Quick Hits from around the league this morning: Ansar Khan of MLive.com suggests the Detroit Red Wings could cut Jan Mursak loose — via trade or waivers – in the next six weeks. ”Mursak will have a tough time cracking the lineup when everyone – or most everyone – is healthy. And it wouldn’t be any easier for [...]

Minnesota Wild winger Devin Setoguchi has been fined $8,108.11 by the NHL for high-sticking Detroit Red Wings defenseman Kyle Quincey in Sunday’s game against Detroit. Setoguchi was assessed a double-minor for high-sticking Quincey at 15:16 of the second period. Quincey left the game, but returned in the third period. As a first-time offender, the maximum Setoguchi could [...]

Minnesota Wild forward Devin Setoguchi faces a fine hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety Tuesday morning for an incident in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. Setoguchi was assessed a double-minor for high-sticking Detroit’s Kyle Quincey at 15:16 of the second period. Quincey left the game briefly, but returned in the third period. Under the terms of the [...]

The Calgary Flames claimed netminder Joey MacDonald off waivers on Monday in hopes that he can help out a thin and injured goaltending situation. The Flames needed a goalie after starter Miikka Kiprusoff sprained his MCL last Tuesday in a game against the Detroit Red Wings. Kiprusoff is listed as day-to-day and was on the ice Monday morning. [...]

The Ilitch family is tight lipped when discussing the new Detroit Red Wings stadium, and it’s too soon to do more about the details of the arena. We don’t know for sure if it will be publicly or privately owned. Crain’s Detroit Business suggests that odds are the new Wings home will have a corporate name because [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Last week, we mentioned Wayne Gretzky talking to the Toronto Maple Leafs about joining the team. Gretzky is flattered and humbled anytime his name comes up in conversations for executive jobs around the NHL, but he hasn’t had substantive conversations with any franchise about future employment, and he isn’t [...]

Patrick Marleau scored two goals in each of the first four games of the season, becoming the first NHL player to do that since 1917. Quick Hits from around the league: Contract talks between restricted free agent P.K. Subban and the Montreal Canadiens are essentially going nowhere. A trade may still not be the most likely scenario just yet, but it [...]

The Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Kent Huskins to a one-year contract Tuesday. Huskins has seven points and a plus-9 rating in 25 games with the St. Louis Blues last season. He’ll join a Detroit team which is in desperate need of help on the back end. That said, he’ll likely be more of a depth [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Tomas Holmstrom is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday, according to MLive.com. The Detroit Red Wings have called a news conference for 4:30 p.m. ET to make the announcement. Holmstrom won four Stanley Cups with the Red Wings in 15 seasons with the team. The Calgary Flames have traded [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: As discussed by Ansar Khan of MLive.com, “Wade Redden is among several defensemen the Detroit Red Wings have discussed internally”. For a small fraction of the $5 million (cap hit: $6.5 million) Redden is due this season, the 35-year-old could provide some blue-line depth and veteran experience for squads in [...]