**Note: We apologize for not posting the morning papers on Sunday. There was a scheduling conflict and some miscommunication that led to the papers mistakenly not getting done.**
- “I think it’s important that you recognize the mistakes we made from our standpoint were very easily correctable,” said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle about his team’s home opening loss to the Sharks.
- Zach Bogosian is very honored to be named an alternate captain for the Atlanta Thrashers.
- Tuukka Rask has matured in between the pipes for the Bruins, writes Fluto Shinzawa.
- Steve Begin is playing for Claude Julien again, so he may be more appreciated than if he were playing for another coach.
- With the salary cap the way it is, games are closer than ever, writes John Vogl of the Buffalo News.
- Craig Conroy wasn’t going to back down from Sam Gagner’s request to fight at center ice on Saturday.
- With a West coast trip on the horizon, Mike Cammalleri is excited to return to Calgary to face his old teammates.
Mike Cammalleri is excited about returning to Calgary. (Picture courtesy of yahoo.com)
- The Canes didn’t exactly start the season on a good note, but the news got worse yesterday with word that Erik Cole is out for 4-6 weeks with a broken leg.
- “I don’t think we look at the negatives about starting overseas or being tired,” said Blackhawkws winger Kris Versteeg.
- Newcomer Craig Anderson has been terrific for the Avalanche through the team’s first two games.
- The Blue Jackets don’t have it easy, as the team is playing on the road in three home openers (Vancouver, San Jose, Phoenix) this week.
- Anton Stralman should be ready to play for Columbus on Thursday in San Jose.
- Here are the Blue Jackets’ projected lines for tonight’s contest.
- Matt Niskanen wants to become a top line defenseman and so far new coach Marc Crawford likes what he sees.
- The Red Wings know that they need to be a heck of a lot better defensively than they were in Stockholm.
- Even with their early season struggles, do not expect the Wings to suddenly panic.
- Nothing is going to be given to Sam Gagner by new coach Pat Quinn and the youngster understands that.
- Panthers winger Rusty Olesz wants to put last season behind him and just move forward.
- With Dominic Moore now in Florida, it looks like he’ll play on the team’s third line between Radek Dvorak and the aforementioned Olesz.
- The Kings have to do a better job of facing adversity, said coach Terry Murray.
- Todd Richards knows of Pierre-Marc Bouchard’s talents but he wants to see consistency in his game.
- Wild fans may be surprised to see Nick Schultz on the power play tonight but that will be the case, writes Michael Russo.
- With so many injuries on defense already, Yannick Weber is checking in for the Habs, writes Pat Hickey.
- If Colin Wilson looks good when he returns from injury, the Nashville prospect may stay up with the big club.
- Martin Brodeur has made some adjustments to his game for the team’s second contest of the season versus the Rangers.
- In good news, Patrik Elias is slated to get back on the ice this week.
- In an interesting development, Chris Drury has been taken off the Rangers’ power play.
Chris Drury has been removed from the Rangers power play. (Picture courtesy of NY Daily News)
- There are some new lines for the Senators after a disappointing game one in New York.
- Even though the team allowed five goals, Pascal Leclaire was actually quite good.
- The Flyers are confident after their first two games and John Stevens sees nothing wrong with that.
- It is easy to see why Flyers GM Paul Holmgren always wanted Ian Laperriere on his team.
- The Coyotes’ fourth line had a good start to the season in Los Angeles on Saturday.
- New coach Dave Tippett was happy with the play of netminder Ilya Bryzgalov.
- The hiring of Dave Tippett is already paying off, writes Eric Duhatschek.
Dave Tippett is making a difference in Phoenix. (Picture courtesy of Clear Channel)
- Coyotes winger Scottie Upshall brings some serious energy to the team’s lineup.
- With a new arena coming in Pittsburgh next season, here are some memories from the Mellon Arena.
- Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a profile on new Penguins winger Chris Bourque.
- Sidney Crosby still has a ways to go to catch Mario Lemieux in all-time points.
- John Davidson did not expect his initials to be chanted upon the Blues’ return to their hotel in Stockholm.
- Andy Murray had his reasons for starting Ty Conklin in the team’s second game in Stockholm.
- Lightning defenseman Kurtis Foster is out of the lineup for 5-7 days with a lower-body injury.
- “I would say we did 85 percent really good stuff; we had a lot of chances and I think we had six point-blank chances to their one,” said Lightning coach Rick Tocchet about the team’s first game in Atlanta.
- The lack of an above average netminding makes Leafs players act in uncharacteristic ways, writes Damien Cox.
- Who is going to start in net for Toronto?
- Are the Canucks already in must-win territory against Columbus tonight?
- “We still feel good about ourselves,” said Henrik Sedin.
- There is cause for optimism in Winnipeg when it comes to getting an NHL team back in town, writes Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun.
- Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press provides his take on the rumors.
