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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov and Hughes run the Sharks out of St. Paul
Four points from Kaprizov, 31 minutes from Hughes, a Ducks comeback in Calgary and a Sabres rout on a three-game Friday.
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Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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The Contract Board: Kucherov's $20 million ask, and Detroit's four weeks
Marcus Lind's November board grades his DeBrincat miss, reprices Kucherov for the open market, and puts two Lightning contracts on the worst-five list.
Marcus Lind · 8 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit spoils the new sweaters, Marner makes it 10 straight
The Red Wings score twice in 45 seconds to beat Florida 5-3, Colorado erases a 2-0 hole in Chicago, and Pastrnak ends it in Boston.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 15 for 15, and Gauthier answers a 3-0 hole
Anaheim scores six straight on Ottawa, Kochetkov goes to 10-0-0 in a 7-0 rout of Winnipeg, and the Panthers host Detroit tonight.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Babcock has scratched $10.85 million of Oilers, and he's right
Jake Walman and Trent Frederic have both sat this month, the room is backing the coach, and McDavid hasn't missed a scoresheet.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Calgary should pay Morgan Frost now, and stop at four years
Extension talks have started with the pending UFA center. Here's the price, the comparables and why waiting costs the Flames more.
Marcus Lind · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ottawa's betting-ad bill is coming, but the boards stay busy
Bill S-211 faces a Commons committee vote this week. It orders a national framework, not a ban, and two provinces want no part of it.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 12 for 12, Detroit wins anyway
Lucas Raymond wins a shootout in Edmonton, Doughty runs the Garden for the Kings, and Calgary beats Bobrovsky for a fourth straight win.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Ferda Room: Hellebuyck is a Devil, and Florida forgot the puck
New Jersey won the two-month goalie auction, the Panthers were outscored 9-1 on the road, and last week's locks went 2-4.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hellebuyck's Friday, Larkin's clock, and Pittsburgh starts selling
Friedman's four Hellebuyck teams, a studio clock on Larkin, the Leafs shopping with premium assets, and why Norris's minutes are the real Buffalo rumor.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Calgary ends Carolina's streak, Kaprizov hits 10
Devin Cooley made 34 saves to snap the Hurricanes' seven-game run, and Kaprizov's power-play winner gave him 10 goals in nine games.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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The Ferda Room: Four hat tricks in Sunrise, and Detroit can't decide
Pabs leads the Room on Florida's hat-trick week, Marcus prices Simon Edvinsson, and the locks scoreboard has Kessler and Meg eating one.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Rangers won't panic, Hellebuyck wavers, Montreal chants for Larkin
Seventeen items after week two: New York's patience in net, the first crack in Winnipeg, ten teams calling Detroit and a chant at the Bell Centre.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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The Flames are 0-5, and the kept-off-the-sheet list starts there
Calgary is minus-19 after five games, Timo Meier has 22 shots and no goals, and Sully hands out the first fake trophy of the season.
Sully · 3 min read
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The Ferda Room: Shesterkin is done, and the Rangers need a net
Six writers on New York's lost season in goal, Zary's price, Quinn Hughes's rising bill, Toronto's seesaw week and the second round of graded locks.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Bobby Gould, Capitals fixture and a Cup-run Bruin, dies at 69
Gould spent eight seasons as one of Washington's steadiest wingers before helping Boston reach the 1990 Final.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Shesterkin helped off, Kraken pile six on Detroit
The Rangers lose their goalie and a four-game streak in Washington, Seattle scores four in the second, and Anaheim keeps rolling.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Colorado is scoring like it's 1993, and Calgary is paying for it
Twenty-three goals in four games for the Avalanche, six for the Flames, and Sully grades the first ten days of overreactions.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Draisaitl's four helpers sink the Ducks, Jets steal one late
Edmonton scores five straight in the second at Anaheim, Kyle Connor beats Colorado with a minute left, and Tom Wilson runs Washington past Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Laine is waiting by the phone, and Calgary should call back
The Flames and Red Wings have both discussed signing Patrik Laine. Only one of them has the scoring problem he solves.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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The Flames have three goals in three games, and it shows
Calgary is 0-3 and outscored 16-3, Dustin Wolf is at .797, and the Avalanche come to town Thursday.
Sully · 2 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Edvinsson wants out, Edmonton shops sideways, Canada needs a GM
Fifteen items after week one: Edvinsson's trade wish, Edmonton's lateral move, Hughes and Crosby in no hurry, and four candidates for Team Canada.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Ducks' power play sinks the cats, Marchand returns
Anaheim went 3 for 4 with the man advantage, Winnipeg did the same in Detroit, and Seattle buried Calgary 6-1.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Flames injuries
5 listedNov 7
Kevin Bahl#7 · D
Day-To-DayLower Body· Est. return Nov 8day-to-day
Brennan Othmann#78 · LW
Day-To-DayUpper Body· Est. return Nov 8day-to-day
Nov 6
Jonathan Huberdeau#10 · LW
IRHip · Surgery· Est. return Nov 11Huberdeau (hip) took the ice in a regular jersey Friday, Pat Steinberg of QR Calgary 770 AM reports.
Oct 30
- CZ
Connor ZaryC
OUTKnee · Surgery· Est. return Nov 28out
Oct 19
Samuel Honzek#29 · LW
IRLower Body· Est. return Nov 15ir
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