Though Nashville Predators fans are still mourning their Stanley Cup Final loss, the team's No. 1 center, Ryan Johansen, offered some good news Tuesday.

Johansen's ahead of schedule in his recovery from emergency thigh surgery and expects he'll be able to resume skating in a couple of weeks, he told Robby Stanley of NHL.com.

The forward underwent the operation following an overtime loss in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Anaheim Ducks.

Johansen was diagnosed with acute compartment syndrome, which, in severe cases, can be limb- and life-threatening.

In his first full season in a Predators uniform, Johansen recorded 14 goals and 61 points in 82 games. Before his injury, he had 13 points in 14 playoff games.

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P.K. Subban says he wasn't hushed by the Nashville Predators.

The Predators defenseman became the talk of the series with his promise to win Game 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, his on-ice wrestling match with Sidney Crosby, and the whole Listerine fiasco, but then he mysteriously went silent, not talking to the media for three days ahead of Game 6.

Related: Subban's mysterious silence raises questions

His absence had many speculating that the former Norris Trophy winner was held back by the team. On Tuesday, Subban cleared the air, telling reporters we wasn't restricted from talking to the media ahead of Game 6, according to Joe Rexrode of The Tennessean.

He added that he simply forgot about his media appearance.

With the season in the rear-view mirror, Subban can go quietly into the night, but if history tells us anything, it won't be much longer before he's making headlines again.

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Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Greene has been activated off injured reserve for the purpose of a buyout, Jon Rosen of LAKingsInsider.com reported Tuesday.

Greene was placed on injured reserve in late January after suffering a back injury. Under the current collective bargaining agreement, players who are injured can't be bought out.

He has one year remaining on his current four-year, $10-million deal and is owed $2.5 million next season.

According to Cap Friendly, if the Kings buy out Greene, they'd owe the 34-year-old $833,333 in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

The 34-year-old has played the last nine seasons with the Kings and has posted 16 goals and 67 points in 464 games.

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An audience of 11.5 million tuned in across North America to see the Pittsburgh Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champions on Sunday night, the NHL announced on Tuesday.

The impressive viewership makes Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final the most-watched playoff game since 2013, when 12.2 million tuned in to watch Game 6 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins.

On the whole, the 2017 final attracted an average of 8.09-million viewers across North America, a 23 percent increase from last year's edition. The 87 playoff games contested this year combined to average an audience of 3.57 million.

If the Penguins contend for a three-peat next year, you can probably expect those numbers to rise once again.

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An audience of 11.5 million tuned in across North America to see the Pittsburgh Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champions on Sunday night, the NHL announced on Tuesday.

The impressive viewership makes Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final the most-watched playoff game since 2013, when 12.2 million tuned in to watch Game 6 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins.

On the whole, the 2017 final attracted an average of 8.09-million viewers across North America, a 23 percent increase from last year's edition. The 87 playoff games contested this year combined to average an audience of 3.57 million.

If the Penguins contend for a three-peat next year, you can probably expect those numbers to rise once again.

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The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Yannick Weber to a one-year, $650,000 contract on Tuesday, the team announced.

The 28-year-old is coming off his first season with the Predators after spending the previous three with the Vancouver Canucks. He played a career-high 73 games, recording one goal and seven assists.

During the postseason, Weber served on the team's third defense pairing alongside Matt Irwin. In 22 games, he collected one assist while averaging 11:09 of ice time per game.

Weber was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

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After reports swirled early Tuesday around the Golden State Warriors possibly declining their championship invite to visit the White House, the recently crowned Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins cleared the air surrounding their potential visit.

"The Pittsburgh Penguins would never turn down a visit to the White House and, if invited, we would go as a team," team president David Morehouse said in a statement, according to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports.

"We respect the office of the presidency of the United States and what it stands for," he said. "Any opposition or disagreement with a president’s policies, or agenda, can be expressed in other ways."

As Wyshynski points out, the Penguins visited the White House following the team's most recent Cup wins in 2009 and 2016 during former President Barack Obama's tenure.

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Matt Cullen has racked up 21 seasons in his NHL career, but the Pittsburgh Penguins want one more.

After capturing the third Stanley Cup of his career - and second with Pittsburgh - the 40-year-old Cullen was serenaded with a resounding "one more year!" chant from his teammates as he sipped from the silver chalice Sunday night.

Cullen said prior to Game 6 that this Cup run would likely be his last kick at the can, and frankly, it doesn't look like there's any better way to go out.

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While Penguins fans were out in the streets celebrating the team's Stanley Cup victory Sunday night, Bob Allen of CBS Pittsburgh affiliate KDKA-TV appeared to be wishing he was anywhere else.

"I'm not mad at any of these folks, but they really need to tone it down and let us do our thing," a visibly annoyed Allen said during his live shot. "And it's been tough, 'cause they're just having such a great time."

Allen pointed out that fans had to leave in 90 minutes "because that's what the police department ordered," before shoving an exuberant fan away from the camera and sending it back to a chuckling anchor in the studio.

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Mario Lemieux took a few dives during his NHL career, but none of those compared to the flop he took Monday at Sidney Crosby's house. Super Mario was in fine form at Sid's pool party, celebrating the Penguins' fifth Stanley Cup victory by taking a little dip ... with all of his clothes on

You'd think Lemieux - a two-time Cup champion - should have enough experience with celebrations to show up with the proper attire.

Hey, there's always next year.

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