Hockey headlines for September 28, 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Mikael Backlund signs extension, named captain of Flames (Calgary Sun)
Game on: Bedard and Co. looking forward to preseason tilt with Blues (Chicago Daily-Herald)
Flames winger Jakob Pelletier needs surgery, out indefinitely (Calgary Sun)
Canucks to induct Roberto Luongo into Ring of Honour on Dec. 14 (Vancouver Province)
Dorothy Montgomery, mother of Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery, passes away (Boston Globe)
Flames executive Chris Snow 'unresponsive' after cardiac arrest following four-year battle with ALS (Calgary Sun)
Gary Bettman hints All-Star skills events in Toronto will be toned down (Toronto Sun)
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour one proud pop as son Skyler plays NHL game for Florida (Raleigh News & Observer)
Should San Jose Sharks leverage cap space to help bail out Ottawa Senators? (San Jose Mercury News)
Penguins' power play, NHL roster plans beginning to take shape in ‘next phase’ of training camp (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rick Tocchet's tactful message to Dakota Joshua was timely shock therapy (Vancouver Province)
Islanders keeping Kyle Palmieri’s camp absence a mystery (New York Post)
With Joel Edmundson out, the Caps’ defense competition intensifies (Washington Post)
Stars’ Pete DeBoer shares injury updates for Roope Hintz, Chase Wheatcroft (Dallas Morning News)
Are the Comeback Kids, Kane and Brown, the right fit for McDavid? (Edmonton Sun)
Red Wings excited to see impact a healthy Michael Rasmussen can have (MLive.com)
Tyler Bertuzzi's unique style, skill set, not lost on his new Maple Leafs teammates (Toronto Sun)
Maple Leafs defence corps has some uncertain elements, but the T.J. Brodie-Morgan Rielly pairing isn’t one of them (Toronto Star)
Rickard Rakell gets look at left wing as Penguins sort out lineup (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Confident Pavel Zacha in the middle of it all for the Bruins (Boston Herald)
Blues forward Jakub Vrána off to hot start in preseason games (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Namestnikov the Jets’ Swiss Army knife (Winnipeg Free Press)
With a lot of new faces on Florida Panthers’ defense, Gustav Forsling ready for next step (Miami Herald)
Following offensive outburst in spring and summer, Sammy Blais thinks 'I can help this team a lot' (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Lightning’s Alex Barre-Boulet embraces ‘make-or-break’ opportunity (Tampa Bay Times)
Two veterans in Bruins camp mentor young players even as they compete with them for jobs (Boston Globe)
After eight years abroad, Brandon Kozun felt a tryout with Avalanche was “time to take a shot” (Denver Post)
Penguins assign forward Brayden Yager to Moose Jaw (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Juraj Slafkovsky shines as Canadiens edge Senators in pre-season action (Montreal Gazette)
Good time for Timmins run, but Klingberg hurt in Leafs win over Sabres (Toronto Sun)
Rusty Oilers star edge Canucks in underwhelming OT decision (Edmonton Sun)
Ducks’ Olen Zellweger, Pavel Mintyukov shine against Sharks (Orange County Register)
Simon Holmstrom makes strong impression in tryout for Islanders’ top line (New York Post)
The Fives — Who moved the pre-season performance meter? (Vancouver Province)
Flyers fall in preseason vs. Islanders, but bubble players make their case (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Jets lose pre-season game to Flames in a shootout (Winnipeg Sun)
Mathieu Joseph's two-goal effort spoiled by Ottawa Senators' loss to Habs (Ottawa Citizen)
San Jose Sharks defenseman injured in preseason loss to Anaheim Ducks (San Jose Mercury News)
Flyers defenseman Ronnie Attard gets his first preseason audition in a bid to make the roster (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Dave Tippett is back with the Kraken, but don’t expect him to go near the bench (Seattle Times)
Auston 'Papi' Matthews smashes homer during Rogers Centre batting practice (Toronto Sun)