Injuries: Flyers, Devils, Blues, Kings, Capitals and Red Wings
Jeff Neiberg of the Philadelphia Daily News: On the Flyers ... R.J. Umberger is out with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day. Tom Gulitti of The Record: On the Devils ... John Moore's x-ray of his forearm revealed "just a…
Injuries: Wisniewski, Chara, Orpik, Wennberg, and the Sabres
Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes James Wisniewski suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and will require surgery. Recovery time is expected to be about six months. “He was battling for a puck and a…
Rumors: Flames, Sabres, Oilers, Bruins, UFAs, and Flyers
Brian Costello: The Flames could get a better return in a trade for Jonas Hiller than they could with Kari Ramo. Would the Flames be comfortable with a Ramo-Joni Ortio pairing if Hiller is moved a team like Buffalo? Jonathan…
Top 10 Best NHL Contracts: Rankings 6 to 10
To blatantly borrow from my intro to my “Worst” article – I’m a salary nerd. When I was asked to write about the top 10 best and worst contracts, I thought it would be a piece of cake. Silly me.…
Predicting Division, Conference and Stanley Cup Winners
We've compiled a some predictions from Sportsnet, NHL.com, ESPN and The Fourth Period - picking Division, Conference and Stanley Cup winners. 26 people made predictions for division winners, and 42 for Conference and Stanley Cup winners. Atlantic - Tampa Bay…
News: 2015-16 Opening Day NHL Rosters For All Teams
Image from BeerLeagueBlog.ca Opening day rosters (as of 10:00 AM, ET) as released by the NHL PR. Anaheim Ducks Frederik Andersen, Kevin Bieksa, Andrew Cogliano, Simon Despres, Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Carl Hagelin, Shawn Horcoff, Tim Jackman, Ryan Kesler, Anton Khudobin,…
Morning Hits and Injuries: Vasilevskiy, Backstrom, Dupuis and More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy hopes to return by the end of October. He was on the ice Monday before practice, taking shots from in close. "I'm feeling great, almost ready to go," Vasilevskiy…
Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts: Rankings 1 to 5
I’ve already counted down half of the worst contracts currently in the NHL, and I know you all were eagerly awaiting my final five. Just to recap, there were three main criteria I judged these deals on: How well a…
News: Players Put On Waivers Today
Everyone who was put on waivers yesterday cleared, including Oilers Ben Scrivens. Going to waivers today from Bob McKenzie and Renaud Lavoie Canucks - Linden Vey, Frank Corrado and Alex Biega. Flames - Paul Byron and Mason Raymond. Bruins - Max…
Morning Hits II: Oilers, Lightning, Sens, Flames, Leafs, Habs and Canucks
Bruce McCurdy of the Edmonton Journal: The Oilers have put goalie Ben Scrivens on waivers. Nikita Nikitin cleared waivers. The Oilers still have 25 players in camp. Jordan Eberle will start the season on the IR. At least one more…
Morning Hits: Avs, Flames, Coyotes, Bruins, Wings, and Capitals
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: The Colorado Avalanche have traded Freddie Hamilton to the Calgary Flames for a 2016 7th round pick. The Avs are now at 47 contracts, with Jack Skille and Curtis Glencross on PTOs. The Avs…
Injuries: Blues, Sabres, Senators, Wings, Jets and More
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues Carl Gunnarsson has missed their past two games and his groin injury is still not fully healed. “At first I thought I might be back right after it happened,” he said. “It…