Posts Tagged Erik Karlsson
Panthers looking for an explanation … Backes at $5 million? MRI for Armstrong … Spezza playing Saturday?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors, NHL Videos on October 27th, 2010
- Ian Mendes via twitter: Florida Panthers coach Peter DeBoer said that Dale Tallon will seek to get further explanation on the Colton Orr’s goal from last night. (video of goal at bottom of this entry with Kypreos, Watters and Millard talking about it).
- Andy Strickland of True Hockey: St. Louis Blues forward David Backes will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, both sides would like to get something done, but there is no rush. Backes may look to deals signed by Patrice Bergeron and Ryan Kesler as comparables, in the $5 million range. Kesler may have a more offensive upside that Backes, but plays a similar all-round game. Backes intangibles make him a valuable commodity.
- Darren Dreger via twitter: MRI on Colby Arstrong will be this afternoon. Luca Caputi expected to get the call-up from the Maple Leafs. Update: Nick Kypreos via twiter: Colby Armstrong may need surgery on his hand, could be out 4-6 weeks.
- Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek, Robyn Lehner and Filip Kuba are not on the ice at Senators practice. Ian Mendes noted that coach Clouston says that Spezza is targeting Saturday versus Boston, unlikely for Thursday.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Bryan McCabe is happy in Florida and is hopeful to get another contract from the Panthers.
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: Jeff Skinner was told to find a place to live in Raleigh, he won’t be going back to Kitchener of the OHL.
- Craig Custance via twitter: Atlanta Thrashers GM Dudley told Custance that there is a 99% chance that Burmistrov will stay with the club.
- Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Erik Ersberg will take his KHL medical today, expected to sign with Salavat Yulaev after.
Sens still trying to make a deal, tight against the cap … Boychuk out a month … Kovalchuk plays, scores only goal … plus more
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 25th, 2010
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Bryan Murray hasn’t been able to find a trade partner yet in his attempt to shake up his team. They are tight against the salary cap, which could be marking it harder to pull off a deal. Capgeek is showing that they are only $75,000 under the cap. The Sens are trying to move Brian Lee and his $875,000 salary since the summer, but he hasn’t played well. Teams are willing to take Nick Foligno or Erik Karlsson, but Murray isn’t interested in moving them. Filip Kuba should be practicing with the team early this week.
- Rich Thompson of the Boston Herald: Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk will be out for about a month after a ‘slight’ fracture in his left forearm. It won’t require surgery. Boychuk took a slash from Brandon Dubinsky.
- Mark Everson of the NY Post: The New Jersey Devils rank last in scoring and in points, and have benched their $100 million man. Everson thinks they need to stop juggling their lines and let them find a way to work together. Kovalchuk scored the teams only goal last night after his one game banishment to the press box. Kovalchuk added this about his healthy scratch,”The coach decided to give me a little rest and that’s about it. That’s his decision. It’s going to stay between me and him. I’m just a player so I’m going to show up so I can play.”
- Tom Gulitti of the Bergon Record: Other reactions about Kovalchuk’s first game back.“I’m hungry night when I’m playing because that’s my job and we’re all professionals,” Kovalchuk said. “We all have to realize when we step on the ice, you have to do your best.”“I thought Kovy was fine,” Maclean said. “He played hard, skated hard. He got a goal there and some other chances.” “He was playing with some energy,” Langenbrunner said. “He’s as frustrated as anybody with the way things have gone and he wants to do his part to get us going back in the right direction. He did that scoring a goal again. He has a knack for putting himself in those positions and it was a great pass by (Dainius Zubrus). We’re going to need more of that, just battle and get pucks to the net. That was all created by cycling pucks off the net.”
- Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: RW Aaron Asham will likely be healthy enough to go on Wednesday. LW Eric Tangardi doesn’t have to clear waivers so he could be sent down. Zbynek Michalek had a full practice yesterday. Dman Andrew Hutchinson could also be sent down, as the Pens have 8 defenseman practicing.
- Eric Stephens of the OC Register: Anaheim Ducks winger Dan Sexton has a broken nose after taking a shot in the face from Ruslan Salei on Saturday night. It’s not known yet how long Sexton will be out. He could return to Anaheim today for further tests.
