NHL News and Injuries: Bruins, Wings, Devils, Pens, Flyers, Avs, Kings, Wild, Preds, Canucks and Jets
On the Boston Bruins ... Fluto Shinzawa: The Bruins assign Danton Heinen and Austin Czarnik to the AHL. On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene St. James: Defenseman Danny DeKeyser will be out for at least another week, possibly two…
Metropolitan Division: Philadelphia Flyers Season Outlook
Forwards Philadelphia was a bit like “Team Fun” last year mostly because of catastrophic goaltending/defense and their power play. Drafting Nolan Patrick should help at 5-on-5 and the power play. The Flyers were awful in the second half on special…
NHL Rumors: Alzner, Flyers, Giroux and the Canadiens
On Karl Alzner ... Darren Dreger: Capitals free agent defenseman Karl Alzner is getting interest from several teams. He will visit some cities this week. Joe Smith: The Lightning are one of the teams that have not spoken with Alzner.…
NHL Rumors: Panthers, Canucks and Flyers
On the Florida Panthers ... Craig Custance: The Panthers had offered Dan Bylsma a coaching job the last time he was looking for work. wonders if GM Dale Tallon's opinion of Bylsma has changed after his time with the Sabres.…
NHL Injuries: Lightning, Panthers, Avs, Kings, Wings, Wild and More
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith: Defenseman Anton Stralman is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Joe Smith: Coach Jon Cooper said Stralman would miss at least the first three games of their five game road trip. Joe Smith: Cooper said…
NHL Rumors: Islanders, Top Trade Bait and KHL
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple of Newsday: It appears that Kyle Okposo and Matt Martin will be testing free agency. Sources saying that the Islanders haven't spoken with the either players agent since the end of the…
Rumors III: What The Oilers Could Look At If They Win The Draft Lottery
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Matheson thinks that if the Edmonton Oilers win the draft lottery this year, they should offer the No. 1 pick to the Arizona Coyotes for defensman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The Oilers would get their No.…
Rumors V: Penguins, Flyers and Canucks
On the Penguins ... Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "if Pitt fails, is it time that you finally break up Crosby and Malkin by throwing Malkin out there. Such a crazy league now" ... "if Pitt doesn't achieve goals of being a…
Rumors: Bruins, Flyers and Blue Jackets
On the Bruins ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: (mailbag) Bruins defenseman Joe Morrow hasn't shown a lot so far this season. He would have to clear waivers if they wanted to send him to Providence. There might be a time…
Rumors XVI: Flyers, Coyotes, Maple Leafs and Lucic
Tim Panaccio: Flyers GM Ron Hextall will continue to try to trade Vincent Lecavalier and one or two veteran defensemen. “Well, that’s an ongoing process,” Hextall said. “You think about it every day, you talk about it every day. But…
Rumors VI: Flyers, Bernier, Richardson, Buchnevich and Top 5 UFA Goalies
Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: Flyers GM Ron Hextall still hopes to re-sign RFA defenseman Michael Del Zotto, but admits there has been little progress during their talks. “We’re chugging along at a slow pace,” he said, adding that the…
Injuries: Simmonds, Malkin, Shattenkirk, Cole, Pearson and More
Frank Servalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Flyers Wayne Simmonds and Andrew MacDonald are done for the season after suffering fractures. Simmonds suffered a left leg injury and MacDonald was hit in the right hand with a shot. Josh Yohe:…