Tag: Vancouver Canucks

Injuries: Penguins, Wild, Wings, Stars, Canucks, Blues and Caps

On the Penguins ... Dave Molinari: Pascal Dupuis missed last night's game as he was taken to hospital as a precaution. The Penguins said that he was experiencing symptoms that "may or may not" be related to his previous blood…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Leafs, Stars, Canadiens, Flames, Kings, Predators and Coyotes

Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Flyers and Maple Leafs were heavily after Nikita Zaitsev last summer, with the Flames, Kings and Canucks interested as well. “If he’s not 100 per cent ready for the NHL,” one…

Mark Easson

Injuries and GIFs: McDavid, Kopitar, Kelly, Ducks and More

On the Oilers ... Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli will update Connor McDavid's injury this morning - whether he'll be out three weeks or three months. The Oilers aren't saying if it's his shoulder or…

Mark Easson

Rumors: Ducks, Flames, Avs, Jackets, Hurricanes, Leafs and Predators

Garrioch roundup ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Bruce Boudreau got a vote of confidence from GM Bob Murray, but a finger is being pointed at Murray in some circles. Some around the league are wondering if Murray will…

Mark Easson

Rink Rumblings: Coaching Compensation, Blues, and Early Trade Market

Each week in "Rink Rumblings" we'll take an in-depth look at some of the players, games, news and rumors from around the National Hockey League in the past week. Coaching Compensation Craziness The most peculiar event of last week was…

Michael Augello

Rumors II: Ducks, Kings, Flames, Canuck, Jackets and Leafs

Friedman's 30 thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: At next months GM meeting, and at the Board of Governors meeting in December, will have the compensation for fired coach and executives on the agendas. The hope is that it will…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Blues, Jackets, Oilers, Isles, Coyotes, Wings and More

On the Blues ... Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Blues Robby Fabbri will return to the lineup tonight, but defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk isn't quite ready to return from his groin injury. "We're getting there," he said. "It's…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Rinaldo, Waivers, Canucks, Avs and Sharks

Bruins Zac Rinaldo avoids suspension On waivers ... Pierre LeBrun: Karri Ramo (CGY), Bobby Sanguinetti (BUF) and Tom Kuhnhackl (PIT) cleared waivers. NHL Numbers: Ramo will still have $2.85 million counting against the salary cap. They get $950,000 in cap…

Mark Easson

Afternoon Hits: Torts, Roster and Injury Notes, Starting Goalies

The Blue Jackets have fired head coach Todd Richards and hired John Tortorella. The Blue Jackets now owe the Canucks a second round pick. Pierre LeBrun: Compensation rule: It is a second round draft pick for 'in-season' hiring of a…

Mark Easson

2015-16 Vancouver Canucks Top 10 Prospects

A look at the Vancouver Canucks top 10 prospects heading into the 2015-16 season. The win now window for Vancouver appeared to be all but closed when Jim Benning took the helm as the GM in the summer of 2014.…

Peter Harling

2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 1

Three different teams received first place rankings from nine different media outlets - four votes for the Rangers, three for the Canadiens and two for the Lightning. Seven different teams received top three voting To get our consensus point total,…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Sabres, Bruins, Canucks and Wild

Amy Mortiz of the Buffalo News: On the Sabres ... The Sabres will be without goalie Robin Lehner for six to 10 weeks with a high ankle sprain. “We were waiting for the MRI and waiting for a prognosis but…

Mark Easson