Video: The Players’ POV with Daniel Carcillo
Daniel Carcillo may be disliked by many, but what he's saying should heard by as many people as possible. Daniel Carcillo in the Players Tribune: On the passing of friend Steve Montador My best friend in hockey, Steve Montador, was…
Morning Rumors: Vanek, Yakupov, Rielly and Montador
John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Sabres Thomas Vanek will be subject to trade speculation until he re-signs or is dealt. The Sabres are struggling, but he likes what the Sabres have. “Right now I’m not ready, but I like where…
Morning Hits: Blues, Coyotes, Senators, Players Traded Too Early, Wild and Montador
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: So far the Blues have increased their payroll to $57 million this year, an increase of $4.8 million. Those numbers don't include Alex Pietrangelo. “If you look at our roster, we had a…
Buyout Hits: Lightning to buyout Vinny, Oilers, Leafs, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Islanders and Capitals
Renaud Lavoie: The Lightning will buyout Vincent Lecavalier. CapGeek: The buyout will cost $30 million over 14 years, $2,142,857 per year through 2027. Pierre LeBrun: Lecavalier will get his $8 million bonus paid out in full over the next three years,…
Quick Hits: Clowe, Trouba, Waivers, Injuries to Bergeron and Pitkanen
Andrew Gross: The Rangers expect to Ryane Clowe in the lineup tomorrow night against the Penguins. Bob McKenzie: The Jets have signed 2012 1st round pick Jacob Trouba to an entry-level deal. Bob McKenzie: Put on waivers today: Flyers Kurtis…
Scouting the Stars … Nonis on Bozak and MacArthur … Oshie Sued … Granlund Reassigned … Montador Clears Waivers
Dallas Morning News: From Dennis Bernstein and Mike Heika: the Bruins, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Blue Jackets, Wild and Rangers have scouted the Dallas Stars the last two games. The Stars scouted the Bruins-Senators game on Monday. Bruce Garrioch noted that…
Quick Hits and Injuries: Realignment, waivers, Latendresse, Lupul, Malkin, Brodeur, Michalek, Benn and Morrow
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: The Board of Governor will vote on realignment by fax this week. Should be done by the end of the week. Tim Wharnsby via twitter: Brendan Mikkelson cleared waivers. The Blackhawks placed Steve Montador on waivers. Brue…
Injury notes on Halak, Carcillo, and Malone
Andy Strickland via twitter: Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak pulled himself out of Monday's game for concerns that his injury wasn't fully healed. He doesn't want it to linger throughout the season. Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times: Blackhawks Daniel Carcillo…
Quick Hits: Kiprusoff, Reimer, Halak, Allen, Cammalleri, Malone, Letang, Regin, Carcillo, Montador, Kubina, Hordichuk, Taylor and Pandolfo
Sportsnet 960 via twitter: The Flames are saying that Miikka Kiprusoff will be out approximately 2 more weeks with a sprained MCL. Jonas Siegel via twitter: Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer has a strained MCL and is out at least…
NHL-NHLPA meet for 7 hours … Still a long way to go … Players who attended the meetings
Chris Johnston (CP) in the Global News: The NHL and NHLPA met for about 7 hours yesterday, with the meeting wrapping up around 10:15 pm. Both sides didn't want to say much about how things went. "With meetings scheduled to…
Possible Islanders targets … Many plans for ‘Hawks … Preds in tough with Weber … No word from Selanne or Alfredsson
Arthur Staple of Newsday: The Islanders have only 4 veteran defenseman under contract heading into free agency. Devils Bryce Salvador is one player the Islanders could be interested in, though he may be too expensive for them. Matt Carkner may…
Morning notes on Sedin, Toews, Carter, McQuaid, Reimer, Gustavsson, McDonald, Hejduk, Mueller, Suter and Parise
Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: The Canucks get some good news in that Daniel Sedin could be ready to return for the 1st round of the playoffs according to GM Mike Gillis. “It's risky to make projections with these…