- According to the Dallas Morning News, it might not be a surprise if Marty Turco is traded at some point this year. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent, and no extension talk has taken place.
- Scott Clemmensen will get his first start of the season for the Florida Panthers tonight against the Flyers. Nothing like sitting for a couple weeks then thrown in against the Flyers.
- Phil Kessel may be ahead of his mid-November return date and Jonas Gustavsson should be skating today and could be ready for Saturday.
- Mike Van Ryn’s season is over before it even started. His knee wasn’t healing as well as it should have been, and has gone under the knife to repair his damaged left knee. He came over to Toronto over a year ago for Bryan McCabe. He’s a solid Dman when healthy, but that is main issue with him. Van Ryn only made it in 27 games last season as he was out with the knee injury, broken nose, broken hand, and 2 concussions.
- Craig Conroy is back centering Jarome Iginla. Iginla and Jokinen have struggled this season when lined up together.
- In a desperate attempt to put more then 6,000 fans in the seats, the Coyotes have put in place a promotion for 5 games (Oct. 24 vs. Los Angeles Kings, Nov. 14 vs. Dallas Stars , Dec. 5 vs. Ottawa Senators , Jan. 16 vs. Minnesota Wild , Feb. 13 vs. Dallas Stars) where the team wins, fans who attended the game will get a voucher for a free ticket.
Around the Boards - Fri. Oct. 16th
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#1 by Derek at October 16th, 2009
Poor decision by Phoenix. A free ticket is worthless. Even in Toronto when they have free tickets in the pre-season they don’t fill the arena like they do when the tickets have value. People will try to sell tickets they paid for if they can’t make it to a game but free tickets just go in the trash…
#2 by Jeff at October 19th, 2009
No matter what they do, it wont work. They should be focused on the long-term growth initiatives (teaching kids to become fans), but they have no idea if they will still be in town to reap the benefits. The sooner they move this team the better. The NHL screwed this one up in so many ways.
#3 by Jeff at October 19th, 2009
Speaking of which, Bettman took at team there because Phoenix is one of the biggest TV markets in the US.
And then he decided not to have games on ESPN!
He is a terrible league executive.