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  Ducks Recall Roger McQueen From AHL San Diego

  First reported by Elliotte Friedman, the Anaheim Ducks are calling up forward Roger McQueen. The 20-year-old is entering year one of his three-year entry-level contract, signed back in April out of his freshman campaign at Providence College, scoring 27 points in 36 NCAA games. Further to that, on his amateur tryout agreement, which slid the ELC to this being his first, he added three points in seven games to cap off 2025-26. His AAV is $1.075MM, so with Anaheim sending down defenseman Travis Mitchell earlier, this offsets the move monetarily,

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  Flames Looking To Take Contract Back For Connor Zary

  According to Elliotte Friedman, the Calgary Flames are looking to take a contract back in return for Connor Zary.

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  Nico Sturm Placed On Injured Reserve

  There were some Monday blues in Minnesota on the injury front. Nico Sturm, announced by the Wild, has an upper-body injury that he sustained in their 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. While up 3-0, late in the first period, Jared Spurgeon had the puck off a Minnesota face-off win and fired it on

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  Flyers Reportedly Not Considering Coaching Change

  The Philadelphia Flyers’ immense early-season struggles have been one of the more surprising storylines in the NHL in the early portion of 2026-27. Philadelphia enjoyed a stellar 2025-26 season, beating the expectations of nearly every outside observer to not only reach the playoffs, but also defeat its arch-rival Pittsburgh Penguins in a first-round playoff series.

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  Injury Notes: Dahlin, Markstrom, Matinpalo

  Sabres captain and top defenseman Rasmus Dahlin left during this afternoon’s win over Florida and he’ll be day-to-day. After the game, head coach Lindy Ruff told the media, including Pat Malacaro of WGR Sports Radio, that the star will stay back in Buffalo while the team flies to Montreal for tomorrow’s game. The hope is

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  Evening Notes: Hellebuyck, Wotherspoon, Rattie

  On today’s episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said that he does not think “anybody involved” from the Winnipeg Jets want to see Connor Hellebuyck come back and suit up at any point this year.  A player dealing with a similar situation, Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had his “C” stripped and was booed

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  Canadiens Recall Owen Beck

  The Montreal Canadiens shared earlier today that forward Owen Beck has been recalled from AHL Laval. No corresponding transaction was made, although the move is a result of Florian Xhehaj’s day-to-day status while Oliver Kapanen is on injured reserve. Montreal now sits at 12 healthy forwards, and if Xhehaj is unable to go tomorrow against Buffalo, Beck could draw into the lineup. For what it is worth, head coach Martin St. Louis utilized 11F/7D in Saturday’s shootout win over Detroit.

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  Wild Recall Tyler Pitlick, Place Marcus Foligno On IR

  The Minnesota Wild have a pair of brothers on their injured reserve headed into Monday’s matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights. Forward Marcus Foligno was moved to IR with a mid-body injury, per Michael Russo of The Athletic. He joins his brother, Nick Foligno, who is recovering from an upper-body injury. Marcus’ IR designation will be retroactive to October 8th. That will force him out of games on Monday and Tuesday, making Thursday’s matchup against the St. Louis Blues the soonest that he could return.

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  Flyers Recall Jack Studnicka, Loan Carl Grundstrom To AHL

  The Philadelphia Flyers have made another attempt at adding more offense to the lineup. Forward Jack Studnicka has been recalled from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms after scoring three points in as many games to start the season. In a corresponding move, Philadelphia has also loaned Carl Grundstrom to the minors.

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  Flyers’ Helge Grans Clears Waivers

  The Flyers have placed defenseman Helge Grans on waivers, per Elliotte Friedman, paving the way for an AHL reassignment.

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  Central Notes: Bedard, Morrissey, Stars

  Chicago Blackhawks superstar Connor Bedard is “trending” towards playing tomorrow against the Pittsburgh Penguins, head coach Jeff Blashill told the media today. (via Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times) The Blackhawks’ captain is still working his way back from offseason shoulder surgery and has not yet made his 2026-27 debut. Bedard became a non-contact participant in Blackhawks practice a week ago, and upgraded to full contact yesterday. Now, it seems his return to Chicago’s lineup is imminent.

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