Posts Tagged Evgeni Malkin

Wings to Talk to Lidstrom After the Season … MRI for Leighton Today … Malkin out tonight?

Posted by Mark in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 17th, 2010

  • Susan Slusser of Fanhouse: Red Wings GM Ken Holland has talked to Jiri Hudler’s agent about a possible return to the team next year, Hudler’s agent told Holland he has an out clause in his Moscow contract. Holland talked to Nicklas Lidstrom back in January, but the 40-year-old defenseman said he wanted to wait until the season was over to decide what he wants to do next year. Other UFA’s for the Red Wings are Tomas Holmstrom, Todd Bertuzzi, Kirk Maltby, Jason Williams, and Andreas Lilja.
  • Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: An MRI will be done on Flyers’ goaltender Michael Leighton today to determine the extent of his ankle injury. Leighton suffered a high ankle sprain in last night’s game versus the Predators.
  • Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Evgeni Malkin missed practice yesterday with a sore right foot. He is day-to-day with sore right foot after being hit by a Kris Letang shot. He did travel with the team to New Jersey, and might play tonight.
  • Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Tomorrow night the Bruins and Penguins meet up for the first time since Matt Cooke put Marc Savard out with a questionable hit. Will there be retribution? Not surprisingly the league will be sending part-time NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell to take in the game.

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    Souray out with Broken Hand, More moves coming for Leafs? Kesler-Canucks talks on hold

    Posted by Mark in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on February 1st, 2010

  • Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Throwing a wrench in to the Edmonton Oilers and Sheldon Souray trade plans, is Souray’s broken hand that he suffered fighting Jarome Iginla on Saturday. How long he’ll be out is still unknown, but he’s not expected back before the NHL trade deadline day on March 3rd.
  • Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun: Brian Burke may not be finished dealing. There’s still a good chance that Alexei Ponikarovsky, Lee Stempniak, and Garnet Exelby will be traded.
  • Darren Dreger of TSN: “It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s a question of ‘when’”. Dreger is referring to the trading of Tomas Kaberle. Burke continues to say he won’t ask Kaberle to waive his no-trade clause, but yesterday’s trades may send Kaberle up to Burke’s office saying he’s ready to go. The Leafs will be probably looking to get a top-3 or top-6 forward and a 1st round draft pick. To get the top 3 or top 6 forward they want, I don’t think they will be able to pull off that type of deal until after the season. I don’t think teams that think they have a shot this year, would want to trade a top forward during their run.
  • Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Tampa GM Brian Lawton is rejecting reports that if Jeffrey Vinik buys the team, that Vincent Lecavalier will be traded.
  • Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: Contract negotiations between the Vancouver Canucks and Ryan Kesler have been put on hold until after the season. They have reached an impasse and don’t want it to become an in-season distraction. They are roughly a $1 million apart, Kesler’s camp feel he’s worth $5 million, the Canucks think it’s closer to $4 million.
  • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal:
    • Teams looking for help on the blueline may come calling for Mathieu Schneider, and to a lesser extent, Chris Chelios.
    • The Penguins need someone to play along side Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin, but they also need some defensive help. They could use a player like Barret Jackman but he’s probably not available.
    • 38 year old and recent healthy scratch, Slava Kozlov, will most likely be made available by the Atlanta Thrashers.
    • Matheson thinks that the Penguins will eventually trade Malkin, making Crosby and Staal their 1-2 centers. For Malkin he thinks they could get a front line winger, top defenseman, forward prospect, and a 1st and 2nd round pick.
  • Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings will get Johan Franzen back next week after being out since the 3rd game of the season. Feb. 9th against the St. Louis Blues is the target date. GM Ken Holland will have to make a move or two to get under the salary cap.
  • AP on Arizona Republic: Phoenix Coyotes forward Scottie Upshall will be out indefinitely with a torn ACL, and will have to undergo surgery. This is a big blow to the Coyotes, as he was leading the Coyotes in goals this season with 18.
  • Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: John-Michael Liles was a healthy scratch for the 3rd time this season, and it has been no secret that he’s available for trade. The problem is his salary cap number is $4.1 million, and he has 2 years left on his contract after this year.

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    Around the Boards: Forsberg, Malkin returns but Kunitz out,

    Posted by Mark in NHL News on November 15th, 2009

    • Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: It must a Swedish thing. Peter Forsberg seems to be as indecisive as Mats Sundin. Forsberg still isn’t sure if he’ll return to the NHL and may opt to stay in Sweden and play with Modo.
    • Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Good news for the Penguins, Evgeni Malkin returned to the lineup. Bad news for the Penguins, Chris Kunitz will miss 2 weeks with a nagging lower body injury.
    • Pierre LeBrun of ESPN:
      • Scott Niedermayer doesn`t want to be traded, nor do the Ducks want to trade him. They`d like him to retire a Duck.
      • The Coyotes scouted Chris Chelios but have decided not move any further with it.
      • Contract talks with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are going well and are both are close to re-signing.
      • Teams have inquired about Fabian Brunnstrom, but the Stars are not trying to trade him.
    • Hockey Night in Canada`s `Hotstove`