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Stars are still unsure if Jamie Benn is better served as a winger or a centerman. The last 2 games he’s played on the wing with Steve Ott and Ton Wandell. Last year was the first year he’s ever played center. Marc Crawford said it’s a game-by-game decision on where he plays.
Stars looking for revenue sharing money? Does Winnipeg have the Corporate support? Doughty out a week … Greiss to Sweden
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 22nd, 2010
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning Star: The Dallas Stars are looking for future revenue sharing money. The Hockey News reported earlier this week that they’ve already received $8 million, but other reports are that they are in process of finding out how they can get some extra money. The lenders who are in control of the team after the Hicks Sports Group defaulted on $525 million in loans, doesn’t want to put the team into “bankruptcy because of complications and the possible loss of control over the sale.” The Stars have asked the league for an advance on revenue sharing, which would come in a line of credit.
- Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun: Friesen looks at if Winnipeg has enough corporate support necessary for the survival of an NHL team.
The Sun contacted about one-third of the luxury suite holders at MTS Centre, and 17 of the 25 executives we reached said they would renew their suites at our predicted NHL price, which is triple the current rate.
Three more said they’d reduce their portion of their suites but stay involved, while three said they weren’t sure.
Just two of the 25 said the high price tag would force them out of the game.
They would expect the corporate suites to be about $180,000 a year. In comparison, the Oilers start around $150,000. Some people don’t think a Winnipeg NHL could survive long term, and the city may be better off without it, as people would spread their money around. Now, saying you would pay $180,000 is a lot different than when you have to actually pay $180,000. I’m still not sure the city can support a team to where it’s close to or is profitable.
- Helene Elliott of the LA Times: Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will be out at least a week. The hit between Doughty and Erik Cole was deemed incidental by the league, and no punishment will be handed to Cole. “What they said is that [Cole] wasn’t necessarily trying to hit Doughty but they both turned,” Lombardi said. “Whether you agree with that or not, the logic, I get. It’s not inconsistent with the way the rule is designed.”
- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Blue Jackets forward Ethan Moreau will be out 4-6 weeks following surgery to repair at least 2 broken bone in his right hand.
- David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: San Jose Sharks goaltender Thomas Greiss was assigned to Brynas of the Swedish Elite League as Alex Stalock took control of the #1 spot in Worcester (AHL). Greiss has really fallen this year. Before they signed Antti Niemi he was to battle Antero Niittymaki for the #1 spot with the Sharks, he cleared waivers, and then can’t get win starting spot with their farm club.
- Wayne Scanlan in the Ottawa Citizen: The Senators expect their veterans to come around, but they are playing close attention to their young guys, especially on the backend. Erik Karlsson is taking the brunt of criticism. Some are saying he’s not in as good of shape as he was last year. The loss of Filip Kuba (broken leg) has thrown the defensive pairings out of whack, he is skating but not with teammates yet.
Problems in Ottawa? Senators looking to make a move
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 21st, 2010
- Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Things aren’t going well in Ottawa so far this season. Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray thinks that Alexei Kovalev may be skating slower this year, possibly due to his off-season knee surgery, though Kovalev disagrees. Kovalev practiced yesterday on the 4th line with Ryan Shannon and Jesse Winchester. Jason Spezza missed yesterday’s practice, but was a ‘maintenance day’ according to Cory Clouston. Filip Kuba skated without equipment yesterday, he’s recovering from a broken leg he sustained on the first day of training camp. Pascal Leclaire could return to the ice today, but won’t see game action before next week.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Murray hasn’t been happy with the way the team has played defensively, and called out his young guys (Erik Karlsson and Brian Lee). Chris Phillips has to be their top defender, has played well with Sergei Gonchar, but they haven’t been able to use that pairing as much as they’d like. Murray defended the play of Phillips, Spezza, Alfredsson and Fisher.
- Lisa Wallace (CP) in the Globe and Mail: Murray is looking to shake things up, and is considering making a move.
