Witkowski to waivers
Elliotte Friedman: The Tampa Bay Lightning put defenseman Luke Witkowski on waivers.
Lucic to have a hearing for sucker punch
NHL Player Safety: Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic will have a hearing today for his ‘roughing’ of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kole Sherwood.
Kole Sherwood gets dropped by Milan Lucic after jabbing at a puck covered by David Rittich pic.twitter.com/3ZljyNfHoU
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) November 3, 2019
Conditions on the Domingue trade
Chris Johnston: Conditions on the Loui Domingue trade to the New Jersey Devils. A condition 2021 seventh-round pick to the Lightning if any of the below are met.
1. Domingue plays in seven NHL regular-season games for the New Jersey Devils during the 2019-20 NHL regular season.
2. Domingue plays in one NHL playoff game for the Devils during the 2020 playoffs.
3. Domingue is traded by the Devils before the start of the 2020 NHL draft.
Jets and Byfuglien could be headed to arbitration of his ankle injury
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Dustin Byfuglien – Winnipeg Jets situation
“Here’s what I believe the NHL/Jets side is in all of this — first of all, the Jets have been told they can’t say anything, which is why Kevin Cheveldayoff has been so guarded in his comments. But, from what I understand, they feel in the exit physical at the end of last year, Dustin Byfuglien was deemed fit to play. He didn’t let anyone know that he had injuries with his ankle all summer, and made it clear at the beginning of the year he was ready to retire.
“However, Byfuglien — his representatives at Octagon and I assume the Players’ Association too — their position is Byfuglien was hurt going into the playoffs, everybody knew that, he was playing injured, he took all summer off to heal, he went to Winnipeg because he planned to play, his ankle acted up again when he started skating, and they feel it’s a legitimate hockey injury.”
Friedman adds that during the surgery the doctors discovered a broken bone in his foot. Question is, when did the break occur?
This Byfuglien story is crazy.#GoJetsGo #Byfuglien pic.twitter.com/Carz7ciagY
— Nik
(@leafsfannik) November 3, 2019