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Blue Jackets will be active … Sharks carrying 3 goalies for now … Lehtonen to be actived, Raycroft to be waived … Luongo to start
Posted by Mark Easson in Fantasy Hockey News, NHL News, NHL Rumors, NHL Starting Goalies on December 28th, 2011
- Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson on his struggling team, “We’ll be active.”
“The first six or seven weeks of the season, it was too disjointed,” he said. “We had (James) Wisniewski out. We had (Jeff) Carter out. We had (Radek) Martinek out. We had (Mark) Dekanich out. … It was just too disjointed to get a clear picture. The picture is becoming clearer now. We aren’t playing well enough and … me as management has to find a solution to help the team.”
“Everything’s on the table,” he said. “We’ve got to look at everything. We’ve got to seriously look at everything. Now that’s different than saying, ‘I’m going to phone every GM tomorrow and say who do you want, (Rick) Nash, Carter or (R.J.) Umberger?’ but we’ve got to look at the whole situation and we’ve got to consider everything.”
- David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Sharks management have their mid-season meetings on Jan. 14th, where they make some decision on what they’ll do before the Feb. 28th trade deadline.
“We’re carrying three goalies now and we can’t predict the future,” said Wayne Thomas, who doubles as the Sharks’ goalie coach and assistant general manager. “We can’t predict other teams’ needs, we can’t predict our needs. What we try to do is just keep all three of them ready. That’s the job.”
- Jim Jamieson via twitter: Roberto Luongo will start in net for the Canucks against the Sharks. Cory Schneider will start on Thursday or Saturday.
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen should be ready to go tomorrow against the Blue Jackets. Lehtonen will need to be activated from the IR. As a result, Andrew Raycroft has been informed that he’ll be put on waivers today. Richard Bachman will be the backup after going 5-2-0 with a 2.76 GAA while Lehtonen was out.
- Erik Erendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning forward Martin St. Louis must wear a full cage for the next month as he recovers from an eye injury. Once he’s able to remove the full the full cage, he’ll be putting on a plastic visor for the 1st time in 15 years.
Blackhawks not looking to make any changes yet, same for the Maple Leafs … Stars have talked with Benn, Goligoski and Grossman … Colborne with Leafs
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 19th, 2011
- Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times: After sending Rostislav Olesz ($3 million) to the minors, the Blackhawks now have between $6-$7 million free.
“We’re not in a rush to spend money,” Bowman said before the Hawks played the Calgary Flames. “It’s a bit of an oddity for us. In the last couple of years, we’ve been so tight against [the salary cap].”
“We don’t have anything that we’re close to doing or looking at,” said Bowman, who’ll stick with a 23-man roster. “We’re always looking ahead at what might be there, but we’ll see what happens.
“Right now, we’re not looking to do anything in particular. We’re happy with the players that we have, as well as the start that our top guys have gotten off to.”
Defenseman Brent Seabrook is doubtful for Saturday against the Oilers. Jahns via twitter: GM Stan Bowman said that he was never approached by the Sabres about trading Patrick Kane, despite the reports.
- Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun: With all the injuries the Maple Leafs have encountered of late, it won’t play a role in trade talks according to VP of hockey operations Dave Poulin, not yet anyway.
“If something made sense for our hockey team, we’d do it tomorrow regardless of what’s going on,” Poulin said in a phone interview. “But circumstances right now have no factor with that.
“You have to be patient.”
- Kevin Paul Dupont via twitter: Joe Colborne was spotted in the Maple Leafs room this morning.
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk on affect of new ownership on payroll and with possible trades:
“I think it’s more environment and comfort in the short-term. I like our roster and I think we need to let it be for a bit. I don’t foresee any immediate moves that are necessary. But, in the long term, having an owner and possibly a higher budget could open the door for opportunities that we’re not able to study right now. It also will probably change the way other teams look at us, and maybe they will be more open to picking up the phone and making a call.”
Nieuwendyk has had discussions with RFAs Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski, as well as UFA Nicklas Grossman.
- Louie Korac of NHL.com: Blues forward David Perron has been cleared for contact. Perron hasn’t played since taking a Joe Thornton hit on Nov. 4th 2010. There is no timetable for his return.
- Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Colten Teubert and Taylor Chorney were recalled by the Oilers to replace Andy Sutton and Corey Potter, who were both scheduled to have MRIs. Ryan Whitney practiced yesterday but won’t return until next week at the earliest.
- Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun: Brendan Morrison will likely be back in the lineup within the week. He tested his knee in the pre-game skate but was a scratch. David Moss could be put on the IR when Morrison is healthy.
- Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Signs are pointing to Ondrej Pavelec starting in net for the Jets against the Flyers.
- Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings against the Kings. Coach Babcock hasn’t decided on Sunday’s starter yet.
- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Curtis Sanford will start in net for the Blue Jackets.
- Mark Stepneski via twitter: Stars coach Gulutzan said they’ll make a decision on goaltending today, but may still be leaning towards Andrew Raycroft.
GMs to talk hybrid icing and trapezoid … Staal to visit concussion specialist … Green questionable for tonight … Babchuk fractures hand
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on November 11th, 2011
- Craig Custance of ESPN: The GMs will meet next Tuesday and one thing they’ll talk about is hybrid icing. “To me, it’s a no-brainer,” Fletcher said. “I’ll be shocked if it’s not in the rulebook starting next season. It’s one of those things, I don’t know if there’s any strong opposition to it. It’s just something we all need to wrap our heads around.” There is small group of GMs would like to get rid of the trapezoid so that goalies could help protect defensemen.
Bob McKenzie via twitter: McKenzie has been told that there is no truth Evgeni Nabokov rumors last night, that Fedor Tyutin is not being traded.
- Larry Brooks via twitter: Rangers defenseman Marc Staal will be examined by a concussion specialist next week. Back on October 16th when Staal visited Dr. Cantu, he was ordered to shut it down for 1 month. For the last 3 weeks Staal has been resting at his apartment.
- Katie Carrera of the Washington Post: Capitals defenseman Mike Green is questionable for tonight. “I’m getting better each day. Finally, I think I’m getting close,” Green said. “We’ll see what the docs say [yesterday] and [today] and we’ll go from there.”
- John Bartlett of TSN: The Canadiens were without Michael Cammalleri and Andrei Kostitsyn last night. Cammalleri has a lower body injury. Scott Gomez has been cleared for contact.
- Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald: Flames defenseman Anton Babchuk is out indefinitely after fracturing his hand on Tuesday. They have recalled T.J. Brodie.
- Aaron Portzline via twitter: “Strange times: #CBJ third-leading scorer, w both GWGs, gets scratched (Johnansen); guy w no goals in 20 games moved to No. 1 line (Vermette)”
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Kari Lehtonen will start tonight against the Penguins. Andrew Raycroft is expected to start on Saturday. Lines at yesterday’s practice: Eriksson-Benn-Ryder, Barch-Ribeiro-Burish, Nystrom-Fiddler-Dvorak, Dowell-Wandell-Petersen.
Afternoon rumor roundup, roster notes and starting goalies
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on February 3rd, 2011
- Darren Dreger of TSN: Trade discussions are heating up. The Blue Jackets may be the closest to making a big deal. Steve Mason, Jakub Voracek and Rostislav Klesla are believed to be getting some interest. A top center and defenseman are of interest to the Jackets. Dale Tallon and Pierre Gauthier spent some time talking before last night’s game, though Tallon said no groundwork was laid. Ray Emery has drawn interest from 3 teams, with the Ducks and Flyers as 2 of them. Teams could make a move in the next 48 hours.
- Erik Erlendsson via twitter: Mike Smith has cleared waivers and is expected to be assigned to the AHL.
- Darren Dreger via twitter: Ray Emery’s agent JP Barry, “We are now exploring all possibilities and will have to make a decision relatively soon.” Bob McKenzie via twitter: Wherever Emery signs, he’s likely to start off in the AHL.
- Andy Strickland via True Hockey: The LA Kings and soon to be UFA, Justin Williams, have talked contract extension. Williams may be looking for a multi-year deal in the $4.5 million range, which might be out the Kings range.
- Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Peter Forsberg appeared to have had a rough practice yesterday, and it’s still unknown if his comeback will be successful. Forsberg hopes he can make a decision soon, maybe by the weekend.
