Afternoon Hits: Stepan, Thomas, Schneider, Waivers, Blues, Lightning and Gaborik

Pierre LeBrun: Derek Stepan’s deal with the Rangers is for two-years and…

Injury Notes: Hornqvist, Oshie, Anisimov, Lupul, Pyatt, Enstrom, Sharp, Hishon, Varlamov and Hejduk

From twitter unless otherwise noted Jim Diamond: Predators Patrick Hornqvist is out…

Afternoon notes on Sharp, Beauchemin, Jacques, Fraser, Brule, Eberle, Bozak, Souray, Riberio, Roy, Skinner, Letang and Markstrom

Adam Jahns via twitter: Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp will be out 3…

Lapierre re-signs with Canucks … Kopecky’s rights sent to Panthers … Some received qualifying offers, others didn’t

Jim Jamieson of the Vancouver Province: Maxim Lapierre has re-signed with the…

Qualifying offers and other Free Agency Rumors

Yesterday at 5:00 pm was the deadline for teams to make qualifying…

Some late day NHL Rumor quick hits

Dmitry Chesnokov via Twitter: Filatov: “I am coming back to CBJ in…