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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse will miss two-to-three weeks after suffering a broken finger Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets, the team announced Friday.

Fellow blue-liner Slater Koekkoek is also out three-to-four weeks with a lower-body injury. Defensemen Philip Broberg and William Lagesson have been recalled from the AHL's Bakersfield Condors as a result.

Additionally, goaltender Mike Smith has been moved to long-term injured reserve and remains "week-to-week at best," according to head coach Dave Tippett.


Nurse is averaging a team-high 26:06 of ice time per game this season. He's also chipped in 11 assists in 16 games.

Meanwhile, Koekkoek has played sparingly, averaging 9:48 per contest in 11 appearances.

The Oilers' defensive pairings for Saturday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks are still to be determined, but here's the team's updated depth chart on the back end:

LDRD
Duncan KeithEvan Bouchard
Kris RussellCody Ceci
Philip BrobergTyson Barrie
William Lagesson
Broberg is in line to make his NHL debut due to the absences of Nurse and Koekkoek. The eighth overall pick in 2019 has excelled in his first AHL season, tallying 10 assists in 13 games.

The 25-year-old Lagesson has 27 career NHL games under his belt - all with Edmonton.

Smith, meanwhile, hasn't played since Oct. 19 due to a lower-body injury.
 
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Friday.

"He is being monitored by the Canadiens medical staff and will follow the protocols set forth by the National Hockey League and the public health authorities," the club said in a statement.

Bergevin has been Montreal's GM since 2012-13 and has overseen six playoff appearances during his tenure, including a trip to the Stanley Cup Final this past spring.
 
The Colorado Avalanche inked bench boss Jared Bednar to a two-year contract extension Friday.

Bednar's new pact runs through 2023-24. His current deal expires at the end of this season.

The 49-year-old is in his sixth campaign as Avalanche head coach. He improved to 192-154-40 and moved to within a single win of tying Bob Hartley for the franchise record with a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Friday night.


Bednar is currently the fifth-longest-tenured bench boss in the NHL. He's guided Colorado since 2016-17, helping the club make the playoffs in each of the four seasons that followed.

However, the Avalanche have exited the postseason in the second round three years in a row, including last season in which they won the Presidents' Trophy.
 
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Quebec Premier Francois Legault is set to meet with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss the possibility of bringing the defunct Nordiques back to Quebec City.

"I’ve spoken with Bettman already, and there are meetings that are planned during the coming months," Legault said Thursday on RDS' Le 5 à 7, as translated by theScore.

"You have to look to know who is ready to invest. We have an (arena) already built in Quebec (City), and we are in contact with commissioner Gary Bettman to find out what we need to bring back the Nordiques."


Quebec City's Videotron Centre is an 18,259-seat arena that opened in 2015. It's the seventh-largest indoor arena in Canada and the largest that doesn't house an NHL team. The QMJHL's Quebec Remparts are currently the primary tenant.

The Quebec Nordiques were an NHL team from 1979-95 before relocating to Colorado and becoming the Avalanche.

The NHL has expanded from 30 teams to 32 over the last few years with the additions of the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken. No further expansion plans are publicly known.

There has been much speculation about the Arizona Coyotes' future in the desert, especially after the city of Glendale informed the team in August that the 2021-22 campaign will be its last at Gila River Arena. But team president Xavier Gutierrez said at the time the franchise is "100% committed to finding a long-term arena solution here in Arizona."

The Coyotes submitted a bid in September to build an arena in nearby Tempe, Arizona, but their plans for the 2022-23 season are unknown.
 
LiamGallagher’sBucketHat said:
Who would move to the Central if AZ moves to Quebec? Maybe the Coyotes get their situation sorted and the Panthers move.
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Personally I would rather see the Panthers relocate to Québec City, that team is stacked and will be good for years to come. Plus they have a couple of French-Canadian players in their lineup in Huberdeau and Duclair 👍
 
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