Injury notes: Versteeg, Lecavalier, Kelly, Spezza, Ruutu and Steen
Florida Panthers via twitter: The Panthers announce that Kris Versteeg will be having season ending knee surgery. Damian Cristodero via twitter: Lightning Vinny Lecavalier is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. It's probably his knee that he tweaked on Saturday.…
Lines and Goalies: Caps, Pens, Isles, Habs, Blue Jackets, Devils, Rangers, Sens, Panthers, Lightning, Blues and Jets
Katie Carrera via twitter: Capitals lines: Johansson-Ribeiro-Ovechkin; Fehr-Backstrom-Brouwer; Chimera-Hendricks-Ward; Wolski-Perreault/Beagle-Crabb. Stephen Whyno via twitter: Alzner-Kundratek, Schultz-Carlson, Schilling-Oleksy. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Bennett-Jeffrey-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams. Pens Inside Scoop via twitter: First line power play unit: Bennett, Letang, Crosby, Neal and Kunitz. Second unit…
NHL Rumors: Malkin, Smid, Hemsky, Horcoff, Blackhawks, Capitals, Red Wings, Panthers, Lightning, Leafs, Devils and Scouting LA-CAL
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: The Penguins can talk to Evgeni Malkin about a contract extension, but can't re-sign him until the summer. Same goes for the Blackhawks and Jonathan Toews. There hasn't seemed to be much conversation between the Oilers…
Escrow … Injury updates: Filppula, Helm, McDonald, Steen, Tarasenko, Lombardi and Schlemko … Lindback to start
James Mirtle via twitter: 20% for escrow will come off the players checks this pay period. The league is saying revenue projections are down. Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Revenue projections are down to $2.1 billion from $2.4 billion. Pierre LeBrun via…
Ducks send Sexton to Lightning for Wilson
The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Dan Sexton to the Tampa Bay Lightning for center Kyle Wilson. Sexton was signed as a free agent from Bowling Green State University. The 25-year old carries a $550,000 salary cap hit and will…
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…
Quick Hits: Mikkelson, Dubnyk, Ennis, Latendresse and Arnott
Darren Dreger via twitter: The Lightning put Brendan Mikkelson on waivers. Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk left yesterday's game against the Blackhawks with a stinger after he was run over by teammate Teemu Hartikainen. He…
Custance: Top 20 Rental Players
Craig Custance of ESPN: Custance put together a list of the top 20 rental players that could be available at this year's trade deadline or before. "You can't let players walk," said one NHL source. "If you're going to lose…
Injury Notes: Sharp, Richards, Jovanovski, Garon, Helm and Filppula
Nick Cotsonika via twitter: Blackhawks Patrick Sharp will be out for two to three weeks. Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers Brad Richards said there is no timetable for his return. He said there is no concussion, just soreness and is…
Today’s Roster Notes: Bourque, Malone, Tyutin, Dubinsky, Read and Martin
Bob McKenzie via twitter: Bruins put Chris Bourque on waivers today. Erik Erlendsson via twitter: Lightning winger Ryan Malone said he'll be in the lineup tonight. Aaron Portzline via twitter: Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin is questionable for tonight with…
Lines and Starting Goalies: Devils, Jets, Hurricanes, Lightning, Bruins, Jackets, Isles, Rangers, Kings, Sabres and Blues
Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils lines: Ponikarovsky-Zajac-Kovlachuk; Elias-Henrique-Clarkson; Matteau-Loktionov-Bernier; Carter-Gionta-Kostopoulos. Barch. Defensive pairings: Salvador-Volchenkov; Greene-Harrold; Tallinder-Zidlicky; Fayne-Larsson. Gary Lawless via twitter: Jets lines: Ladd-Little-Wheeler, Kane-Olli-Burm, Wright-Antro-Mittens, Tangradi-Slater-Welly Michael Smith via twitter: Justin Peters will start in net for the Hurricanes. Gary Lawless via…
Quick Hits: Visors, Duchene and O’Reilly not talking, realignment and scouting Leafs-Senators
Eric Macramalla via twitter: The players said no to mandatory visors last year. It needs players consent as per the CBA. Larry Brooks via twitter: Bill Daly said in an email that mandatory visors was "discussed briefly" during the CBA talks…