Friedman’s thoughts … Pens need a winger … Blues – Flyers scouting each other … Isles holding pat? Bruins to sign Pandolfo
Eliotte Friedman of CBC: The Wild have lots of young talent but at different stages of development. They are 5-5-1 and have holes to fill. "They will not be a contender until their young players are ready," said one executive.…
Morning hits: Grabovski hearing, quarter mark trends, O’Reilly, Myers and MacDonald
Kevin McGran via twitter: Maple Leafs Mikhail Grabovski's hearing was pushed back until this morning. Dave Stubbs via twitter: Hearing will be by phone at 11 am. Stubbs is thinking no suspension, just a fine. John Shannon via twitter: The…
Injury notes: Halak, Byfuglien, Bogosian, Letang, Leighton, Zubrus, Hunwick and Kesler
St. Louis Blue via twitter: The Blues activated goalie Jaroslav Halak from the IR and assigned Jake Allen to Peoria. Ed Tait via twitter: Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has been out the last 5 games with a lower-body injury, but…
Decisions for Kessel and Leafs … Bruins to talk extension with Rask … GMGM talks with ownership … Starting goalies
James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: Maple Leafs Phil Kessel finally scored his 1st goal of the season on Thursday, and now things are brewing as to what will happen regarding his contract. He'll be a free agent after…
Quick Hits: Simmonds, Wisniewski, Goligoski, Lander, Gunnarsson, Halak, Letang, Burns, Rangers lines, and Hiller starts
Sam Carchidi via twitter: Flyers Wayne Simmonds should play on Saturday. Aaron Portzline via twitter: Blue Jackets James Wisniewski hopes to play on Sunday. Stars PR via twitter: Alex Goligoski will be back in the Stars lineup and will be…
Roster notes for tonight: Ehrhoff, Callahan, Boyle, Simmonds, Cizikas, Granlund, Kovalev and Letang
John Vogl via twitter: Sabres defenseman Christian Ehrhoff will return to the lineup tonight. Missed one game. Arthur Staple via twitter: Sounding like Rangers Brian Boyle is out, Ryan Callahan is back in, Dan Girardi is out, Steve Eminger is…
Lines and Starting goalies: Leafs, Flames, Senators, Devils, Penguins, Wild, Blues, Islanders, Rangers and Flyers
Paul Hendrick via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel. MacArthur-Kadri-Frattin. Kulemin-Grabo-Komarov. McClement-Steckel-Orr. Roger Millions via twitter: Flames lines: Cammalleri Tanguay Iginla-Cervenka Stajan Hudler-Glencross backlund Stempniak-Begin Jones Comeau. Defensive pairings and goalies: Giordano Bouwmeester-Brodie Wideman-Smith Butler- Irving in Goal- Taylor backup. Bruce Garrioch via twitter:…
Ducks acquire Lovejoy
The Anaheim Ducks have acquired defenseman Ben Lovejoy from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2014 5th round draft pick. The 28 year old Lovejoy went undrafted and carries a $525,000 cap hit.
Trade Rumors: Weiss, Iginla, Kiprusoff, Sabres, Sens, Caps, Flyers, Panthers, Kulemin, Bernier, Steckel and O’Reilly
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: Panthers GM Dale Tallon on Stephen Weiss rumors, who will be a UFA and has a no-movement clause. "Ridiculous," Tallon said. "I'm not trading him, I'm going to try to sign him." Travis Zajac's 8 year,…
Injury notes and starting goalies: Landeskog, Jones, Thornton, White, Huskins, Bolland, Upshall, Fleury and Varlamov
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: Avs Gabriel Landeskog was put on injured reserve. Avs coach Joe Sacco said that he's only suffering from the head injury now. Landeskog could come off the IR on Monday, but there is no…
Roster notes, lines and Starting goalies: Sens, Coyotes, Habs, Pens, Flames, Devils, Canucks, Caps and Canes
Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Guillaume Latendresse won't travel with the team to the Carolina. Ryan Kennedy via twitter: The Coyotes have sent defenseman David Rundblad to the Arizona Sundogs of the Central League. Corey Pronman via twitter: The Coyotes usually send…
Boychuk and McLaren claimed off waivers … Dvorak to Davos … Jovo out weekend … Brown has shoulder strain … Henrique back
Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Penguins claimed Zach Boychuk off waivers from the Hurricanes. Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Maple Leafs claimed Frazer McLaren off waivers from the Sharks. Matias Strozyk via twitter: Radek Dvorak signed with Davos in Switzerland.…