Maple Leafs notes: Connolly to waivers, Luongo losing steam, JVR returns to practice, Gardiner skates, Aucoin claimed
2:36 PM: James Mirtle via twitter: Randy Carlyle: "I think the goalie decision is our toughest decision. Who gets to start." Sarah McLellan via twitter: Coyotes will get a $2 million salary cap hit for Matthew Lombardi, and will pay…
Roster notes: waivers, Jets claim Peluso, Kovalchuk, Visnovsky, Etem, Gibson, Bodie, Parent, Rosehill and Maple Leafs
Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Sharks waivers: Danny Groulx. Flyers waivers: Andreas Lilja, Brian Boucher. Hurricanes waivers: Brett Bellemore, Nicolas Blanchard, M-A Gragnani, Justin Krueger, Jerome Samson, Chris Terry, Justin Peters. Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Scott Gomez and Wade Redden put on waivers for purpose of…
Injury notes: van Riemsdyk, Gardiner, Burns, Demers and Gilbert
David Alter via twitter: James van Riemsdyk intends to play in the Leafs opener on Saturday. Rob Longley via twitter: Leafs Jake Gardiner finished his skate after 20 minutes morning. James Mirtle via twitter: Mirtle hopes the Leafs aren't going to…
Lines from today: Penguins, Wild, Ducks, Stars, Devils, Flames, Flyers and Maple Leafs
Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Team Black forwards Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Jeffrey-Adams Holzapfel-Vitale-Megna Uher-Payerl. Team Black defensemen: Niskanen-Engelland Orpik-Martin Dumoulin-Bortuzzo (Samuelsson). Goalie Fleury. Team White forwards: Tangradi-Malkin-Neal Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Smith-Peters-Bennett MacIntyre-Sill-Thompson. Team White defenesmen: Despres-Letang Strait-Lovejoy Morrow-Reese. Goaltender Vokoun. Scratches: Gibbons and Grant. Michael Russo…
Maple Leafs trade Lombardi to Coyotes for a draft pick
10:10 PM: John Shannon via twitter: Shannon is hearing the Leafs could be retaining $1.5 million in cap space for Lombardi. Coyotes getting a $2 million cap hit for Lombardi. James Mirtle via twitter: The Maple Leafs have already paid…
Injury notes: Briere, Helm, Samuelsson, Orr, van Riemsdyk, Miettinen, Larson, Rome and Booth
Randy Miller via twitter: Flyers forward Daniel Briere said it would a stretch to play this weekend, and he's not sure if he'll be ready by the end of the month. Ansar Khan via twitter: Red Wings Darren Helm said…
Lines and defensive pairings today: Devils, Maple Leafs, Canucks, Flames, Wild, Rangers, Oilers and Panthers
Rich Chere via twitter: Devils lines today: Darche-Zajac-Butler; Tedenby-Elias-Bernier; Matteau-Zubrus-Clarkson; Carter-Gionta-Janssen; Barch-Josefson-Sestito-Pesonen. Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils defensive pairings and goalies: Salvador-Zidlicky; Tallinder-Larsson; Volchenkov-Harrold; Greene-Fayne. Goalies: Brodeur, Hedberg. Paul Hendrick via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: Kadri-Aucoin-Brown. Hamilton-Orr-Steckl. Top line intact. Connolly-Mac-Kulemin. Frattin-Komarov-McClement. Jim…
Free Agent notes: Iginla, Subban, O’Reilly, Kulikov, Kessel, Letoureau-Leblond and Vandermeer
Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun: Jarome Iginla will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. GM Jay Feaster addressed the Iginla situation on Day 1 of training camp, and won't do so again. "The directive…
Canucks want equal value for Luongo … Sabres would prefer trade to waivers … Senators looked at trade market … Habs-Panthers trade
Pass it to Bulis via twitter: (via @RenLavoieRDS) (translated from French) Roberto Luongo: "I'm willing to stay here this season because it will be short. But I don't want to stay here long term." Luongo said that it lost some context…
Training Camp lines today: Panthers, Islanders, Devils, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Flyers, Senators and Oilers
Harvey Fialkov via twitter: Florida Panthers lines today: Versteeg-Weiss-Fleishmann, Kovalev-Mueller-Wright; Upshall-Matthias-Kopecky; Skille-Smithson-Parros; Howden-Shore-Rheault; Santorelli-Svatos Def: Kuba-Campbell; Petrovic-Caruso; Weaver-Ellerby; Jovo-Strachan. New York Islanders via twitter: NY Islanders lines today: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Boyes, Ullstrom-Cizikas-McDonald, Martin-Reasoner-Strome-Boulton. Rich Chere via twitter: New Jersey Devils lines today: Tedenby-Elias-Bernier; Carter-Gionta-Janssen; Darche-Zajac-Butler; Matteau-Zubrus-Clarkson;…
Trade Rumors involving: Roberto Luongo, Jonathan Bernier and the Phoenix Coyotes
Ben Kuzma via twitter: Canucks GM Mike Gillis on Roberto Luongo trade rumors: "I haven't talked to anybody about taking a portion of his contract. Everything is on the table." The Fourth Period: Several teams have contacted the Canucks about Luongo…
Habs send Gomez home, buyout in summer … P.K. and Canadiens not close … Caps lines … Nonis on Leafs goaltending
David Pagnotta via twitter: The Canadiens will be releasing Scott Gomez. He'll be sent home for the season. The Canadiens will be buying his contract out this summer. Elliotte Friedman via twitter: Gomez will get a pro-rated $5.5 million this year and will…