As of Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche have the leagues’ best record at 9-1-0. What do they have to do to crack the top five in the NHL power rankings? [NHL.com]
The Rangers will likely be without Henrik Lundquist for another game. Makes one wonder if they regret getting rid of Martin Biron. [Fansided]
Cory Schneider is also sidelined with an injury. Must be nice to have a future hall of famer as your back-up. [Fire and Ice]
The Calgary Flames will be without Lee Stempniak and captain Mark Giordano. [Calgary Herald]
Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea that Sean Monahan is staying in the NHL. [Copper and Blue]
David Clarkson’s regular season debut was rather uneventful. [The Star]
A fantastic breakdown of the Pens/Islanders game and went wrong for Pittsburgh in the third period. [Pensnation]
Dan Boyle is screening calls from Max Lapierre. [CSN]
Saku Koivu received quite the welcome in his return to the Bell Centre. [Canada.com]
The NHL is making John Scott wait until Thursday to have his hearing. Probably going to be a doozy of a suspension. [CBC]
Meanwhile, Loui Eriksson is out indefinitely with a concussion. [NESN]
The NHL has a bias towards Eastern-based teams? No way, come on. [Puck Drunk Love]
With the emergence of Seth Jones is time to trade Shea Weber? Well the Flyers do have a lot of enticing young forwards to offer. As do the Oilers. [The Hockey News]
Say what? A player refuses to wear protective gear available to him and suffered an injury? [Toronto Sun]
And finally, in case you missed it, this happened to the Tampa Bay Lightning. [SI.com]
