Morning Hits: Carcillo, Top UFAs, Galchenyuk and Injury Updates
  • NHL Player Safety: Blackhawks Daniel Carcillo waived his right to an in-person hearing and will have a phone hearing today. Chris Johnston: Carcillo can still be suspended for more than five games.
  • Mark Spector: The Oilers have hired ex-Oil Kings GM Bob Green as their Director of Player Personnel.
  •  Kevin Allen of USA Today: Updated Top 25 UFAs. 1. Johnny Boychuk 2. Christian Ehrhoff 3. Carl Soderberg 4. Mike Green 5. Antoine Vermette 6. Cody Franson 7. Paul Martin 8. Mike Ribeiro 9. Martin St. Louis 10. Johnny Oduya 11. Matt Beleskey 12. Jeff Petry 13. Francois Beauchemin 14. Justin Williams 15. Mats Zuccarello 16. Jhonas Enroth 17. Brad Richards 18. Jiri Tlusty 19. Michael Frolik 20. Eric Fehr 21. Drew Stafford 22. Barret Jacakman 23. Lubomir Visnovsky 24. Curtis Glencross 25. Erik Cole
  • David Pagnotta: The Las Vegas ticket drive will start in about three weeks. The league is meeting with Hockey Vision LV to finalize the details and logistics.
  • Renaud Lavoie: Canadiens Alex Galchenyuk met with head coach Michel Therrien over the weekend and told him that he’s more comfortable playing on the wing.
  • Buffalo Sabres: Cody McCormick is likely out for the remainder of the season.
  • Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Mikkel Boedker is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
  • Tom Gulitti: Devils Cory Schneider passed his concussion protocol testing and will get the start tonight.
  • Rich Chere: Devils Tuomo Ruutu skated on Saturday and Jaromir Jagr was to skate yesterday.
  • Gary Lawless: Jets Mathieu Perreault has an upper-body injury and is likely out until after the all-star break according to coach Paul Maurice.