Hockey headlines for October 6, 2022

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Stars sign Jason Robertson to four-year contract worth $7.75 million AAV (Dallas Morning News)
T.J. Oshie leaves Capitals’ preseason win early with upper-body injury (Washington Post)
Czech trio showing plenty of chemistry as Bruins eke past Rangers in penultimate preseason game (Boston Globe)
Leafs captain John Tavares skates, still a possibility for opening night (Toronto Star)
Montreal Canadiens sign Logan Mailloux to entry-level contract (Montreal Gazette)
Tim Hortons pulls out of Hockey Canada’s men’s programming, while sports minister says top brass need to be fired (Toronto Star)
Pressure mounts on Hockey Canada as Tim Hortons, Scotiabank, and Quebec, Ontario sports associations pull support (Globe & Mail)
It’s not just Tkachuk: What to know about other newcomers’ potential roles with Panthers (Miami Herald)
The Leafs’ William Nylander is a star of the pre-season and, now, a centre of attention (Toronto Star)
Jets shut out Flames in final auditions for some (Winnipeg Sun)
Red Wings allow late power-play goal, drop 4-2 decision in Washington (Detroit News)
Canucks forward Nils Hoglander returns to game against Oilers after taking high hit (Vancouver Province)
Next generation brings much-needed excitement to Edmonton Oilers training camp (Edmonton Sun)
Rangers have plenty of tough decisions to make as regular season looms (New York Post)
Tough decisions hover over the Penguins as they look to trim roster, get salary cap compliant (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Where Derek Lalonde is at in deciding Detroit Red Wings' roster battles (Detroit Free Press)
Analyzing Blackhawks’ new defensive, offensive systems under Luke Richardson (Chicago Sun-Times)
Canucks still missing Travis Dermott as defence corps take shape (Vancouver Province)
Injury behind him, Lightning’s Brayden Point rounds into regular-season form (Tampa Bay Times)
Knights center has simple goal: ‘Just be better than last year’ (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin finds right harmony in being healthy (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Frank Vatrano gives Ducks more flexibility up front (Orange County Register)
Anton Khudobin gets clean bill of health heading into season, giving Stars options (Dallas Morning News)
Blue Jackets have goaltending conundrum brewing with backup role (Columbus Dispatch)
Is that Big Z or Little Z? Flames have some names to work out with Zohorna’s arrival (Calgary Sun)
Shane Bowers, Avs penalty-kill specialist? If it means sticking with Stanley Cup champs, that’s cool by him. (Denver Post)
JJ Peterka's learning curve looks like it will go up and down in NHL with Sabres (Buffalo News)
After a career of bouncing up and down, Nathan Walker may have finally found a home with Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Vesey, still in camp on tryout, gets a look on Rangers' top line (New York Newsday)
What Givani Smith needs to show to earn Red Wings roster spot (MLive.com)
Stone has been rock-solid in latest tryout with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Josh Leivo, Jake Neighbours strengthen their cases for roster spots with the Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
It sounds confusing, but Blues call up 5 just before final roster cuts (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Penguins assign defenseman Taylor Fedun to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flyers cut top prospect Cam York, nine others to bring training camp roster down to 34 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wild make more roster cuts, including Carson Lambos, who impressed at training camp (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Hurricanes reduce training camp roster to 25 and mutually part ways with defenseman (Raleigh News & Observer)
Isles trim training camp roster with assignments to Bridgeport (New York Newsday)
Hockey light shines on Twillingate as Senators and Canadiens go east to end pre-season (Ottawa Sun)
Maple Leafs using quick getaway the right way (Toronto Sun)
Michael Bublé roasts Johnny Gaudreau in Calgary tour stop (Columbus Dispatch)