Tuesday morning news & notes

It's great to be back online and among the living once more. Amazing how lost one can feel after an absence of 24 hours. I follow the Florida who? We'll dive right into the (few) headlines of the past day and wing it from there.

LITTER BOX LINERS

• Miami Herald: defense/Weiss/Welch, Blog: demotions, IR update
• Sun-Sentinel: missed opportunities

THE DIVISION BELL

There were no Southeast division contests last night. In fact there were no Wales Conference matches at all; therefore, everyone remains fixed in their position following Sunday's results.

• Capitals at Islanders preview, via Japers' Rink. On Versus/HD.
• Canadiens at Hurricanes preview, via Four Habs Fans
• Thrashers at Senators preview, via Sens Army

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

Returning from injury: Booth, Welch, Zednik, Horton. Weiss remains on the shelf. Michal Repik and Shawn Matthias have been returned to the Amerks.

CATS/CANES PREPREPREGAME WARMUP

Laviolette looks pretty happy to be part of the bunch.