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The Toronto Maple Leafs welcomed both John Tavares and Calle Jarnkrok back to the practice rink today shares David Alter of The Hockey News. Both players have been bearing through day-to-day lower-body injuries. Tavares notably suffered his on a hit from Montreal’s Michael Pezzetta in Toronto’s Thursday night preseason action. Both he and Jarnkrok will now have two preseason … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Leafs, Kinkaid, Cristall, Brunicke

The Devils and the Sabres open the NHL regular season with two games in Prague. … [Read more...] about Devils meet the Sabres in the Czech capital to open the NHL regular season

Victor Perahia, the president of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees and a Holocaust survivor, has died. He was 91. … [Read more...] about Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91

9 – Number of days remaining until the start of the Washington Capitals’ 50th season. But it’s also… …the number of players in NHL history with 5000+ shots on goal in their career. That list of nine includes three players who have suited up for the Capitals over the years, with Mike Gartner edging out Wayne Gretzky for eighth overall with 5090, Jaromir Jagr checking in with … [Read more...] about The Noon Countdown: Shots, Shots, Shots

Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery isn’t enthused with winger Sonny Milano’s performance thus far this preseason, calling his showing “just okay” (via NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti). Carbery added Milano has “the benefit of the doubt” as a veteran, but the 28-year-old’s standing in the lineup certainly seems to be on thinner ice. Line rushes still indicate Milano has the inside track … [Read more...] about Metropolitan Notes: Milano, Tsyplakov, Vesey