Elliotte Friedman of CBC: Oilers GM Craig MacTavish must decide if he’ll make a move now, or wait until after the season. It’s hard to do a “franchise-altering” trade mid-season.
You wait until your year is over, take a deep breath and then determine what exactly is out there. You find out who else is unhappy with their team (or a player) and what they are willing to do. Last June, for example, that was Boston and the Dallas Stars, or Vancouver and the New Jersey Devils.
Friedman thinks that MacTavish (if he hasn’t already) should call up the Predators GM David Poile to check in on Shea Weber and say: ”If you decide to trade No. 6, I’m in. I’ve got what you want. There’s no better fit in the league.” The Oilers could package one of their previous 1st round picks, not named Nail Yakupov, and this year’s first as part of the deal.

Eriq400: Nie vracajú sa Tanner Glass a Rob Scuderi aj keď ...
Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis (lower body) left Monday's game and his status for Friday is uncertain. Forward Tanner Glass (broken hand) and defensemen Rob Scuderi (broken ankle) and Brooks Orpik (concussion) are practicing and appear close to returning. Center Evgeni Malkin (lower body) has been skating on his own but has not returned to practice. Forwards Jayson Megna (lower body), Andrew Ebbett (broken ankle) and Beau Bennett (hand/wrist surgery), defensemen Kris Letang (upper body) and Paul Martin (fractured tibia), and goalie Tomas Vokoun (blood clot) are on injured reserve.

Harry Zolnierczyk a Philip Samuelsson sa vracajú späť ku W-B/S Penguins (AHL)
http://penslabyrinth.com/2013/12/24/report-pens-re-assign-samuelsson-zolnierczyk-wbs/

Keď nastúpil za Penguins Philip Samuelsson (jeho otcom je Ulf Samuelsson) stali sa piatim duom otec-syn ktorí nastúpili v drese klubu v histórii Tu je zoznam predchádzajúcej štvorice Wayne Hicks (1967-68) a Alex Hicks (1996-98); Gilles Meloche (1985-88) a Eric Meloche (2001-04); Greg Malone (1976-83) a Ryan Malone (2003-08); Bob Johnson (1974-75) a Brent Johnson (2009-12)

Keby sme zajtra spolu neboli tak celej redakcii a všetkým užívateľom najlepšieho hokejového portálu na Slovensku Šťastné a Veselé Vianoce !!!

Pravdepodobne takto:
Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Conner-Jokinen-Neal
Zolnierczyk-Sutter-Vitale
Adams-Sill-Kobasew


Niskanen-Maatta
Dumoulin-Bortuzzo
Samuelsson-Despres

Nashville uvolnil švédské juniorské reprezentaci na mistrovství světa útočníka Filipa Forsberga, který minulý týden doléčil otřes mozku a rozehrával se na farmě Predátorů v Milwaukee. Poslední škrt na soupisce kanadského národního týmu naopak poslal domů dalšího z kmenových hráčů Nashvillu Felixe Girarda, 95. muže letošního draftu. (nhl.cz)
EDIT: Tu na hlavnej stránke a ani v diskusii som to nevidel tak preto

B.D. Gallof: Islanders Lubomir Visnovsky’s return is still not known, so you can assume it is not “soon”.

"Vianočný dres" tímu Toledo Walleye
http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/wp-content/uploads/Christmas%20Toledo%20Walleye.png

Eriq400: Tanner Glass by už mal hrať proti Senators Jevgenij Malkin ťažko povedať špekulovalo sa že by mohol nastúpiť proti Flames ale nakoniec nehral Skôr sa predpokladá že rovnako ako dvojica Rob Scuderi a Kris Letang sa vráti až po Vianociach Paul Martin najskôr až v polovici januára a u Brooksa Orpika nie je časový harmonogram jeho návratu ...

Ken Warren: Even the Senators players know some changes could be coming.
“Change is inevitable when things like this happen,” Ryan said before Thursday’s game. “I wouldn’t be surprised if something happened. And guys wouldn’t be surprised in the room, right? I think guys would understand that’s the way the game goes if you’re not performing.”
A short-term fix could be to acquire an experienced, reliable defenseman. Someone like Coyotes Rostislav Klesla could be an option. His $2.9 million is an issue though. May only cost them a third or fourth liner, or a bottom end defenseman. Erik Condra, Colin Greening and Eric Gryba’s names have been mentioned when looking at Michael Del Zotto. Warren wonders about trading Jason Spezza to a Western Conference team. Spezza will make $7 million next year, the last year of his seven year deal. Someone may offer up a first round pick, allowing them to recoup a first since they sent theirs to the Ducks in the Bobby Ryan trade. Spezza has a no-trade clause.

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Back in June of 2011, the Blue Jackets and Flyers were working on a trade to include either Jeff Carter or Mike Richards. The Blue Jackets eventually got Carter for Jake Voracek, a 1st round pick and a third round pick in a draft day trade. The deal almost became a massive one when a day before the 2011 NHL draft, GM Paul Holmgren called then GM Scott Howson …
“You want ‘em both?” Holmgren asked Howson, meaning Carter and Richards.
Howson said he couldn’t do the deal without seriously depleting their picks and prospects. Portzline thinks that type of deal would have had to include Ryan Johnansen (2010 draft) and their 2012 1st round pick, which ended up being Ryan Murray, to go along with the pieces they discussed in the for just Carter.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1871987-breaking-down-the-biggest-trade-rumors-around-the-nhl

Play off se hraje jako vyřazovací turnaj, který se hraje na čtyři vítězná utkání. Obě konference mají nezávislá play off, týmy z opačných konferencí se tak mohou potkat až ve finále Stanley Cupu. Nově také bude zaveden takzvaný „systém divokých karet.“ Tento systém dá dohromady dva vítěze divizí s nejvyšším počtem bodů s držiteli divoké karty s nejnižším a druhým nejnižším počtem bodů. První kolo se bude hrát v rámci divizí, první tým nastoupí proti čtvrtému a druhý proti třetímu. Kdyby z divize postoupili pouze tři týmy, tak byse proti nejlepšímu týmu z konference postavil slabší z týmů, které postoupili díky divokým kartám. Vítězové 1. kola se střetnou v divizním finále, po kterém bude následovat fínále konferencí. Dva vítězové play off konferencí se utkají ve finále, jehož vítěz obdrží Stanley Cup. (zdroj cs.wikipedia.org)

Linden Vey späť ku Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=696795

Marc-Andre Fleury

... a nastúpiť by mali takto
Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Zolnierczyk-Jokinen-Gibbons
Conner-Sutter-Vitale
Adams-Sill-Kobasew

Niskanen-Maatta
Bortuzzo-Dumoulin
Despres-Samuelsson

Ryan Wilson (hockeybuzz.com): Jayson Megna injured his ankle against the Toronto Maple Leafs and will miss tonight’s game against New York. In fact he has been placed on IR. Megnatron has been shut down for now.
Jeho miesto v prvom tíme zaujme Brian Gibbons povolaný z W-B/S Penguins (AHL)

Fín Ilari Melart odchádza z organízácie Blue Jackets (v tejto sezóne nastupoval v AHL za Springfield Falcons) do KHL k tímu Jugra Chanty-Mansijsk

Sheldon: Gaborik has missed 15 games with the injury and coach Todd Richards wants him to get in at least one full practice before playing. That will come on Wednesday so Gaborik could return to action as early as Thursday. He has five goals and 11 points in 17 games and should provide an offensive boost to your fantasy team the rest of the way. (rotoworld.com)