Information is very sketchy right now...but I shutter to say that according to this agent, who reps several other Swedish players, Sundin may very well be "on the clock."

"We are hearing that two teams have 48 hours and that time may have started at noon today. The two teams are somewhat surprising as well. One is Vancouver, the other is "in the Central Division."

According to the source, although he believes these latest deadlines may have been put into place by the teams, that is "Not a certainty." It is possible that Mats has given these teams some "new and relevant guidelines."

I will stay on it throughout the night and the next 30+ hours...and almost certainly beyond.

1:38: We all heard Gainey say that the Habs had moved beyond Sundin, right? well according to a few sources there are definite signs that the Canadiens have indeed let it be known that they are still on the "to call" list if things change.

When I asked a source if that meant at some point later in the season he said, "At any time. The Habs will be contacted at any time Sundin's decision comes down."
more to come..

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Another killer day outside...Hockey is in the air!

There is a trend I have noticed in each of the last three camps. The young kids coming in are getting better each year and the vets are really in a fight for their lives. It is a serious battle for many of the tried and true, which is why many of the unsigned vets have fled to Russia.

As one bubble vet said to me last night, "Thank God for one-way contracts, these kids can all fly like the wind!"

Anyway, many have asked me what pre-season games will be televised since there does not seem to be a definitive schedule anywhere..

Tonight's Rangers/Ottawa game is televised on MSG and Sportsnet in Canada, but AMAZINGLY tonight's Penguins/ Lightning game, full of subplots and future stars isn't on TV at all.

Tomorrow night Buffalo and Toronto will be on Sportsnet in Canada. and Monday night Buffalo Montreal game is on RDS (rumour is) and the Rangers/Tampa is on MSG.

Thanks to the NHL Network for sending me their pre-season schedule:

NHLN Live Pre-Season Schedule
1. Sep 23 @ 7pm ET – Buffalo at Montreal (Roberval, QC – Kraft Hockeyville Game)
2. Sept 27 @ 1pm ET – Carolina at Philadelphia (last NHL game at the Spectrum)
3. Sept 30 @ 12pm ET – NY Rangers vs SC Bern
4. Sept 30 @ 7:30pm ET – Detroit at Montreal
5. Oct 1 @ 1:30pm ET – NY Rangers vs Metallurg (Victoria Cup)
6. Oct 5 @ 5pm ET – Buffalo at Detroit

So who is going to a pre-season game?

Notes...Make sure you check out Brad Ratgen's blogs. Brad is in North Dakota with the Wild at training camp and doing an outstanding job reporting back from that fine facility.

Reader teaser...

Some major and awesome news and changes are coming to Hockeybuzz. Look for a podcast in the near future where I will be giving a state of the union pres conference that wil be covered live on the site....no hints....

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