Afternoon Hits: Phaneuf, Gill, Blue Jackets, Pitkanen, Rielly and Reimer
  • Pierre LeBrun: Talks between the Maple Leafs and Dion Phaneuf haven’t started yet, but a source said that they could begin soon.
  • TSN Radio: Darren Dreger: “My sense is that Dion Phaneuf will not take a dime less than 6.5 million”
  • Josh Rimer: The Flyers sign Hal Gill to a one-year, $700,000 deal.
  • Rob Mixer: The Blue Jackets had Nikita Nikitin, Artem Anisimov and Marian Gaborik back practicing today.
  • Terrell Williams: Hurricanes put Joni Pitkanen on LTIR and assisgn Matt Corrente to the AHL.
  • Darren Dreger: Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly will sit tonight. He won’t sit many more games before being returned to WHL.
  • Chris Johnston: James Reimer will start in net for the Leafs tonight.