7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It wasn’t the swine flu. Although Jake DeBrusk admits it certainly made for a more compelling tale from the road after the Boston Bruins returned from China. “I don’t think it was actually swine flu,” he said. “But it felt like swine flu. Very similar. Very awful.” As the Bruins
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7:35 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers put goaltender Roberto Luongo on injured reserve Sunday, one day after a right knee injury knocked the veteran out of his team’s season-opening loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning. The move will sideline Luongo for at least a week and means that James Reimer
1:51 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will not start against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night because of a lower-body injury. Quick sustained the injury in practice Saturday and is day to day. Jack Campbell will start against Detroit. Campbell went 2-0-2 with a 2.48
1:13 PM ET San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton is going on short-term injured reserve after experiencing discomfort in his surgically repaired right knee. Thornton experienced swelling in the knee and flew back to San Jose to meet with doctors Saturday while the rest of the team headed to the East Coast for a four-game
10:21 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Carolina Hurricanes have been a perennial preseason sleeper team, but after nine-straight years of missing the playoffs, they want to be Cinderella at the end of the season — and not have midnight strike in early spring. Enter new coach Rod Brind’Amour, the man tasked with bringing them there.
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — The shock hasn’t subsided for Erik Karlsson. Being forced to relocate across a continent from a city that he loved, the only place outside of Sweden he ever called home. Swapping the red and black of the Ottawa Senators, the only NHL uniform he has worn,
2:14 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The NHL Players’ Association has filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Wilson after the Capitals forward was suspended 20 games for an illegal check to the head. The NHLPA announced the expected move Friday, which had to happen within 48 hours of the Department of Player Safety
11:40 AM ET To paraphrase Robert Burns: The best-laid schemes of mice and men, often last just the first 40 minutes of a team’s season. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! Yes, after all of the preseason planning by coaches, all of the scheming
10:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ‘What-about-ism’ is a cancer that eats away our rational discourse. It’s a rhetorical crutch. It’s a logical fallacy. It’s a diversionary tactic, a flare of false equivalency shot into the air in the hopes of drawing attention away from the issue at hand. Which brings us to T.J. Oshie. The
7:07 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have signed forward Barclay Goodrow to a two-year contract extension. General manager Doug Wilson announced the move to keep Goodrow from becoming a restricted free agent next summer on Thursday. Goodrow had career highs with seven goals and 14 points in 47