Marian Gaborik is going to be out 10-14 weeks with hip surgery.
Apparently, the Wild aren’t very happy about it and seem to have wanted him to play through the pain.
Or, to be more accurate, they probably wanted him to play through the pain until they were able to trade him.
I bet the Wild bet they [...]

The brilliant play of the Flyers can be attributed to a players-only meeting held in mid-October.
According to Simon Gagne, the Flyers just talked about being more responsible at their respective positions.
I’ve always wanted to be in on a players-only meeting. I have a lot of questions:

Who convenes it?
Does anyone use a gavel?
Is attendance taken? [...]

Are things finally turning around for the Blues?
Nothing against their two game winning streak, but it’s really too soon to say. But things finally seem to be clicking for St. Louis, in a way I don’t think we’ve seen since the first half of last season. This is the first time in a long time [...]

Trade rumors are finally starting up again. The one thing I hate about the start of the NHL season is that there aren’t a lot of rumors as everyone pretty much stands pat to see what they’re dealing with:

The Ducks, Canucks, and Rangers are all still interested in Mats Sundin. I don’t see how the [...]

Wow. Marian Gaborik’s agent decided to address what he calls the misconceptions about Gaborik’s contract demands. I suspect this is the list of alleged demands he’s talking about:

$8 million year/35 years
Gaborik’s own personal uniform (must be yellow!)
Gaborik has use of Zamboni when not being used for games
Wild coach Jacques Lemaire can no longer tell Gaborik [...]

I like the beginning of the NHL season because you get to see interesting people as offensive leaders. Right now, on NHL.com, you can see Keith Tkachuk as the NHL’s leading goal scorer and Aaron Voros as the NHL’s point leader. I’m not sure that’s going to last a whole season.
In New York, one of [...]

So apparently Wild coach Jacques Lemaire thought about retiring at the end of last season. The fun had gone out of the game for him, which I think is probably the craziest thing about Lemaire. He really does love that stifling, trapping style. GM Doug Risebrough talked Lemaire into staying. Meanwhile, Marian Gaborik remains unsigned [...]