Hornqvist missed 24 games last season and has never played a full 82-game season.
Expect Spezza to be ready for the Senators' October 4th season opener.
Jagr will be good to go for the Devils' season opener on October 3rd. Even at 41, he still has the ability to score 25 goals this season.
The Hurricanes injury woes continue as Skinner joins Alex Semin, Tuomo Ruutu, Tim Gleason and Elias Lindholm on the injured list. Consider Skinner day-to-day.
The Sabres selected the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Russian defenseman with the 16th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. Zadorov, 18, has played in three exhibition games so far this season and recorded his first career goal in the game against Toronto on Sunday. “I think it’s great. It’s a big experience for me to play here in NHL exhibition games,” Zadorov told Sabres.com. “I’ve played three games and I think I did a pretty good job. I just want to try and make the team.”
“He’s had a good camp,” coach Joel Quenneville said. “I like his speed. For a young guy, he’s got good instincts both sides of the puck. I thought he did a good job penalty killing in the situations he’s been in. " The Hawks are still looking for someone to replace Michael Frolik as Marcus Kruger’s penalty-killing partner. Nordstrom, a third-round pick in the 2010 draft, killed penalties in the Swedish Elite League for two years before joining Rockford for 11 games last season.
Bolland was skating on a line with Mason Raymond and Troy Bodie.
Horton can’t start skating, he said, until four months after the surgery, which would be mid-November. The club won’t put a timeline on his return, but it’s expected in December or January. If you have an IR spot in your league it might not be a bad idea to stash the six-time 20 goal scorer.
It’s likely the Leafs blueline pairings are now set, with Franson expected to be reunited with Mark Fraser, a pairing that stuck all of last season. The 26-year-old set a career high scoring four goals with 25 assists (29 points) in 44 games last year.
At 6-foot-2 and 210 lbs., Hertl is a great skater who is not afraid to go to the dirty areas and put the puck in the net. Skating on a line with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns all preseason Hertl has scored three goals with one assist and is a plus-3 in three games. Should he make the roster and stick in the San Jose top-six, he will become fantasy relevant. Keep his name in mind towards the end of your draft.
With Dustin Penner struggling on Perry and Getzlaf's line he was replaced with Palmieri at today's practice.
"He’ll never have a greater opportunity to play with players of the caliber of Ryan and Corey. It’s all up to him,” Boudreau said. "We want it to work. But in the end, he’s going to have to be the one that produces and shows that he deserves to be on that line." Penner found himself on a line with Matt Beleskey and Rickard Rakell this morning which suggests that his time with Perry and Getzlaf may be over.
For what it is worth, through three preseason games the 2010 third overall pick has three goals and three assists. He is currently tied with PK Subban and Dennis Wideman for the most points by a defenseman. Gudbranson could finally be ready for a breakout season.
Jagr had hoped to take part in a full practice today, but Devils coach Pete DeBoer gave the team the day off, so he skated on his own instead. “The team had the day off, so I decided to skate on my own a little bit,” Jagr said before joking, “I couldn’t have more days off. That would be too many.”
Vokoun was released from hospital today and is back at home.
"Yeah, it's exciting," Nash said straight-faced. "I played against him quite a bit, playing in the West [for the Columbus Blue Jackets]. He's got an up-tempo style, but his teams are always sound defensively too. So it's been fun so far."
Jones missed 21 games with an eye injury last year and then signed a $1.5 million US contract this offseason. He could be claimed by someone looking for a gritty forward, but he is not fantasy relevant.
Kundratek scored 31 points in 49 games with the Capitals AHL affiliate in Hershey and had a goal and six assists in 25 games with Washington in 2013.
The 35-year-old recorded 14 assists in 34 games with the AHL's Toronto Marlies and San Antonio Rampage last season.
