The Ottawa Senators are in no hurry to make another trade. According to the Ottawa Sun, GM Bryan Murray may very well leave the team as-is for the rest of the season. After acquiring Matt Kassian from the Minnesota Wild, the Senators general manager isn’t too interested in making any major moves until he gets a better sense of how well certain [...]

The Minnesota Wild have signed Brett Clark to a prorated $900,000 contract. But don’t expect the 36-year-old defenseman to see game action right away. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports Clark won’t play until he takes part in a few practices. And the Wild intend to keep eight defensemen for the foreseeable future including Justin Falk and Nate Prosser as “extras”. “He’s a veteran NHL defenseman [...]

Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry has been suspended for four games, without pay, for a late, illegal check to Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker during NHL Game No. 384 in Minnesota on Tuesday, March 12, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Perry will [...]

Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry faces a hearing with the Department of Player Safety on Wednesday afternoon. Perry was assessed a five-minute major for interference and a game misconduct at the 4:21 mark of the second period for a hit on Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker during a game Tuesday night at Excel Energy Center. Zucker was injured on the play and [...]

The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Matt Kassian from the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday for a sixth-round pick in the 2014 draft. The 26-year-old Kassian has been playing for Houston of the AHL. In nine games with the Aeros, Kassian has one goal and 12 penalty minutes. Kassian made his NHL debut during the 2010-11 season after being chosen in the [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks set a franchise record with their 10th consecutive victory and extended their points streak to 23 games with a 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Here is some trade noise involving both teams: Trades are an option for the Minnesota Wild, but GM Chuck Fletcher has enough options that [...]

Tonight the Chicago Blackhawks go against the Minnesota Wild looking to keep its historic 22-game point streak intact. Though the Wild can make a claim few other teams in the NHL can this season. They’ve beaten the Chicago Blackhawks. Minnesota was the first team to walk away from a game with Chicago with two points after outlasting them [...]

For 17 games, nobody has been able to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in regulation. Now they own the best start in NHL history all by themselves. The Blackhawks set an NHL record for the best start to a season, beating the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday to give them at least one point in each of their first 17 games. [...]

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 [...]

Recent murmurings surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins hint at an interest in improving the squad and relatively soon through trade. CBC’s Elliotte Friedman suggests Penguins GM Ray Shero may have his eye on one Minnesota Wild forward, in particular. Friedman writes “So who was Shero watching last week in Minnesota? He attended (the) Avalanche/Wild game the night before Pittsburgh won in Winnipeg. [...]