Ryan McDonagh News

McDonagh has four years left on his seven-year deal that carries a $6.75M AAV cap-hit. The Lightning recently approached McDonagh to waive his no-trade clause in an effort to clear some cap-space. The Lightning have two key UFA's in Ondrej Palat and Jan Rutta and this trade could help get both of them under contract. In Nashville, McDonagh joins Roman Josi, and Mattias Ekholm as the Predators' new big-3.

McDonagh will miss his sixth straight game on Monday but took part in the morning skate, which is a good sign that he'll be back at some point this week. Cal Foote will remain in the lineup until McDonagh is back.

McDonagh suffered an injury in Boston on Thursday and will not be available Saturday in Detroit. McDonagh is expected to miss some time.

McDonagh has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury but will be a game-time decision on Saturday. Monitor his status as the Lightning hit the ice for warmups at 6:30 PM ET.

McDonagh is considered a game-time decision on Tuesday but it seems unlikely that he will play. Zach Bogosian is set to return to the lineup but don't expect to see McDonagh until Thursday at the earliest.

McDonagh missed the last four games with a lower-body injury but head coach Jon Cooper said "things are looking good" for him to play on Thursday. McDonagh has collected two goals and six assists in 31 games this season.

McDonagh will miss his second straight game on Thursday but head coach Jon Cooper hinted to him missing the final game of their road-trip (Saturday) as well. With McDonagh out, Andreas Borgman will remain in the lineup on Thursday.

McDonagh left Sunday's game vs. the Panthers with a lower-body injury and will not play on Tuesday. Head coach Jon Cooper said the team is hopeful that he will play at some point during their road-trip, so he's day-to-day.

Head coach Jon Cooper updated McDonagh's status following Saturday's morning skate and it wasn't good. Cooper said that McDonagh is "more than day-to-day" and that they will "circle back in a couple of weeks to see how much progress" he makes.

McDonagh left Thursday's game after blocking an Evgeni Malkin shot and did not return. McDonagh was reportedly seen in a walking boot postgame but head coach Jon Cooper said he didn't believe it was very serious. Luke Schenn is expected to replace him on Saturday.

McDonagh missed the last six games with an upper-body injury but will play Thursday in Minnesota. McDonagh will be back on the second-pair next to Erik Cernak and comes in with one goal and 10 assists (11 points) in 40 games.

McDonagh has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury and will miss the Lightning's back-to-back on Saturday/Sunday. Brayden Coburn will remain in the Lightning lineup while McDonagh is out.