“I’ve talked to a number of people,” Murray added. “I talked to (Minnesota Wild general manager) Chuck Fletcher for a long time yesterday and said, ‘Can I help you, you help me’ type of thing, so we’re talking to management of other teams, trying to find if there is a need and a possibility of making a move.”
“We’re not moving the puck up from the back end, we’re not defending very well and we’re giving up far too many chances,” said Murray. “I just think we turn the puck over in our own end and we haven’t battled defensively the way we should and the way we’re capable of doing in my own opinion. The result is we’re scrambling for the puck too often.”
Now I don’t have a problem with Murray coming out and saying the club is struggling and he’s looking to shake things up. The thing that surprised me is that he mentions that he’s talked with Wild GM Chuck Fletcher.
If you were Fletcher, would you pissed that another GM mentioned your name in potential trade talks? I would. I’m interested to hear what you think about this, leave a comment with your thoughts on this situation.
Pavelec released from hospital … Varlamov to return this week? No talks yet between Kaberle-Leafs plus more
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 11th, 2010
Merry Turkey to our Canadian readers, Happy Columbus Day to our American readers.
- Allan Walsh via twitter: Ondrej Pavelec was released from hospital yesterday and is back to home. Walsh thinks he’ll be “back in action soon”.
- Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post: Semyon Varlamov who’s out with a groin injury hopes to return later this week.
- Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star: Tomas Kaberle and Brian Burke have yet to meet on a contract extension, with Burke and Kaberle’s agent, Rick Curran, agreeing to let things wait for a bit. A deal may come down to money, Kaberle will likely looking for a raise from this $4.25 million. The Leafs already have a lot of cash tied up in their defensive corps. Kaberle,
“I haven’t talked to Brian since the start of the season,” he said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m not worried about it right now. I’m just going to worry about the games coming up, especially the first month of the season. It always shows the way the team is going to play. We have to be at least .500 to have a chance to go into the playoffs when the real season starts.”
- Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: Zdeno Chara’s new contract (7 years, $45.5 million) probably won’t be used as a comparable for Predators defenseman Shea Weber. Better comparables would be Dion Phaneuf (6 years, $39 million) or Jay Bouwmeester (5 years, $33.4 million).
- Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: It looks like 2010 1st round pick by the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeff Skinner, will remain with the club for the rest of the season.
- Eric Stephens of the OC Register: Andres Lilja has signed with the Anaheim Ducks. An agreement was reached Saturday night, and Lilja is flying to Anaheim from Sweden.
- Andy Stickland via twitter: St. Louis Blues forward Cam Janssen will miss 2 weeks with a concussion and sternum injury.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson poor play has found himself down the 3rd pairing and could find himself in the AHL if his game doesn’t improve.
- Mark Everson of the NY Post: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello might have to free up some cap space depending on the severity of the injuries to Brian Rolston and Anton Volchenkov. Lamoriello also wouldn’t say if they’ll appeal the loss of their 1st round pick and $3 million fine.
- Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: Mark Giordano and the Calgary Flames started contract talks last year, but they are no closer to a deal. He’s said how much he enjoys playing in Calgary, but how much the Flames would offer and how much he might be able to get on the open market might be a big difference. Giordano may also not want to rush to a decision with the Flames until he sees what direction the team may be going in.
Plan B for some, Torres, Whitney and Ponikarovsky … Pony for at least a 2nd, Lou looking for a center now
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on February 6th, 2010
- Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Plan B for teams who missed out on the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Raffi Torres of the Columbus Blue Jackets is up for grabs. LeBrun thinks Torres would fit in nicely in Pittsburgh, Burnside mentions the Kings and Avalanche. The Kings would like Ray Whitney and offered him a 1 year contract extension, he wants a 3 year deal from them. As of Thursday, the Penguins haven’t called the Hurricanes about Whitney. The Pens are tight against cap and may wait until the deadline day when a new salary will be at it’s lowest. Alexei Ponikarovsky could be nice fit for Pittsburgh, LA, and maybe the Thrashers to go along side Slick Nic Antropov.
