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: Rangers, Oilers, Leafs, Kings, Wings, Stars, Jackets and Lightning
Danny Knobler of ESPN: Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh separated his left shoulder last night after a hit from Jets Evander Kane. It is the same shoulder that was separate at the end of the regular season last year, causing him…
Injuries: Lupul, Blues, Pirri, Quincey, Kopitar, Callahan and Cammalleri
Chris Johnston: Joffrey Lupul fell at practice on Thursday and broke a bone in his hand. He's out indefinitely. Mark Masters: Lupul: "Just an awkward fall. I honestly thought nothing of it." Lou Korac: Blues Paul Stastny and T.J. Oshie won't…
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: Jackets, Hawks, Flames, Flyers, Preds, Wild, Lighning and Wings
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Sergei Bobrovsky will miss one to two weeks with a fractured finger. Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets James Wisniewski has a broken finger and will be out one to two weeks. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Corey…
Quick Hits: Maatta, Foligno, Kopitar and Other Injury Updates
Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta will have surgery next week to remove a tumor in his neck that might be a low-grade thyroid cancer. Maatta is still able to play until he has the surgery.…
Injuries: Foligno, Kane, Crawford, Kopitar, Connolly and Bailey
Todd Sharrock: Blue Jackets Nick Foligno had movement and was talking to doctors after being stretched off the ice. He had precautionary x-rays at the Staples Center. Aaron Portzline: Foligno traveled with the team back to Columbus. (video of incident…
Quick Hits: Injuries, Lines, Pairings and Goalies
Erik Erlendsson: Ryan Callahan not on ice, so not expecting to play Friday or Saturday. Andy Strickland: Blues Carl Gunnarsson won't play tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning lines: Drouin-Filppula-Stamkos/Palat-Johnson-Connolly/Kucherov-Namestnikov-Brown/Morrow-Boyle-Blunden. Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Colborne-Monahan-Hudler, Glencross-Stajan-Byron, Raymond-Backlund-Gaudreau, Bollig-Jooris-Bouma. Defensive pairings: Giordano-Brodie; Russell-Wideman; Smid-Engelland. Columbus Blue…
Consensus Power Rankings – Week Two
For the rest of the season we'll be taking a look at various media outlets weekly power rankings and formulating a consensus rankings from them. Results will likely be posted each Wednesday. To get our consensus point total, we awarded…
Injuries: Nichushkin, Gonchar, Horton, Callahan, Muzzin and Torres
Dallas Morning News: Stars Valeri Nichushkin has skated the past two days and could return to practice today. "If things go well, maybe he can participate in part of our practice, maybe in a non-contact sense or even just the…
Quick Hits: Notes, Injuries, Lines and Goalies
Kevin McGran: The Maple Leafs have hired Mark Hunter as their Director of Player Personnel. Chris Johnston: Hunter will oversee their pro and amateur scouting departments. Stephen Whyno: Martin Brodeur won't play for Team Canada at the Deutschland Cup. Chris…
Injuries: Lightning, Bruins, Stars, Jackets, Rangers, Wings plus more
Joe Smith: Lightning coach Jon Cooper said it would be miraculous if Alex Killorn or Ryan Callahan play tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning's Radko Gudas didn't skate yesterday and likely won't play tonight. He might be able to go on Friday.…