Tag: Washington Capitals

Lines and Starting goalies: Capitals, Maple Leafs, Stars, Blue Jackets, Coyotes, Avalanche and Bruins

Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals lines: Ovechkin-Beagle-Crabb, Wolski-Backstrom-Brouwer, Chimera-Ribeiro-Ward, Hendricks-Perreault/Johansson-Fehr. David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, McClement-Grabovski-Kulemin, Frattin-Kadri-Komarov, Brown-Steckel-Orr. MacArthur missing. Defensive pairings: Phaneuf-Kostka; Gunnarsson Komisarek; Liles-Franson; Gardiner-Fraser. Mike Heika via twitter: Stars lines this morning: Eriksson-Benn-Jagr, Whitney-Eakin-Ryder, Nystrom-Fiddler-Vincour, Morrow-Wandell-Garbutt. Defensive pairings: Dillon-Robidas, Jordie…

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Rumors: O’Reilly, Weiss, Subban and Luongo … Videos: Hotstove and Coaches Corner

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: There has been talk that the Avalanche are calling around to see what they could get for center Ryan O'Reilly. The asking is a young forward and a 2nd round pick. Flyers GM Paul…

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Quick hits: Audio, Subban-Habs talking today, Kubina, Henrique, Flyers, Hovinen, Leafs and Jets lines and starting goalies

Globe and Mail Audio:Eric Duhatschek, James Mirtle and Darren Yourk - TV numbers, Zajac and Lupul contracts, Subban trade speculation and Gretzky's future. Nick Kypreos via twitter: Critical in-person meeting this morning between the Canadiens management and P.K. Subban's Newport group.…

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Trade Rumors: No rush on Bishop … Perreault didn’t ask for a trade … Case to move Subban … Dubnyk not worried about Luongo rumors

Andy Strickland via twitter: There is no rush for the Senators to trade goalie Ben Bishop. He's a valuable asset and they'll look to maximize any return for him. The Senators may wait for a team that's desperate for a…

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Quick hits: waivers, Gomez signs, Redden and Gardiner activated, White out 2-3 weeks, Eaton gets ETO

Elliotte Friedman via twitter: The Blues put Jeff Woywitka on waivers. The Sharks put Tim Kennedy on waivers. As pointed about by some Sharks fans, Kennedy was playing on  AHL only contract, and needed to go through waivers to sign an NHL…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Maple Leafs, Penguins, Senators, Islanders, Canucks and Capitals

Dave Feschuk via twitter: Maples Leafs lines: Bozak-MacArthur-Kessel. Grabo-Kulemin-JVR. Kadri-Komarov-Lupul. McClement-Brown-Orr. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Tangradi-Malkin-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams (Jeffrey). Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Silfverberg, Latendresse-Turris-Alfredsson; Greening-Smith-Neil; O'Brien-Regin-Condra. Defensive pairings: Methot-Karlsson, Gonchar-Phillips, Wiercioch-Benoit. New York Islanders via twitter: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Boyes,…

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Trade Rumors: Luongo, Oilers, Blackhawks, Capitals, Niederreiter, Subban and Flames

David Ebner of the Globe and Mail: So the Canucks have said they have "two No. 1s" in net and their GM has a potential deal in place. “Would you not say I have two No. 1s right now?” said…

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Lines for Rangers, Maple Leafs and Flyers … Starting goalies for Blackhawks, Jets and Capitals

Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers lines: Nash-Richards-Gaborik Kreider-Stepan-Callahan Hagelin-Boyle-Pyatt Rupp-Halpern-Bickel (for Asham, absent). Steve Zipay via twitter: Aaron Asham has a minor groin injury. David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs lines: Lupul-Bozak-Kessel, JVR-Grabo-Kulemin, MacArthur-Kadri-Komarov, Brown-McClement-Orr-Steckel. Mike Morreale via twitter: Flyers lines:  Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek; Fedotenko-Couturier-Read;…

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Quick hits: Lecavalier, JF Jacques, waivers, Hillen, Gardiner, Rinaldo, Redden and Leino

Dan Rosen via twitter: Vincent Lecavalier is playing in his 1,000th game today. He's the 5th former #1 pick to play 1,000 games with his drafting team. Mike Modano, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin and Chris Phillips are the 4 other players.…

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Wings Kindl has groin injury … Antropov optimistic for opener … Poti back with Caps … Kovalev close on deal … Lilja may look to Sweden

Ted Kulfan via twitter: Mikael Samuelsson returned to practice but Jakub Kindl sits with a groin injury. Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Nik Antropov didn't pass is medical with the Jets last week, but has been skating this…

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Teams looking at Redden and Gomez … Flames send two to Abbotford … Leonsis will let Ovechkin go to Sochi Olympic

Daren Millard via twitter: Oilers GM Steve Tambellini said they've talked about the waiver process when asked about interest in defenseman Wade Redden. Michael Russo via twitter: Russo doesn't think the Wild will have any interest in Wade Redden. Tim…

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Interest for Gomez … “Not close” for Subban … No Redden in LA … Visnovsky wants to stay for 2 weeks … O’Donnell retires … Laich’s groin

The Fourth Period: Scott Gomez is already getting some interest for when he's bought out and becomes a free agent. It's possible that he could be picked up before the start of the season. All interest is coming from the…

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