On the Beat

On the Beat: Sidney Crosby’s October surprise, Patrick Elias still sore, Ken Hitchcock responds to the assertion that they targeted Ovechkin, are teams looking to dump salary?

Bruins looking for some offense; Detroit's lack of depth in the Wing pool; Wild coach keeps practice fun; a closer…

15 years ago

On the Beat: An update on David Booth, Jason Spezza, Justin Williams and Joe Pavelski

Today on the beat, Andrei Kostitsyn's power play time, new lines in Boston and loads of injury news after the…

15 years ago

On the Beat: Penney leaves NHLPA, Zdeno Chara is playing well but needs to play great, Kings very happy with goalie Quick, Looking at why Leafs Viktor Stalberg has struggled.

A look at the last 3 Thrasher games; Kronwall brothers to battle it out; Blue Jackets wear white at home;…

15 years ago

On the Beat: Malkin out with shoulder injury, Flames coach not happy, Osgood not panicking, Devils struggling at home, Sabres keeping Tyler Myers past 9 games.

Avs to give Anderson rare night off; Looking for a remedy for Denis Grebeshkov; Tocchet trying to get Tanguay going;…

15 years ago

On the Beat: Plenty of injury news including Predators Dan Hamhuis writing about his injury and Roberto Luongo out a week, H1N1 news, Halak for 5th game in a row, Ducks can blame porous defence for poor start.

Nik Antropov missed his third straight practice today; Eric Cole was back practicing; Blue Jackets renew affiliation agreement; Andreas Lilja…

15 years ago

On the Beat: Jaroslav Halak gets the start, concern over Ilya Kovalchuk and Stephane Yelle waived

Here are the news and notes early this afternoon from team beat writers.

15 years ago

On the Beat: Tuomo Ruutu suspended three games; Darcy Tucker at home resting

Lots of news and notes on a busy Saturday afternoon in the NHL.

15 years ago

On the Beat: Clutterbuck’s early return, new look Bruins and some strip shootout video

Talk of new line combinations, big injuries and much more from team beat writers after the jump.

15 years ago