Big news for the Flyers as Nolan Patrick was practicing with the team on Wednesday, and he was cleared for contact. He was skating with what would be called the fourth line/scratches unit, indicating that he’s still not near ready to return. The young centre has been dealing with a migraine problem that has [...]
Dustin Byfuglien looks like he is heading to mutual contract termination with the Jets, per TSN’s Frank Seravalli. If that’s the route this goes, then the Jets would free up cap space this year and next, and Byfuglien would be free to re-sign wherever he wants. I’ll leave the speculating as to what’s going [...]
The Sabres recalled goaltender Jonas Johansson from the AHL, given the injury to Linus Ullmark. We found out that Ullmark will miss at least a few weeks with his lower-body injury, which with how it looked at the time is probably the best we could hope for. I was just crossing my fingers it [...]
Kyle Palmieri was back in the lineup for New Jersey on Monday night, skating in his usual spot on the top line with Nico Hischier. He should remain there for the balance of the season unless they decide to trade him, and he should get lots of minutes. * Both Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan [...]
Dennis Cholowski was recalled by Detroit and played on Wednesday night before the break. This could muddle things for the blue line as Filip Hronek had been running the top PP unit, with Mike Green joining of late. Green being injured is the reason for the recall, so it’s a question of whether Cholowski [...]
Justin Schultz was in a regular jersey for the Penguins in practice on Monday. He’s been out over a month with a lower-body injury. The team has a game Tuesday night in Philadelphia and then is off until after the All-Star Game. It would make sense that they give him that extra week to [...]
The Vegas Golden Knights fired coach Gerard Gallant on Wednesday morning, which came as a pretty big surprise (though I’ll get to that). He led the expansion franchise to a Stanley Cup Final in their first year and another playoff appearance in their second year. He was replaced by Peter DeBoer, who had been [...]
Morgan Rielly will be out for two months following a foot fracture suffered on the weekend. Rasmus Sandin has been called up and given the length of time that Rielly will miss, it seems that Sandin is here to stay. How that affects the rotation and who is in/out of the lineup remains to [...]
Brendan Gallagher returned to the lineup for Montreal on Thursday night, a few games following the concussion he received from an inadvertent knee to the head from a teammate. His reintroduction to the lineup pushed Ilya Kovalchuk down to the second like with Max Domi and Nick Suzuki. * Logan Couture will be out [...]
Major news for the Dallas Stars as defenceman Stephen Johns was loaned to the AHL for a conditioning assignment. That means he’s finally moved beyond from his post-concussion issues that have kept him out of the NHL for nearly two years. I guess I should be careful with the verbiage and avoid saying he’s [...]
