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