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…
Injuries: Kucherov, DeKeyser, Hammond, Muzzin, and Many More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Nikita Kucherov left last night's game in the first period with a lower-body injury. He was hit hard by Stars winger Remi Elie. Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Artemi Panarin has…
Injuries: Oilers, Flyers, Devils, Capitals, Ducks, and Wings
Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: The Oilers will be without right winger Jordan Eberle for four to six weeks with a shoulder injury. Eberle could miss as many as 16 games. “It wasn’t anything big, just kind of a…
Rumors: Hurricanes, Flyers, and Capitals
Renaud Lavoie of Le Journal de Montreal: (s/t Pro Hockey Talk) (through google translate) Eric Staal is looking for approximately $9 million a season. Mike Halford: Halford points out that Mark Giordano also reportedly asked for $9 million to start…
Washington Capitals 2015-16 Season Primer
Looking at the Washington Capitals heading into this season – outlook, potential lines, roster, top prospects, draft history, stats and season schedule. Washington Capitals 2014-15 Record: 45-26-11, 101 points (2nd Place in Metropolitan Division, 4th in the East, 9th overall)…
Injuries: Wings, Flames, Bruins, Capitals and Blues
Brad Galli of WXYZ: Red Wings Johan Franzen thinks that one more concussion and his playing career will be over. "If I would get a really bad hit again and I would feel the same way again, that's probably it,"…
Rumors: Backstrom, Ladd, Clitsome, Stamkos, Irwin, Rask and the Bruins’ Backup
On Washington Capitals' forward Niklas Baskstrom, from Alex Prewitt: Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan updated the team's projection on star centre Niklas Backstrom's return from offseason surgery: "I guess we're saying now somewhere within the first 10 games, depending on how he…
Morning Hits: PTOs, Torres, Ritchie, Roy and Spotters
Eric Stephens: The Ducks have invited Sheldon Brookbank and Vitaly Vishnevski to training camp. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Douglas Murray to training camp on a PTO. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Aaron Johnson to training…
Morning Hits: Franzen, Backstrom, Marchand, Avs, and PTOs
Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that Johan Franzen has been given clearance to play. He'll attend the start of training camp and is expected to be ready for the start of the season. Franzen has…