- Allen Panzeri via twitter: Jason Spezza has been practicing on a line with Alfredsson and Foligno and appears to be ready to go for Saturday.
- Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News: Pavel Datsyuk had hoped to return on Friday, but Babcock said it might not be until next week.
- Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: It looks like it might be quiet trade deadline for the Minnesota Wild. From GM Chuck Fletcher, “trying to make the playoffs with this group.” There has been no talks of moving any of their potential UFAs. Though he wouldn’t mind giving his team a boost, he won’t mortgage their future. Marek Zidlicky is 2 weeks away from practicing.
- Katie Carrera via twitter: Capitals coach Bruce boudreau doesn’t know if Alex Semin will make the trip to Tampa.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Mike Brown will be out a couple weeks with an upper-body injury.
- Joe Haggerty via twitter: Tuuka Rask will be going for the Bruins against Andrew Raycroft and the Stars.
- Joshua Cooper via twitter: Andres Lindback will start for the Predators tonight.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Cam Ward will be net for the Hurricanes tonight against the Maple Leafs.
Jere Lehtinen retires … Staal still weeks away … Malkin out tonight … Phaneuf could return on Thursday
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Audio, NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 8th, 2010
- Dan Rosen via twitter: The Dallas Stars have announced that Jere Lehtinen has officially retired from the NHL.
- Will DePaoli via twitter: Penguins coach Bylsma said that Jordan Staal is still weeks away.
- Dan Rosen via twitter: Evgeny Malkin is out of the Penguins lineup tonight. Mike Comrie is out another week. Staal is making progress but not close.
- Jimmy Murphy via twitter: “Sturm trade unlikely unless team trading for him has definite return date. But still unlikely.”
- Tim Sassone via twitter: Andrew Raycroft will start for the Stars tonight. Kari Lehtonen has tightness in his leg.
- Alec Brownscombe via twitter: Brian Burke’s self imposed Christmas trade freeze kicks in tomorrow at midnight.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: Jonas Gustavsson will start for the Maple Leafs tonight.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: Dion Phaneuf could return tomorrow versus the Flyers according to coach Ron Wilson.
- The Globe and Mail Audio: James Mirtle posts audio from Dion Phaneuf today.
- The Globe and Mail Audio: Mirtle posts audio from Ron Wilson today.
- Fan 960 Audio: Matt Stajan talks with Rob as the Flames get set for a two game road trip.
Kaberle Willing to be Traded? Goalie Situation in Philly … What will Nashville do? Brawler Grabovski back at Practice
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on February 24th, 2010
Waiver Claim on Schremp, and Other Quick Hits
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on September 29th, 2009
- The New York Islanders have reportedly put in a waiver claim on Robbie Schremp. The Isles hold the #1 waiver claim slot, so they would get him even if other teams put in a claim. There is no doubt that Schremp is talented, offensive player, but he just couldn’t crack a Oilers line up. Desire and discipline have been issues for Schremp. Schremp could fit in on the top 2 lines with the Isles.
- Andrew Raycroft beats out Cory Schneider as the Canucks back up goalie. I’m thinking the Schneider may be wanting a change of scenery soon. He wouldn’t see any time ahead of Luongo, and there isn’t much point of keeping him as a backup to play 10 games in the NHL. He’s put up some solid numbers in the AHL.
- 6 2009 1st round picks remain in NHL camps; John Tavares (NYI), Victor Hedman (TB), Matt Duchene (Col), Evander Kane (Atl), Calvin de Hann (NYI), and Dmitry Kulikov (Flor.).
- Jiri Tlusty, Nik Kulemin, and Tyler Bozak (still might be sent to the Marlies) will stay with the Leafs, but will watch the season opener from the press box according to Hockey Central at Noon on Sportsnet.
- Players who were waived yesterday: Jonathan Sigalet (CLB), Derek MacKenzie (CLB), Craig Weller (Min), Christoph Schubert (Ott), Brandon Bochenski (TB), Adam Hall (TB), Ryan Craig (TB).
- Players who were released yesterday: Dan Fritsche (Atl), Manny Legace (Atl), Brett McLean (TB)
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