Injury notes: Briere, Helm, Samuelsson, Orr, van Riemsdyk, Miettinen, Larson, Rome and Booth
Randy Miller via twitter: Flyers forward Daniel Briere said it would a stretch to play this weekend, and he's not sure if he'll be ready by the end of the month. Ansar Khan via twitter: Red Wings Darren Helm said…
Injury notes involving: Gaborik, Cervenka, Antropov, Babchuk, Iginla, Booth, Hamhuis and Hamonic
Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Marian Gaborik practiced with the Rangers yesterday and expects to be ready for the start of the season. For almost all of his career he's played right wing, but he lined up on the…
Medvedev coming to N.A. to talk Kovalchuk buyout … Teams could look at Hemsky … Reasons for Flyers to go after Luongo
Igor Eronko via twitter: KHL president Alex Medvedev said he'll be heading to North America in February to talk to the Devils about a contract buyout for Ilya Kovalchuk to bring him back to Russia. The Fourth Period: With the…
Trades coming soon? Coyotes talking trade … Krejci aware of rumors … Luongo fine with waiting … Sens should target Kane
Bob McKenzie via twitter: McKenzie thinks that some GM's are sitting on trades and signings that are done or close to being done. As soon as they are allowed to make moves, there will be some activity. Darren Dreger via…
News involving the Jets, Wild, Canadiens, Rangers Penguins, Flyers and some CBA issues that weren’t really discussed
Ed Tait and Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Mark Scheifele will be invited to the Jets training camp. Zach Bogosian's rehab from his wrist surgery is coming along fine and he may begin skating this week. His return…
Information and internal meetings yesterday, face-to-face today … $60 million cap issue for players … No CBJ-WIN swap
TSN: The NHL and NHLPA will meet today after spending most of the weekend going over the NHL's 288 page offer. The PA met internally Sunday afternoon after having information sessions with the NHL earlier in the day. There was…
Is the clock ticking for Kane in Winnipeg? Turris on damage control … No Spengler for Cammalleri
Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press: A day after Evander Kane posted his money stack tweet, Lawless thinks that Kane could be wearing out his welcome in Winnipeg. Six years is a long time. At this rate, Evander Kane…
Bogosian injury update … Hossa gets clearance … Rangers would be ready … Kane ready to leave again … Gardiner injury
Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press: Jets defenseman Zach Bogosian had wrist surgery in the summer, with a 4 to 6 months recovery needed. Mid-January would be the 4 month mark. Last week he had a screw removed, and…
Player notes involving: Del Zotto, Nash, Braun, Stuart, Koivu, Hecht, Smyth, Hartnell, Hamerlik, Murray and Scheifele
Szymon Szemberg via twitter: Rangers Michael Del Zotto has left Rapperswil with a back injury. Larry Brooks via twitter: Del Zott0 has mild back stiffness. Rick Nash's groin injury is only minor after his weekend examination. David Pagnotta via twitter: Sharks…
Statements from Vinik, Burkle, Chipman and Tanenbaum
Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Statements from 4 owners today: Statement from Jeff Vinik Tampa Bay Lightning Chairman and Governor Jeff Vinik today issued the follow statement today: “After working this week with our players toward what we hoped would be…
Burmistrov having injury checked out … Hodgson to return next week … Eriksson and Budaj sign overseas
Ken Wiebe via twitter: St. John's Ice Caps coach Keith McCambridge said that everything looks good with Alex Burmistrov, but he'll be staying in Winnipeg for a week. Burmistrov is in Winnipeg to have an upper-body injury checked out. Chris…
NHL, NHLPA meeting scheduled for tomorrow … 6 owners to attended … Ryan, Toews and maybe Crosby to attend
TSN: The NHL and NHLPA will meet tomorrow afternoon in New York. Six owners and small group of players will attend. Owners who will be there include: Jeremy Jacobs (Bos), Ronald Burkle (Pit), Mark Chipman (Win), Jeffery Vinik (TB), Murray Edwards…