The Edmonton Oilers launch Mike Hoffman
Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers have launched ahead Mike Hoffman from his PTO.
The Ottawa Senators launch Nikolai Kulemin
Chris Johnston: The Ottawa Senators have launched ahead Nikolai Kulemin from his PTO.
The Vancouver Canucks launch Sammy Blais
Vancouver Canucks: The Canucks have launched ahead Sammy Blais from his PTO.
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The St. Louis Blues signal Nikita Alexandrov
Chris Johnston: The St. Louis Blues have signed ahead Nikita Alexandrov to a one-year, $775,000 deal.
He’ll get $775,000 within the NHL and $150,000 within the AHL.
NHL Harm Notes
Derek Lee: Anaheim Geese forwards Beckett Sennecke and Nathan Gaucher, and defenseman Pavel Mintyukov all had lower-body accidents and had been understanding on their very own, however have been on the ice with the non-game group yesterday.
Derek Van Diest: Edmonton Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard is predicted to be on the ice quickly and be prepared for his or her season opener in line with coach Kris Knoblauch.
“We anticipate him to be again on the ice in a number of days. His neck is fairly sore and we’re clearly being cautious, however he needs to be alright.”
Stu Cowan: Have heard that Montreal Canadiens ahead Patrik Laine will likely be out for 4 to 6 months. That has not been confirmed by the Canadiens.
Patrik Laine en béquilles, mais souriant malgré tout. pic.twitter.com/Fj064I65gX
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) September 30, 2024
Amanda Stein: New Jersey Devils defenseman Brett Pesce (recovering from a fractured fibula from final yr’s playoffs) didn’t journey with the staff to Prague.
Vincent Z. Mercogliano: New York Rangers coach Peter Laviolette mentioned that ahead Jimmy Vesey will likely be out for “a number of weeks” with a lower-body harm. He was injured in Sunday’s observe.
Defenseman Ryan Lindgren will likely be out for a number of weeks with an upper-body harm. He suffered the harm throughout a combat with Scott Mayfield of the Islanders final Tuesday.
If each/both gamers have been placed on the IR, they’d nonetheless rely towards the cap, they usually may have to maneuver/lower a participant as they’d be over the cap. In the event that they LTIR’d one or each, they’d need to miss 10 video games and 24 days however they may go over the cap for now.
Josh Getzoff: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson was rehabbing off the ice yesterday and didn’t skate. The method continues for him.
Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic left within the first interval and can have a lower-body harm re-evaluated right this moment in line with coach Mike Sullivan.
Pens Inside Scoop: Penguins ahead Blake Lizotte met with medical doctors yesterday to be evaluated after leaving Sunday’s recreation after taking a puck to the face.
Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now: San Jose Sharks defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin (lower-body), and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper-body), and goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (lower-body) have all began skating on their very own in line with head coach Ryan Warsofsky. That was the primary time in coaching camp for them to take action.
NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Los Angeles Kings
Jonas Siegel: Toronto Maple Leafs ahead John Tavares didn’t observe yesterday and hasn’t practiced since he injured his leg final week.
Forwards Calle Jarnkrok and Connor Dewar, and defenseman Jani Hakanpaa have been skating on a special rink and never training with the principle group but.
