After skating at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday morning, Patrick Kane would have loved to play his first game for the Detroit Red Wings at night against the New York Rangers.

Six months removed from an invasive operation only two other NHL players have come back from, though, Kane will give his surgically repaired right hip a little more time.

The NHL All-Star Weekend is returning to its roots -- and bringing back an old favorite.

When the showcase lands in Toronto this February, it'll be as an expanded three-day event with NHL All-Star Thursday added ahead of the usual Friday skills competition and Saturday All-Star Game. The highlight of its Thursday festivities will be the league's first All-Star player draft in nearly a decade, with four All-Star captains -- and their celebrity captain partners -- drafting teams for Saturday's contest live in front of fans at Scotiabank Arena.

The Minnesota Wild on Monday fired coach Dean Evason after a disastrous start to their season.

John Hynes, who previously coached the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils, will take over as coach, an NHL source confirmed to ESPN.

New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba on Saturday was fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the NHL's collective bargaining agreement, for a high-sticking infraction on Boston Bruins forward Trent Frederic.

The penalty occurred earlier in the day, during New York's 7-4 victory in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.

The Chicago Blackhawks said veteran forward Corey Perry will be away from the team for "the foreseeable future."

Perry, 38, hasn't played in Chicago's past two games and didn't practice with the Blackhawks this week.

"He's away from the team and will remain so for the foreseeable future," GM Kyle Davidson said Saturday. "We're unable to provide any update on that front."

The decision to send Perry away from the team was made by management, Davidson said.

Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury wore a custom Native American Heritage Night mask in warmups Friday despite the NHL having forbidden him from doing so because it violated league policy on players wearing specialty equipment on theme nights.

Fleury wanted to honor his wife, Véronique, who is Native Canadian, by wearing a specially designed mask by artist Cole Redhorse Taylor.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.

The league and union announced Girard's status in a joint statement Friday before the Avalanche visited the Minnesota Wild.

Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was told by the NHL he could not wear a custom mask for the team's Native American Heritage night, his agent said Friday.

Allan Walsh confirmed his client was informed he couldn't wear the mask, even for warmups. The league prohibits players from wearing specialty jerseys, masks, stickers, decals or tape for theme nights.

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was activated off injured reserve Friday and will make his season debut against the host Carolina Hurricanes later in the night, coach Jon Cooper announced.

Vasilevskiy underwent surgery to repair a lumbar disc herniation in his back in September. Jonas Johansson (8-4-5, 3.41 goals-against average, .894 save percentage) made the bulk of the starts in his absence, with Matt Tomkins adding three appearances before being placed on waivers.

Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness returned to the team Friday after taking a leave of absence to attend to his wife.

Bowness has been away from the Jets since Oct. 23, one day after Judy Bowness suffered a seizure.

Associate coach Scott Arniel has been serving as the interim head coach in his absence.