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    Around the Boards: Kovalchuk talks positive, Malkin and Ovechkin returing tomorrow? Komisarek and Orpik out weeks

    Posted by Mark in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 13th, 2009

    • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers forward Robert Nilsson is in the doghouse and may find himself on the trading block. The Predators and possibly the Hurricanes could be interested in Nilsson, who has skill but has been inconsistent.
    • Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: Despite the rumors circulating that the Detroit Red Wings might be interested in trading for JS Giguere, GM Ken Holland says he hasn’t talked about any trades, nor does he expect to any time soon.
    • Jeff Klein of the New York Times: Thrashers GM, Don Waddell says the Ilya Kovalchuk’s negotiations have been ‘very positive’. It’s not noted if Ilya or his agent agree, but at least they continue to talk. There is still talk out there about Kovalchuk returning to Russia.
    • Corey Masisak of the Washington Times: Alex Ovechkin could return this weekend.
    • Mike Spellman of the Daily Herald: Marion Hossa has begun some little contact drills to test out his surgically repaired shoulder. He should begin full contact next week, and could see some game action during their current trip.
    • Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Brooks Orpik’s ‘lower body injury’ will keep him out the lineup for about 2 weeks, which is better than originally feared. Evgeni Malkin has been cleared for contact and could return on Saturday.
    • Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: Leafs defenceman, Mike Komisarek will on the IR for about 3 weeks with a torn muscle in his quadriceps. Carl Gunnarsson was called up to take his roster spot. Ian White moved up to the number one defensive unit with Tomas Kaberle. Jeff Finger was paired with Francois Beauchemin, Luke Schenn and Garnet Exelby are the 3rd pairing.
    • Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Milan Lucic is targeting next Thursday as a return date, Claude Julien is thinking at least a week to 10 days.

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    Around the Boards: Ward, Williams, D. Sedin, Luongo and Malkin

    Posted by Mark in NHL Injuries, NHL News on November 8th, 2009

    Hockey Night in Canada’s Hotstove: GMs to look at new helmet ideas and how to stop headshots.

    All these injuries is getting ridiculous.

  • Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: 7 1/2 minutes into the Hurricanes - Blue Jackets game, Cam Ward was clipped by a skate, slicing open his left leg. Rick Nash’s skate cut Ward above the knee, and coach Paul Maurice called it a ’significant injury’.  Ward received stitches and remained in hospital overnight.
  • Helen St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Jason Williams awkwardly crashed into the boards last night, fracturing his fibula. Williams will be out at least 2 months.

    • Finally some good news on the injury front

  • Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: Canucks sniper Daniel Sedin and goalie Roberto Luongo will be practicing with the team in Dallas today. Sedin has missed 14 games with a broken foot and Luongo has been out for 5 games with a broken rib. There is a chance that both players could be back in the lineup on Tuesday.
  • Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Evgeni Malkin is also close to returning. Malkin has missed 5 games with a strained shoulder.

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    Evgeni Malkin out 2-3 weeks

    Posted by Derek in NHL News on October 29th, 2009

    “NHL scoring champion Evgeni Malkin will be lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two to three weeks because of a strained right shoulder.

    Malkin had been attempting to play through the injury, but coach Dan Bylsma said the team decided to rest the centre. The Russian star would miss seven games if he is out two weeks and 10 games if he is out three.” (source-Slam!sports) 

    Malkin has been very durable, having played 254 consecutive regular season games prior to this injury. I’d bet on him being back in 2 weeks rather then three based on his history. You get the impression Geno doesn’t like sit out, he said quote “It’s early in the season. It’s fine,” Malkin said. “I feel good. It’s not a big problem.” Poolies are hoping he’s right.

     

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    TSN vs GlobeSports Projected Scoring Leaders

    Posted by Mark in NHL News on September 27th, 2009

    In keeping with the projected scoring leaders for this season, we compared TSN’s Scott Cullen’s Top 40 projections with GlobeSports.com’s Eric Duhatschek’s. 31 players appear on both lists.

    Players who only appear on 1 list as top 40 potential scorers: Ales Hemsky, Alex Tanguay, Alexander Frolov, Alexander Semin, Anze Kopitar, Brenden Morrow, Daniel Briere ,Jean-Pierre Dumont, Marian Gaborik, Mike Cammalleri, Patrick Kane, Patrick Marleau, Patrik Elias, Paul Stastny, Scott Gomez, Shane Doan, Steven Stamkos , Thomas Vanek

