Trade and Free Agent Rumors: Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Flyers, Devils, Oilers, Blues and Blue Jackets
Mike Zeisberger via twitter: Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis on any further trades: "Not much out there for us right now. But that could change quickly." Jonas Siegel via twitter: GM Nonis on Mike Komisarek: "What Mike has said is that if…
Kessel Trade Rumors Persist … At Least Five Could be Interested in Iginla … Komisarek Submits Trade List … Sabres Should Explore Bernier
Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: Trade rumors persist that Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis may unload Phil Kessel before the April 3rd trade deadline. Dupont says that after three plus years in Toronto, he has convinced many in…
Arnott Skating with Blues … Steen, McDonald and Tarasenko to be Evaluated Again … Injury to Ward … Bieksa with Groin Issue
Dan O'Neill of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Jason Arnott met with Blues coach Ken Hitchcock on Saturday, and skated yesterday morning. He will practice with the team as they travel on their road trip to Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and…
Garrioch’s Rumor Roundup … Kick-starting a Flames Rebuild … Canucks Knew About O’Reilly Waiver Issue
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: On the Flames offer sheet to Ryan O'Reilly, "Calgary should have known (the Avs) were going to match it no matter what," said a league insider Friday. "By doing this, what they've done is…
Leafs and Blues talking trade? Might be time for “much needed and anticipated” changes in Calgary
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: Sources in Toronto have the Blues and Maple Leafs on each other's radar. Nikolai Kulemin's name keeps coming up. Kulemin may need a change of scenery. He's taken a defensive/penalty killing role and gets limited…
Injuries and Goalies: Hall, Green, Crawford, Moore, Schneider and Elliott
Chris Nichols via twitter: Oilers Taylor Hall was taken out of last night's game as a "safety precaution" with "tightness in his leg" Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals Mike Green re-aggravated his groin injury and won't travel with the team…
Blues notes … Avalanche got Burned … Scouting the Flyers, Blues-Hawks, Bruins-Sens … Leafs Will Need to Make Roster Moves
Andy Strickland of TrueHockey: A Blues trade of Kevin Shattenkirk for Daniel Briere makes zero sense for the Blues. Shattenkirk will eventually sign a contract extension with Blues. They talked before the lockout and will resume talks at some point, which…
Injury and Roster Notes: Senators, Blues, Panthers, Flames and Hurricanes
Don Brennan via twitter: Senators goalie Craig Anderson practiced this morning. Coach Paul MacLean said "as of now" he doesn't see Anderson playing this weekend. Andy Strickland via twitter: Blue defenseman Kris Russel should be in, Wade Redden to sit. Lou…
Injury Notes: Wisniewski, McDonald, Steen, Khabibulin, McDonagh, Nash, Del Zotto, Brown, Kuba, Bolland, Salo and Michalek
Shawn Mitchell via twitter: Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski was put on the IR and will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a broken right foot. St. Louis Blues: The Blues put Andy McDonald on the IR with a left…
Lines and Starting Goalies: Rangers, Flames, Leafs, Kings, Blackhawks and Blues
Pat Leonard via twitter: Rangers lines: "Hag-Step-Call, Pyatt-Rich-Gab, Miller-Boyle-Powe, Kreid-Halp-Nash (Nash in blue tho; could just be skating in Ash place" Wes Gilbertson via twitter: Flames lines: Tanguay-Stajan-Iginla, Glencross-Cammalleri-Stempniak, Hudler-Comeau-Baertschi, Aliu-Begin-Jackman Jonas Siegel via twitter: Ben Scrivens will start in net…
Morning Rumors II: Tagging, Blues, Briere, Shattenkirk, Luongo and Schneider
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: On March 1st teams will be allowed to spend up to 10% of next season's $64.3 million salary cap ceiling. The "tagging rule" usually doesn't come into play until after the season. This will help…
Injury Updates: Nash, Wisniewski, Johansson, Clutterbuck, Bourque, Brodeur, Malone, Lehtonen, Reimer, Frattin, Steen and McDonald
Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers Rick Nash doesn't think he'll be ready to go tonight. He won't say what the injury is, saying it was a few things. When asked directly if it was a concussion, Nash said he wasn't a doctor.…