Hockey headlines for October 4, 2024

Friday, October 4, 2024

With a potential season-opening lineup, Blues beat Stars in preseason rehearsal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Bruins fall flat in exhibition loss to the Kings (Boston Globe)
Valtteri Puustinen, other Penguins roster hopefuls make final case in preseason win in Columbus (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Report: Tyson Barrie signs one-year deal with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Sorokin practices, could be ready for Isles' opener (New York Newsday)
Canadiens' Patrik Laine made the decision not to have knee surgery (Montreal Gazette)
Lightning’s Conor Geekie suspended 1 game for fight in preseason game (Tampa Bay Times)
Robin Lehner’s time with Golden Knights comes to an end (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
USA Hockey national teams to wear helmet decals honoring Gaudreau brothers (Columbus Dispatch)
From Vancouver to Montreal, here’s how things are shaping up for Canada’s NHL teams (Globe & Mail)
How Mitch Marner became a complicated figure with the Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
Amazon NHL series shows Jeremy Swayman expressing doubt over Bruins future, desire to stay in Boston (Boston Globe)
Connor Bedard still glued to the ice after Chicago Blackhawks practices: ‘We took the steel out of his skates one day and hid it’ (Chicago Inquirer)
Injuries could disrupt Vancouver's salary cap plan (Vancouver Province)
Devils ‘motivated’ to show they can compete at top of NHL after disappointing last season (NJ.com)
Short its top options, Avalanche needs to find a net-front solution for the power play (Denver Post)
Jets' power-play makeover already producing desired results (Winnipeg Sun)
Last preseason game will be worthwhile ‘test’ for Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Blackhawks hope quick puck movement leads to more power-play success (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sabres' revamped roster built with Lindy Ruff's plan in mind (Buffalo News)
Drew Bannister says Zack Bolduc's preseason play has 'leveled off' for Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen finally broke through. Now, he's driven to be even better for Sabres (Buffalo News)
Sam Ersson keeping the same ‘earn it’ mentality despite now being the Flyers’ No. 1 goalie (Philadelphia Inquirer)
With Panarin out day-to-day, Othmann steps in amid encouraging preseason (New York Newsday)
Sabres' franchise pillars fueled by disappointing season, determined to finally succeed (Buffalo News)
After injury-plagued seasons, Marcus Foligno back to 100% for Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Jeff Skinner hoping Oilers second line grows into something special (Edmonton Sun)
Red Wings taking a look at potential future top defense pairing (MLive.com)
Now is time for the Ottawa Senators battling for spots to step up (Ottawa Sun)
Austin Watson hoping to provide physical element Red Wings are missing (Detroit News)
Max Pacioretty among Maple Leafs who can't get enough of 'meaningless' pre-season games (Toronto Sun)
Pushing for Calgary Flames job, Sam Honzek gets one more opportunity (Calgary Sun)
Scrappy Swede turning heads on Jets’ blue line (Winnipeg Free Press)
Why the first impression of Maple Leafs hopeful Nikita Grebenkin is probably fun (Toronto Star)
Hunter Brzustewicz among six Calgary Flames sent down to Wranglers (Calgary Sun)
Nashville Predators roster down to 25 players, Tanner Molendyk remains in camp (The Tennessean)
Winnipeg Jets send three to Moose, waive four others for assignment (Winnipeg Sun)
Nick Robertson shines at both ends as Anthony Stolarz and Leafs blank Red Wings (Toronto Sun)
Emil Andrae has a strong showing, Alexei Kolosov struggles in goal in Flyers’ preseason win over Devils (Philadelphia Inquirer)
St. Louis Blues hand Dallas Stars first loss in final preseason game (Dallas Morning News)
Red Wings' offense struggles again in 2-0 preseason loss against Toronto (Detroit News)
Patrice Bergeron says he would consider being part of an NHL team in his native Quebec City (Boston Globe)
‘Dream come true’: How Rick Vaive’s son Justin is having a full-circle moment with the Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
‘Incredible’: Carolina Hurricanes raise $300,000 for Western NC storm relief (Raleigh News & Observer)