John Ferguson Jr.

The Bruins' number one line in practice, Fluto Shinzawa reports in the Boston Globe, has been Marc Savard centring Milan Lucic and Michael Ryder.

Canadiens could see them in Halifax tonight. 

• Boone: Too many games too early

• Carey Price talks to La Presse's François Gagnon about his weight loss (Price's, not Gagnon's).

• Gagnon on the intra-squad game. Among the hopefuls, he liked Brock Trotter, Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Yannick Weber. He was less impressed by Kyle Chipchura.

• Marc de Foy of the Journal de Montréal also thought Chipchura had a tough day. And he liked Brock Trotter. 

• Montreal native Torrey Mitchell is out two months after breaking his leg in San Jose's second practice. 

• From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, a look at the league's top scoring defencemen (pegged to Ryan Whitney ad Sergei Gonchar of the Penguins, who are injured). 

• The Old Boys' Network: Tim Wharnsby reports John Ferguson Jr. has been hired as a pro scout for San Jose.

• The St. Petersburg Times says Barry Melrose plans to keep Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier fresher by cutting their ice time. St. Louis led NHL forwards last season with an average of 24 minutes, 17 seconds per game.