Hockey headlines for September 30, 2022

Friday, September 30, 2022

Maple Leafs sign Rasmus Sandin to fill gaping hole on the blue line (Globe & Mail)
Blais plays in first game since ACL tear last year (New York Newsday)
Ducks waiting for word on extent of Trevor Zegras’ upper-body injury (Orange County Register)
Devils’ Nico Hischier suffers hamstring injury, will be re-evaluated in 10 days (NJ.com)
San Jose Sharks react after Czech officials say Russians can play in Prague (San Jose Mercury News)
Canucks president Jim Rutherford a sage for the modern age, brings calm to his club (Vancouver Province)
Last year’s goal-scoring woes look to have followed the Flyers into preseason (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Edmonton Oilers shooting blanks, but big guns are drawing in soon (Edmonton Sun)
Rangers alternate captains still to be determined (New York Post)
Double vision: Panthers experiment with Barkov, Lundell together on top line in preseason (Miami Herald)
The Maple Leafs are toying with positionless hockey as they deal with injuries (Toronto Star)
Luke Richardson teaching Blackhawks new systems in straightforward way: ‘It helps everybody’ (Chicago Sun-Times)
Red Wings expect Tyler Bertuzzi to play this weekend, wait on others (MLive.com)
Sharks defenseman who was injured nearly all last season is, well, injured again (San Jose Mercury News)
St. Louis Blues' Scott Perunovich injury opens up a roster spot (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
With a 'clean slate,' Casey DeSmith looks to put gruesome groin injury, rocky 2021-22 behind him (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Familiarity brought goaltender Dustin Tokarski back to the Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
New Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta knows a contender when he sees one (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Nicolas Meloche looks to help fill role left vacant by Erik Gudbranson (Calgary Sun)
Red Wings' Derek Lalonde impressed with Moritz Seider's skill on defense (Detroit News)
Isles' Nelson itching to get started in preseason (New York Newsday)
After summer setback, WNYer Sean Malone is back on ice with Sabres (Buffalo News)
Making push for roster spot, Carolina Hurricanes’ Dylan Coghlan is proving he belongs (Raleigh News & Observer)
Young Knights forward pushes to make opening-night roster (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Robertson stays in Leaf job hunt (Toronto Sun)
Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 in preseason after 5-2 road victory over Florida Panthers (Raleigh News & Observer)
Ryan Donato scores in final minute of overtime to complete Kraken comeback (Seattle Times)
Lambert steals the show in Jets debut (Winnipeg Free Press)
Marco Rossi scores, Jesper Wallstedt shines as Wild beat Stars (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Devils’ depth pieces shine in 5-2 preseason victory over talented Rangers roster (NJ.com)
Lightning fall to Predators in second preseason game (Tampa Bay Times)
Injury scares to Roope Hintz, Ty Dellandrea overshadow Stars’ preseason loss (Dallas Morning News)
Kaiden Guhle looks ready for NHL as Canadiens lose 4-3 to Jets (Montreal Gazette)
Nils Lundkvist scores power-play goal in Stars’ preseason loss to the Wild (Dallas Morning News)
Flyers president Valerie Camillo is happy to no longer be the NHL’s only woman in ‘the room’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)