Meantime, Carlyle explains why he thinks Bobby Ryan isn’t producing so far this season.
Here is the reaction to the news out of Atlanta that Ilya Kovalchuk will miss up to four weeks with a broken bone in his foot.
How will the Thrashers fare without Ilya Kovalchuk? (Picture courtesy of Bleacher Report)
The Bruins are certainly getting a lot of energy from youngster Brad Marchand.
It sounds like Bruins coach Claude Julien really likes Trent Whitfield and wants him to stay up with the big club.
It appears that Mike Grier, Steve Montador, Tyler Myers and Tim Kennedy are the difference between Sabres’ hot start this season and last season.
Both Jay Bouwmeester and Rene Bourque are happy to see their former teammate Craig Anderson succeeding in Colorado.
Eric Nystrom would be happy if he could score as many garbage goals as David Moss.
“It was a bad hit by me,” admitted Tuomo Ruutu about his hit on Darcy Tucker, but the Hurricanes forward also send he won’t change his game because of the hit.
Martin Havlat was quiet in his return to Chicago, as the Blackhawks, backstopped by Cristobal Huet, handled the Wild.
Amazingly, the Avalanche has allowed the most shots against this season but also has accumulated the most points in the standings, which means Craig Anderson has been that good.
Craig Anderson has been carrying the Avs on his back. (Picture courtesy of yahoo.com)
The NHL did thinks that Derek Dorsett came onto the ice during a simple line change, writes Aaron Portzline.