TSN reports that Guillaume Latendresse will undergo hip surgery to repair a torn labrum, as well as surgery to repair a sports hernia. He is out until probably March. It looks like early on O’Sullivan will try his hand at Latendresse’s spot.

Kyle Turris has been placed on IR with a UBI and Phoenix has recalled OEL.

Some late notes – Marc Savard has been cleared for contact. He has no timetable for a return, but Dobber’s timetable is about three weeks. And yes, I am a doctor. (A doctor of awesomeness)

Matt Stajan is apparently “okay” according to coach Sutter. Nice that they’re taking concussions seriously. Stajan was knocked into the middle of next week. He probably thinks it is next week.

And – no suspension for Marc Staal. Joe Thornton is rolling in his grave. Oops, I mean…

Back to the team that drafted him: Patrick O’Sullivan has been claimed by the Minnesota Wild. A new lease on life for O’Sullivan. Will the new coach have patience for lack of effort? Some coaches don’t mind that if the production is there. Ideally, O’Sullivan will get 16 minutes of ice time and top PP time for the first three games. Then judge. If he doesn’t get that, then it won’t be very fair, will it?

Mike Green left last night’s contest with an undisclosed injury and he will be re-evaluated. This could open things back up for John Carlson.

Pascal Leclaire picked up his first win of the season, stopping 28 of 30 shots. I know I throw the term ‘golden boy’ around when talking about some goaltenders, and in Ottawa’s case their golden boy is Pascal Leclaire. The Band-Aid Boy is who the Sens will hitch their wagon to and now that he has a win, we’ll see a ton of starts out of him over the next month. Then he’ll get injured, of course. Keep Elliott on the bench until the next Leclaire injury (probably another week or two).

With an assist last night, Nazem Kadri has four points in four games.

With two points against Dallas, Mikhail Grabovski’s numbers are the quarter pole are pretty nice – 16 points and plus-4 in 20 games.

I did end up dropping Tom Gilbert Monday, since I was able to pluck a player off the wire who I think is an upgrade even if Gilbert finds his mojo. That player – Kevin Shattenkirk.

Mattias Tedenby had two points in New Jersey’s 5-0 win (yes…win) to give him five points in six games.

Alexander Vasyunov has four points in his last six games and is playing around 13-14 minutes a game. I think he’s good own for keeper leagues, but probably not there yet in terms of one-year leagues. But getting closer.

Montreal had a 2-0 lead and then Philly turned on their juggernaut offense. They fired 36 shots at Carey Price in the last two periods.

Not one fight in the MTL-PHI game – despite all the Subban hype…

If Benoit Pouliot gets 50 points this season, he’ll get 65 next season. I think 50 is that stepping stone that he needs for both confidence in himself and a secure role with the team. He is on pace for 42.

Nashville has scored just 18 goals in their last 10 games. The more things change…

Steve Mason is 6-2-0 in his last eight starts, culminating in his first shutout of the season last night.

Rick Nash has scored goals (nine total) in six straight games and points in nine straight. He has 13 points in nine games.

Sidney Crosby has 34 points in his last 19 games. Steven Stamkos has 29 in his last 19 games.

Marc Savard is going to go through some final tests today, according to the Globe. If he does well, he’ll be cleared for contact. At that point, it will probably be two or three weeks before game action.

Dallas goalie prospect Richard Bachman was the AHL player of the week last week.

The Tennessean reports that both Ryan Suter (whose wife had a baby yesterday) and David Legwand are looking pretty promising for a return Wednesday.

Martin Biron has now won four starts in a row for the Rangers – and his loss prior to that streak was one in which he gave up just one goal. So in five consecutive starts he has allowed no more than two goals in a game. Since Henrik Lundqvist lost his last two starts, you may see a bit of splitting of the games between the two over the next couple of weeks – until Henrik gets rolling again.

Rene Bourque was back in the Calgary lineup last night none the worse for wear. He had missed the third period of the game prior, after getting hit by Justin Abdelkader. He has just one point in his last five games though.

Here’s a pretty thorough Simon Gagne update by Damian Cristodero.

Anaheim has placed Ryan Carter on waivers. They have also sent Dan Sexton and Nick Bonino back down, indicating that Selanne will be back in the lineup.

Ryan Miller participated in full practice, according to Sabres.com, but would not commit to whether he is good for Wednesday’s game.

Tim Connolly left practice early with a groin injury. Now that’s the Tim Connolly we know and love!

Marcel Goc has nine points in 12 games and is a plus-5. Meanwhile, Martin Erat has five points in 11 games. Go figure.

Buffalo has recalled Luke Adam and Colin Stuart. This is the third recall for Adam, who is going to be a full-timer by the fall.

Rangers’ prospect Christian Thomas, Steve’s son, was the OHL player of the week on the strength of a six-point game Saturday and a four-point game Sunday – yes, 10 points in two games for the Oshawa forward.

Semyon Varlamov has been recalled. He went 2-1-0 in his conditioning stint int he AHL. No word on when he’ll get in his next NHL game.

That was Bill Thomas you saw on the scoresheet for the Panthers last night. I doubt he’ll have any more success than he has had in Phoenix or Pittsburgh, though you may see a few points early on. This is just another cup of coffee for the 27-year-old.

Alexei Kovalev got his 1000th NHL point last night. Ottawa fans are happy for him. His fantasy owners are not. He should have reached the mark a month ago.

Matt Stajan did not return to the game after this Marc Staal hit. Suspension?