Hockey headlines for April 30, 2020

Thursday, April 30, 2020

NHL offers hope players could return to ice in small groups by middle or end of May (Los Angeles Times)
Flyers sign high-scoring winger Linus Sandin from Sweden (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canucks sign super-skilled prospect Nils Hoglander (Vancouver Province)
Penguins sign Czech forward Radim Zohorna (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Red Wings sign goalie Victor Brattstrom, 2018 sixth-round pick (MLive.com)
Flames sign Swedish defenceman Johannes Kinnvall (Calgary Sun)
Oilers taking a flier on a Swedish defenceman who can fly (Edmonton Journal)
The NHL and the Players' Association have a lot of work to do to get a return plan in place (Ottawa Sun)
As NHL's pause rolls on, Blues look at furloughs starting Monday (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
John McDonough’s dismissal gives Blackhawks’ front office clean slate, for better or worse (Chicago Sun-Times)
With Pro Sports Paused, a Women’s Hockey League Expands (New York Times)
There’s no shortage of work for Kings, Ducks executives during coronavirus shutdown (Los Angeles Times)
If NHL season resumes in full in July, Blackhawks won’t have much to play for (Chicago Sun-Times)
Flyers coach Alain Vigneault believes hockey and other sports will help bring back ‘some sort of normalcy’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
If the NHL returns this season, Wild’s Kevin Fiala will be in shape (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Jets' Lowry: quarantine from families would be 'unfair' (Winnipeg Sun)
Bruins’ Anders Bjork pushing himself during shutdown (Boston Herald)
Flames’ gamers ready for virtual faceoff in video-game challenge (Calgary Sun)
Clune's story of battles with addiction coming in documentary on Marlies forward (Toronto Sun)
Quite a home movie: Maple Leafs win the 1967 Cup (Toronto Sun)