- Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News tells us that no team has much interest in Maxim Afinogenov.
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News wishes Sergei Zubov well in the KHL.
- Wings forward Justin Abdelkader is putting on his coaching hat this week in Grand Rapids.
- Hockey is a now a job that requires training for twelve months of the year, writes Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette.
- John Glennon of the Tenneassean previews the highly competitive Central Division for 2009/10.
- Nikolai Zherdev was awarded a one-year, $3.9 million contract by arbitrator Elliot Shiftman, but there is lots speculation that the Rangers will not accept that ruling and will allow Zherdev to become an unrestricted free agent.
- If Zherdev does hit the market, John Glennon doesn’t expect him to land in Nashville.
- “We firmly believe that we have complied with the CBA in every respect,” said Peter Luukko about the NHL’s investigation into the Flyers’ Chris Pronger contract extension.
