Posts Tagged Henrik Lundqvist
No truth to Doan rumors … Possible Sens targets … Wild looking for scoring … Karlsson back … Dubinsky GTD … Starting goalies
Posted by Mark Easson in Fantasy Hockey News, NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on January 12th, 2012
- Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Coyotes GM Don Maloney said there is “no truth whatsoever” to the Shane Doan trade rumors.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: 5 forwards who might be of interest to the Senators: Ales Hemsky, Tuomo Ruutu, Jordin Tootoo, Olli Jokinen, and Frans Nielsen.
- Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher on acquiring some offensive help:
“We have a lot of cap space. That’s fortunate,” he said. “If we can add some skill … and it’s not a crazy short-term deal where you’re giving up a lot of assets for a rental, then I think we’ll look at anything at this point.”
- Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets forward Jeff Carter won’t play in the their next 2 games. His separated shoulder will be re-examined tomorrow.
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Coyotes have put Cal O’Reilly on waivers. Steve MacIntyre (PIT) clears waivers.
- Ian Mendes via twitter: Senators coach MacLean confirms that Erik Karlsson will be back in the lineup. Matt Carkner will be a healthy scratch.
- Chip Alexander via twitter: Hurricanes coach Muller wants forward Jeff Skinner to have a few more practices before he returns to the lineup, possibly on the weekend.
- Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers coach Tortorella said yesterday that forward Brandon Dubinsky will be a game-time decision.
- John Vogl via twitter: Sabres lines: Vanek-Hecht-Pominville; Gerbe-Roy-Stafford; Adam-Boyes-Leino; Ellis-Gaustad-Kaleta/McCormick.
- Scott MacArthur via twitter: Leafs lines: Lupul-Connolly-Kessel, Crabb-Grabovski-Kulemin, MacArthur-Lombardi-Kadri, Boyce-Steckel-Crabb (Rosehill)
- Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Tim Thomas will start in net for the Bruins against the Canadiens.
- Frank Seravalli via twitter: Sergei Bobrovsky will start in net for the Flyers.
- Brian Compton via twitter: Evgeni Nabokov will start in net for the Islanders tonight.
- Steve Zipay via twitter: Expect Henrik Lundqvist to start in net for the Rangers tonight.
Fantasy hockey news, injury updates, starting goalies, and waivers
Posted by Mark Easson in Fantasy Hockey News, NHL Injuries, NHL News on December 5th, 2011
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: The Ducks put Ben Maxwell on waivers. The Coyotes put Patrick O’Sullivan on waivers.
- Nick Kypreos via twitter: Predators forward Jordan Tootoo will have a hearing at 5 PM EST for hit running over of Ryan Miller.
- Pens Inside Scoop via twitter: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said that Kris Letang and Zbynek Michalek have concussions.
- Darren Dreger via twitter: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher hopes they can move to the Central division when the new realignment kicks in.
- Sam Carchidi via twitter: Andrej Meszeros did not practice today as a precaution, but should be a go for Wednesday. James van Riemsdyk will probably play on Wednesday.
- Brian Compton via twitter: Islanders Michael Grabner is day-to-day. MacDonald and DiPietro are being re-evaluated.
- Adrian Dater via twitter: Avalanche center Paul Stastny will not practice today, an update will be given later.
- Randy Sportak via twitter: The Flames have put goalie Henrik Karlsson on the IR and called up Leland Irving.
- Adam Jahns via twitter: Blackhawks center Dave Bolland is not skating today due to a bad foot, he’ll play through the injury. Tim Sassone via twitter: Dan Carcillo is skating on a line with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane at Blackhawks practice.
- Mark Stepneski via twitter: Stars Brenden Morrow, Trevor Daley and Alex Goligoski are practicing today.
- Paul Hendrick via twitter: Cody Franson will be in the Leafs lineup tonight, Keith Aulie is out.
- Katie Strang via twitter: Henrik Lundqvist will start in net for the Rangers.
- Stephen Whyno via twitter: Michal Neuvirth will start in net for the Capitals tonight against the Panthers.
- Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Craig Anderson will start in net for the Senators tonight. Nikita Filatov will be a scratch.
- Tim Sassone via twitter: Corey Crawford will start in net for the Blackhawks.