- Darren Dreger of TSN via Twitter: As many as 10 teams have an interest in Maple Leafs forward Alexei Ponikarovsky, and they should get at least a 2nd round draft pick for him. If 10 teams would offer a 2nd round pick, I think it might take a 1st or a 2nd plus prospect to get him.
- Bill Watters mentioned during the Leafs-Devils intermission that the LA Kings offered a 1st round pick and a prospect to the Hurricanes for Ray Whitney.
- David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail: There could be a bidding war for Ray Whitney between the Sharks and Penguins. The Sharks or Blackhawks may call Burke about Tomas Kaberle. Dan Hamhuis and Kari Lehtonen should draw some interest. Preds GM David Poile plans on talking to the agents of Dan Ellis and Pekka Rinne over the Olympic break, if one re-signs, the other will most likely be traded, with the Blackhawks potentially interested. The Blackhawks are looking for a defenseman and quietly shopping for a goalie.
- TheFouthPeriod: New Jersey GM Lou Lamoriello may not be done dealing. They had an interest in Matt Stajan before he was dealt. They are now keeping an eye on Saku Koivu, Matt Cullen and possibly Mike Modano.
- John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Though the Sabres have struggled recently (2-5-1), GM Darcy Regier said improvements will come from within, for now at least. “The focus isn’t to look right now for outside help,” he said. “It’s how do we all get better internally. I think we’re all focused on that.”
- Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators have lost rookie Erik Karlsson until after the Olympic break with a shoulder injury.
Around the Boards: Wed. Oct. 28th
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 28th, 2009
- Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: Fernando Pisani, who’s had some tough luck with injuries the past couple seasons is close to returning to the Edmonton Oilers. It may not be the best time to return to the Oilers dressing room as players, staff and members of the media that follow the Oilers have been getting sick. Ladislav Smid was confirmed as having the Swine Flu (H1N1).
- Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Coach Sacco confirmed that backup goalie, Peter Budaj, has been diagnosed with the Swine Flu. John-Michael Liles (shoulder) and Tom Preissing (knee) are both back skating with the club, but remain out.
- Mark Emmons of the San Jose Mercury News: Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell took part in their first practice yesterday. Setoguchi is doubtful for tonight’s game.
- Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: Yesterday Brennan wrote that Erik Karlsson would most likely be sent back to Sweden, today Karlsson finds himself on his way to Binghamton, the Sens AHL club. They won’t lose a year on his contract by sending him to the AHL.
- Steve Gorten of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: 2009 1st round pick Dmitry Kulikov’s solid play to start the season will keep him with the Panthers. Kulikov has been averaging over 17 minutes a game so far this season.
- Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Philadelphia is going to miss Simon Gagne for an extended period of time as it was revealed that he has 2 small sports hernia’s. He’s been placed on IR and could be moved to LTIR. The course of action to fixed the injury has yet to be determined.
- Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Eric Stall has been moved to the point in an attempt to kick start the Hurricanes powerplay. Rod Brind’Amour, Ray Whitney and Sergei Samsonov, are the 1st line powerplay forwards with Stall and Joni Pitkanen on the point.
- David Satriano of the New York Post: It appears that Marian Gaborik will miss tonight’s game against the Islanders.
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Answers a readers question about a Tom Gilbert to Buffalo for Drew Stafford trade rumor. Matheson says this rumor has been out there for a year.
Around the Boards: Tues. Oct. 27th
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 27th, 2009
- Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Looks like Kovalchuk will be out for at least 4 weeks.
- Bryan Mullen of The Tennessean: The Nashville Predators got some good news as it looks like Dan Hamhuis will be returning from an upper body injury on Wednesday.
- Steve Zipay of Newsday: Rangers fans received a scare last night when Marion Gaborik left last nights game with what looked like an injured right leg.
- TSN Staff: Steve Ott was suspended for 2 games for low bridging Carlo Colaiacovo on Saturday.
- Don Brennan of The Ottawa Sun: The Ottawa Senators are close to deciding what to do with rookie Erik Karlsson, either to keep for the year or send him back to Sweden to develop. If he plays one more game for the Sens, it will count as a season on his contract. The Sens are leaning to sending him back to Sweden
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