NHL News: Waivers, Bruins, Sens, Flames, Islanders, Jackets, Ducks, Wild and Coyotes
On Waivers ... Elliotte Friedman: Players put on waivers yesterday: Martin Marincin - Toronto Maple Leafs and Calvin Pickard - Vegas Golden Knights. Chris Johnston: If Marincin went unclaimed and assigned to the AHL, he would still count $200,000 against…
NHL News: Panthers-Coyotes trade, Lupul, Lightning, Devils, Wings and Wild
On the Florida Panthers and Arizona Coyotes ... George Richards: The Florida Panthers have traded defenseman Jason Demers to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Jamie McGinn. Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: Demers' and McGinn played with each other in…
News: NHL Knows Some Players Are Using Cocaine … Fedoruk on Substance Issues
Rick Westhead of TSN: The NHL acknowledges there are more players using cocaine. The NHL has begun talking with the NHL Players Association to add cocaine and other drugs to the banned substances list. The number of positives are more than…
Rumors: Rangers, Sabres, Ehrhoff, Niskanen, Alfredsson and Couturier
Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: The Rangers lost Ryan McDonagh and Kevin Klein over the weekend, and called up Conor Allen and Dylan McIlrath. Now is the time to sign Marc Staal to a long-term contract extension. If…
Injuries: Weiss, Blue Jackets, Stepan, Krug, Stastny and More
Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Stephen Weiss made his AHL (conditioning assignment for two games) debut last night but only lasted two periods, leaving with a sore groin. "He had a sore groin after two,…
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…
Morning Hits: Niederreiter, Malone, Clowe, Leafs and Milano
Michael Russo: Nino Niederreiter's contract with the Wild is for three-years, $8 million, a $2.66 million cap hit. Pat Leonard: Ryan Malone's deal with the Rangers is for one-year, two-way, $700,000 in the NHL and $100,000 in the AHL. Tom…
Rumors III: Kuemper, Niederreiter, Niemi, Malone and Del Zotto/Schenn
Bob McKenzie: The Wild have goalies Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding under contract and are hoping to get Darcy Kuemper on a two-way contract. Kuemper is looking for a one-way deal. Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Darcy Kuemper's agent confirmed…
Rumors and Notes: Malone, Marleau, Gill, Flames and Ward
Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Ryan Malone's agent confirms that Malone will take part in the Rangers informal skates today. There is no contract agreement yet. Source saying that Malone is in Stage Two of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health…
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…
Rumors: Ovi and Malkin, Wild, Canucks, Heatley and UFAs
Igor Eronko: KHL president Alex Medvedev to Sport-Express.ru on when we'd see Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in the KHL: 'You mean comeback to Russia? There might be good surprises in a year' Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Training camp…
Rumors: Stars, Blue Jackets and Oilers
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Heika thinks it's too early to trade Devin Shore or Jason Dickson, need to see if they can re-sign Jason Spezza to a contract extension first. Sergei Gonchar, Shawn Horcoff and Erik…