Tag: Vincent Lecavalier

NHL Rumors I: Flyers, Senators, Jets and Maple Leafs

Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Flyers Vincent Lecavalier will be a healthy scratch again tonight (against the Lightning). "It's not just because it's Tampa," Lecavalier said after Monday's practice. "I just want to play. I said pretty much everything last week.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Trade Talks Picking Up Before The Roster Freeze

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Trade talk has increased. The roster freeze goes into effect on Tuesday. "There's no question there's a lot of teams talking and many would like to do something," said a league executive Friday. "The…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Crosby, Jackets, Wings, Sharks, Flyers, Sabres, Canes and Leafs

Shelly Anderson: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford on Sidney Crosby: "There is no indication at this time that this is the mumps, but we are going to hold him out (two games) as a precaution. We'll have additional test results in…

Mark Easson

Quick Hits: Healthy Scratches and Injury Updates For Tonight

John Vogl: The Sabres will make Cody Hodgson a healthy scratch. Adam Kimelman: Flyers scratches tonight: Michael Del Zotto, Carlo Colaiacovo and Vinny Lecavalier. Brent Wallace: Senators Marc Methot said he's still being bothered by his injury and won't play…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Flyers, Sens, Bruins, Stars, Devils and Sabres

Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Flyers Vinny Lecavalier denies Darren Dreger's report that he wants to retire after next season. The Flyers would like to trade him and could retain up to $2.25 million of his salary and…

Mark Easson

Rumors III: Airwaves: Oilers, Stars, Ducks, Kings and Flyers

Hope Smoke: Mark Spector: "It shouldn't be MacTavish standing at that podium, it should be Katz." "The guys who should be talking about their jobs are the ones that have brought in all the failed experiments in Edmonton." "We're already into next year.…

Mark Easson

Rumors I: Flyers, Capitals and Las Vegas

Randy Miller of NJ.com: As of now, it doesn't appear that Flyers will have a lot of cap space to add any bigger named free agent next  offseason. With recent reports on what the slumping Canadian dollar may due to…

Mark Easson

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…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Datsyuk, Krejci, Skinner, Lecavalier, Zuccarello and Reimer

Ansar Khan of MLive: According to Pavel Datsyuk's four week injury timeline, there is another week before he could return. He's been skating, but not cleared for contact. Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Bruins David Krejci is hoping to get…

Mark Easson

Rumors I: Trade Candidates, Red Wings, Flyers, Habs and Coyotes

Rory Boylen of The Hockey News: Top 10 trade candidates for this season: Cody Franson, Kris Versteeg (other Blackhawks could be Bryan Bickell, Johnny Oduya and Nick Leddy), Josh Bailey (or maybe Michael Grabner), Johnny Boychuk, Evander Kane, Cam Ward,…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Brodeur, Flyers, Markstrom and the Blues

Toronto Sun: Martin Brodeur said he's 80 percent sure that he's coming back this season. "I would like to play one last season before retiring and I want to have fun doing it," said the three-time Stanley Cup winner. "If…

Mark Easson

The Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts

Every year teams sign players to contracts that are awful. It’s the nature of the business, sometimes you have to take a gamble to try to improve your team, and sometimes, those gambles backfire drastically. For my list, the likes…

Greg Stamper