    RANK TSN - Scott Cullen GlobeSports - Eric Duhatschek
    1 Alexander Ovechkin Evgeni Malkin
    2 Evgeni Malkin Alexander Ovechkin
    3 Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby
    4 Pavel Datsyuk Joe Thornton
    5 Nicklas Backstrom Dany Heatley
    6 Joe Thornton Ryan Getzlaf
    7 Ryan Getzlaf Ilya Kovalchuk
    8 Dany Heatley Pavel Datsyuk
    9 Ilya Kovalchuk Marc Savard
    10 Marc Savard Jarome Iginla
    11 Jarome Iginla Alexander Semin
    12 Jason Spezza Nicklas Backstrom
    13 Rick Nash Jason Spezza
    14 Zach Parise Henrik Sedin
    15 Henrik Zetterberg Daniel Sedin
    16 Henrik Sedin Vincent Lecavalier
    17 Martin St. Louis Henrik Zetterberg
    18 Daniel Sedin Zach Parise
    19 Mike Richards Jeff Carter
    20 Daniel Alfredsson Rick Nash
    21 Jeff Carter Corey Perry
    22 Eric Staal Martin St. Louis
    23 Jonathan Toews Eric Staal
    24 Derek Roy Paul Stastny
    25 Vincent Lecavalier Mike Richards
    26 Anze Kopitar Marian Gaborik
    27 Bobby Ryan Scott Gomez
    28 Mike Ribeiro Jonathan Toews
    29 Patrick Kane Daniel Alfredsson
    30 Corey Perry Steven Stamkos
    31 Olli Jokinen Martin Havlat
    32 Shane Doan Bobby Ryan
    33 Simon Gagne Patrick Marleau
    34 Patrik Elias Ales Hemsky
    35 Martin Havlat Brenden Morrow
    36 Jean-Pierre Dumont Olli Jokinen
    37 Alex Tanguay Simon Gagne
    38 Thomas Vanek Mike Ribeiro
    39 Alexander Frolov Daniel Briere
    40 Mike Cammalleri Derek Roy

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    TSN Releases Projected Scoring Leaders

    Posted by Mark in NHL News on September 26th, 2009

    Scott Cullen of TSN has put out a Top 250 projected scoring for the upcoming season. We’ve posted below the Top 40.  He has only Alex Ovechkin as the only 50 goal scorer, and only 3 players (Ovechkin, Malkin, and Crosby) scoring over a 100 points. Only 13 players are projected to point a game or better.


    RANK PLAYER TEAM POS G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
    1 Alexander Ovechkin WAS LW 55 54 109 5 43 54
    2 Evgeni Malkin PIT C 41 67 108 12 40 76
    3 Sidney Crosby PIT C 33 68 101 10 43 71
    4 Pavel Datsyuk DET C 30 65 95 27 36 20
    5 Nicklas Backstrom WAS C 23 71 94 14 39 44
    6 Joe Thornton SJ C 25 65 90 19 39 53
    7 Ryan Getzlaf ANA C 28 60 88 17 40 99
    8 Dany Heatley SJ LW 47 41 88 10 31 82
    9 Ilya Kovalchuk ATL LW 47 41 88 -8 38 58
    10 Marc Savard BOS C 22 66 88 7 34 72
    11 Jarome Iginla CAL RW 40 46 86 7 32 62
    12 Jason Spezza OTT C 33 50 83 7 32 63
    13 Rick Nash CBJ RW 42 40 82 7 23 79
    14 Zach Parise NJ LW 36 44 80 13 25 26
    15 Henrik Zetterberg DET C 36 44 80 18 30 34
    16 Henrik Sedin VAN C 19 61 80 15 31 56
    17 Martin St. Louis TB RW 32 48 80 -4 27 24
    18 Daniel Sedin VAN LW 30 49 79 14 30 40
    19 Mike Richards PHI C 29 48 77 16 32 69
    20 Daniel Alfredsson OTT RW 28 48 76 10 29 30
    21 Jeff Carter PHI C 40 36 76 12 22 70
    22 Eric Staal CAR C 37 38 75 6 26 54
    23 Jonathan Toews CHI C 36 39 75 14 26 57
    24 Derek Roy BUF C 30 44 74 2 26 42
    25 Vincent Lecavalier TB C 32 41 73 -11 25 64
    26 Anze Kopitar LA C 29 44 73 -11 26 30
    27 Bobby Ryan ANA LW 34 39 73 15 28 46
    28 Mike Ribeiro DAL C 22 51 73 3 26 44
    29 Patrick Kane CHI RW 23 48 71 -3 32 47
    30 Corey Perry ANA RW 33 38 71 12 25 106
    31 Olli Jokinen CAL C 32 39 71 -1 29 74
    32 Shane Doan PHO LW 27 43 70 1 24 65
    33 Simon Gagne PHI LW 33 36 69 20 23 36
    34 Patrik Elias NJ LW 25 43 68 9 27 34
    35 Martin Havlat MIN RW 28 40 68 12 17 34
    36 Jean-Pierre Dumont NAS RW 22 46 68 3 19 26
    37 Alex Tanguay TB LW 22 46 68 7 21 42
    38 Thomas Vanek BUF LW 39 28 67 3 25 52
    39 Alexander Frolov LA LW 30 37 67 -4 24 28
    40 Mike Cammalleri MON RW 30 37 67 -4 28 48

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