NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition): Marc Savard out 4-6 weeks with broken foot, the Lightning’s strip shootout and how will Frolov respond to benching?

• J-S Giguere has an injury in Anaheim, but he won’t reveal what it is.
• Ondrej Pavelec was the main reason that Atlanta registered one point in a shootout loss to Montreal yesterday.
• In other Thrashers news, Rich Peverley has signed a two-year contract extension.  (Writer’s note: Thrashers beat writer Chris Vivlamore will be on the IllegalCurve.com Radio Show tonight.)
• Brendan Hall of the Boston Globe has some background information on the Bruins’ newest acquisition Daniel Paille.
• The injury to Milan Lucic and the trade of Chuck Kobasew has resulted in Mark Recchi moving up to the top line in Boston.
• Recchi was moved to the top line to play with Marc Savard, but word broke early this morning that Savard will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken foot.

• The Sabres have to be more focused when it comes to the little things on the ice, explains John Vogl.
• Did you know the trade between Buffalo and Boston had never made a trade of players under contract until yesterday’s Daniel Paille deal.
• Jarome Iginla played easily his best game of the season last night, as he led the Flames to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Blue Jackets.
• Dion Phaneuf continued to roll offensively last night with his fifth goal in nine games.
• Tonight Ray Whitney will play in his 1000th career regular season NHL game, writes Chip Alexander.
• Antti Niemi has been named the Blackhawks’ starter for tonight’s game against Vancouver.
• The reports may have ruined the surprise, but it is official, the Avalanche won’t be sending Matt Duchene and Ryan O’Reilly back to junior hockey.
• Wojtek Wolski may not be playing as much as he’d like, but he isn’t complaining about it.
• The Blue Jackets’ 6-3 loss to Calgary makes it seem like it was a bigger blowout than it actually was, writes Aaron Portzline.
• Scott Howson does not regret trading Curtis Glencross, but admits the speedy forward has impressed him with his improved all-around game.

• Brenden Morrow’s teammates think he looks the same as he did two years ago, and that’s good news for Stars fans.
• The Red Wings’ penalty kill has definitely improved since the team’s return from Sweden.
• Chris McCoskey of the Detroit News thinks the Red Wings are in the midst of a two-year transition phase.
• “He’s done nothing but show up and try his best. He’s been responsible in his approach to playing,” said Oilers coach Pat Quinn about forward Dustin Penner.
• Ales Hemsky’s Oilers teammates were impressed that their top forward played under the weather against Vancouver on Monday.
• “I can still do that, but I do fall under Pat’s direction. I don’t know if I could do this with anybody else. He’s a special guy,” said Tom Renney about working for Pat Quinn.
• The Panthers know if they let the opponents’ netminder see the puck, he will most likely stop it.
• Panthers fans are clamouring for the team’s top line to get going, but coach Pete DeBoer is happy with the chances they are creating.
• Kings color commentator Jim Fox provides some really good analysis on the team’s season thus far.
• There was one moment that stuck with Todd Richards which played  a part in his naming of Mikko Koivu as team captain.
• Hal Gill predicted it and his Habs teammates were happy to make Gill look like a psychic, as the Habs defeated the visiting Thrashers 2-1 on Tuesday.
• With Jason Arnott injured, the Predators are hoping Colin Wilson can provide some much-needed offense.
• With Dan Hamhuis injured, Predators defenseman Shea Weber and Ryan Suter have logged a ton of minutes.
• Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said recently waived Cory Murphy simply got outplayed by Andy Greene.
• Meanwhile in Jersey, Dainius Zubrus has replaced Travis Zajac on the team’s number one line.

• The Islanders have still yet to win a game, so coach Scott Gordon has made some line changes.
• If the Rangers want to continue their hot start, they have to stop taking bad penalties.
• The Rangers have used the motto “shut up and play” to their advantage, opines Larry Brooks.
• Matt Carkner realized one of his dreams yesterday, signing a two-year contract extension with the NHL Senators.
• With so many defensemen in Ottawa, who should stay and who should go?
• The Flyers are certainly not afraid to take a risk, and they did just that with the acquisition of Stefan Legein on Tuesday.
• Arron Asham a linemate for Mike Richards and Simon Gagne?  You are reading correctly, explains Sam Carchidi.
• Dave Tippett is clearly not allowing his players to get too high after a surprisingly strong start to the season.
• The fact is, the Coyotes wouldn’t be doing this well without Ilya Brygalov.
• The Penguins handled the Blues last night, but may have lost Sergei Gonchar to a broken wrist.
• Meantime, Penguins fans are wondering who Max Talbot will bump from the Penguins’ top six?
• The Blues allowed 20 shots against in the first period last night, so don’t just blame Chris Mason for the team’s 5-1 loss at Pittsburgh.
• “My biggest concern right now is to find out why we had no legs or no energy tonight,” said Blues coach Andy Murray.
• If the Lightning wants to turn it around, they’d better start scoring the first goal.
• Read about the much-talked about strip shootout in Tampa Bay.
• Ian White has been the Leafs’ best defenseman so far this young season.
• With his team struggling, Ron Wilson says he wouldn’t mind a mini-scrap or two at practice.
• More line combinations in Leafland?
• Willie Mitchell wants the Canucks to be more patient and disciplined against the Hawks tonight.
• Tomas Fleischmann was back on the ice with his Capitals teammates yesterday and happy about it.

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