Lines and Roster Notes: Penguins, Blues, Jets, Hurricanes, Capitals, Leafs, Sabres and Avalanche
Shelly Anderson: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Bennett-Malkin-Neal Zolnierczyk-Jeffrey-D'Agostini Glass-Vitale-Kobasew. Pens Inside Scoop: Penguins first PP unit: Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Kunitz, Letang. Second PP unit: Bennett, D'Agostini, Kobasew, Despres & Niskanen. Jeremy Rutherford: Blues lines: Steen-Backes-Oshie, Schwartz-Roy-Stewart, Paajarvi-Berglund-Tarasenko. Ken Wiebe: Jets lines: Evander Kane-Olli Jokinen-Michael Frolik,…
Morning Hits: Stepan, Morrow, Oilers heavyweight seach and Fleury
Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Rangers RFA Derek Stepan is looking for a two-year deal at $7 million. The Rangers are said to be offering about $6.4 million over two-years. Josh Rimer: The Blues are believed to be offering…
Injury Notes: Vokoun, Booth, Gustavsson, Gleason, Jagr, Clowe and Vatanen
Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins Tomas Vokoun underwent a procedure yesterday to dissolve a blood clot in his pelvis and is out indefinitely. Brad Ziemer: Canucks David Booth has groin stiffness. Ansar Khan: Jonas Gustavsson has a groin injury and is expected…
Morning Hits: Waivers, Rielly, Jokinen, Vokoun and Dubinsky
Renaud Lavoie: Put on waivers yesterday: Francis Wathier (Dal), Cedrick Desjardins (TB), Riku Helenius (TB) and Marc-Andre Cliche (LA) Chris Johnston: Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis on Morgan Rielly: “If he really is ready to play here and he can play…
Morning Rumors: Stepan, Franson, Thomas, Lundqvist, Sedin’s, Morrow, NJ Goalies, Raymond, Halak and Miller
Darren Dreger of TSN: Players will be warned if their jersey is tucked in, and then will get a two minute penalty if it happens again. It's unlikely that Derek Stepan will be in the Rangers lineup on opening night. Stepan…
Afternoon Hits: Gilbert, Lazar, Morin … Cuts by Penguins, Maple Leafs and Senators
Jonathan Willis: Tom Gilbert accepted the Panthers PTO offer. Chris Johnston: The Senators sign Curtis Lazar to an entry level contract. Sam Carchidi: The Flyers sign Samuel Morin to a three-year entry level deal worth $4.275 million. Seth Rorabaugh: Sent…
Lines and Defensive Pairings for 13 Teams
Matt Kalman: Bruins lines: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla,Camara-Spooner-Johnson,Fraser-Soderberg-Cunningham,Paille-Fallstrom-Thornton. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis, Jokinen-Sutter-Conner, Zolniercyzk-Megna-Uher, Gibbons-Drazenovic-Adams. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel. McKegg-Smith-Clarkson. D'Amigo-Ashton-Kulemin. Ross-Crescenzi-Bodie. James Mirtle: Defensive pairings: Gardiner-Brennan, Rielly-Granberg, Fraser-MacWilliam. Jessica Rusnak: Canadiens lines: Pacioretty-DD-Briere, Moen-White-Leblanc, Hudon-Dumont-Thomas, Fournier-Tarnasky-Blunden. Defensive pairings: Gorges-Subban, Murray-Bouillon, Nygren-Dietz. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Pesonen-Henrique-Bernier;…
Lines and pairings from yesterday: Senators, Penguins, Canadiens, Stars and Jets
Don Brennan: Senators lines: Conacher with Da Costa and Stone, Kassian with Smith and Condra, Ryan with Spezza and Michalek. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins lines: Bennett-Malkin-Neal, Glass-Jeffrey-Kobasew, (Letourneau-Leblond)-Vitale-Farnham, Kuhnhackl-Ebbett-Payerl, Sill. John Lu: Canadiens lines: Galchenyuk - Eller - Gallagher;Prust - Reway - Collberg;Bournival -…
Lines and Pairings: Devils, Jets, Lightning, Wild, Habs, Isles, Hawks, Sharks, Pens and Canes
Tom Gulitti: Devils lines, first group: Clowe-Henrique-Ryder; Whitney-Loktionov-Boucher; Carter-Kujawinski-Pesonen; McKelvie-D. Zajac-Thomson. Tom Gulitti: Devils 2nd group lines: Elias-Zajac- Jagr; Tedenby-Josefson-Sislo; Matteau-Wohlberg-Bell; Johnson, Black. Ken Wiebe: Jets Mark Scheifele is skating with Evander Kane and Devin Setoguchi. Joe Haggerty: Bruins Loui Eriksson is…
Morning Hits: Hedberg, Datsyuk, KHL Salary Cap, Burakovsky, Jarry and Howse
Rich Chere: Johan Hedberg said that he doesn't have any firm offers yet, but is willing to wait. Tom Gulitti: He has been talking with the Devils about an off-ice job, "nothing is concrete" yet. Igor Eronko: Pavel Datsyuk's apartment in Russia…
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…
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…