Kovalchuk a game-time decision … Huskins out 8 weeks … Connolly unlikely … Luongo not practicing … Starting goalies
Posted by Mark Easson in Fantasy Hockey News, NHL News, NHL Starting Goalies on November 15th, 2011
- Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils coach Peter DeBoer originally said that Ilya Kovalchuk won’t play tonight. Rich Chere via twitter: Kovalchuk then said that he’ll take the warm-up and then make a decision. DeBoer then talked to Kovalchuk again and said that he’s a possibility for tonight.
- Andy Strickland via twitter: Blues defenseman Kent Huskins is out for 8 weeks with a fractured foot.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Franson likely to get in the lineup on Thursday in Nashville.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: Tyler Bozak continues to skate with the Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul, unlikely that Tim Connolly plays.
- Dan Tencer via twitter: Oilers lines: Hall-RNH-Eberle, Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky, Lander-Belanger-Jones, Eager-Gagner-Petrell.
- Ben Kuzma via twitter: Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo isn’t practicing today. He stretched his groin on Sunday.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: Looks like Ben Scrivens will start in net for the Maple Leafs.
- Lou Korac via twitter: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings.
- Jeremy Rutherford via twitter: Brian Elliott will start in net for the Blues.
- Katie Carrera via twitter: Tomas Vokoun will start in net for the Capitals in Nashville.
- Aaron Portzline via twitter: Looks like Niklas Backstrom will start in net for the Wild against the Blue Jackets.
- Steve Zipay via twitter: Henrik Lundqvist will start in net for the Rangers against the Islanders.
- Katie Strang via twitter: Evgeni Nabokov will start in net for the Islanders, Al Montoya will be the backup.
Letang gets 2 games … Whitney returns … Hall and Hossa may be game time decisions … Brodeur sees doctor … KHL top 10 hits
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Suspensions, NHL Videos on October 18th, 2011
- Darren Dreger via twitter: Kris Letang gets a 2 game suspension from his hit on Alex Burmistrov.
- Chris Kuc via twitter: Blackahwks Marian Hossa will see in a couple hours if he’ll go tonight or not. Hossa added, “I feel the best I’ve felt in the last four days so that’s a great sign. I really hope I’m going to play tonight.”
- Jason Gregor via twitter: Oilers defenseman Ryan Whitney will play tonight.
- Jason Gregor via twitter: Oilers Taylor Hall is a game time decision do to having the flu.
- Helene Elliott via twitter: Kings Dustin Penner will play tonight despite his sore knee.
- New York Rangers via twitter: Henrik Lundqvist will start in net for the Rangers.
- Rich Chere via twitter: Martin Brodeur will see doctors today about his injured shoulder.
- David Alter via twitter: Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri will not travel with the team on their road trip. Tim Connolly may be back. Jonas Gustavsson will play in one of the back-to-back games. James Mirtle via twitter: It’s sounding like Jake Gardiner may play tomorrow. Wilson will decide tomorrow.
- Jesse Spector via twitter: The Ducks assign Nate Guenin and Patrick Maroon to Syracuse of the AHL.
- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Jeff Carter won’t be playing tonight and is doubtful for this weekend’s games at Detroit and Ottawa.
- KHL Top 10 hits of the week
Murray optimistic with Selanne … Kane healing well … Cumiskey remains unsigned … Turris wants $4 million plus
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on September 7th, 2011
- Helene Elliott of the LA Times: Ducks GM Bob Murray mentioned yesterday that Teemu Selanne “wants to come back and play from a mental perspective,” but it’s up to his surgically repaired knee.
“He is working out on and off the ice and trying to strengthen his knee. It’s not quite where he wants it yet,” Murray said Tuesday via email. “He wants to make a decision prior to training camp.”
Medical tests for the Ducks start on the 16th, and they hit the ice on the 17th.
“I’m optimistic, but certainly understand him not wanting commit unless the knee is straightened out,” Murray said. “I’m going to talk to him again later this week and see how he is progressing.”
- Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane had offseason left wrist surgery and has said he’s “a little ahead of schedule.” He hopes to be able to get in up to 4 exhibition games.
“I get the splint off the 15th so after that I should be able to do pretty much everything,” Kane said. “I’ve been skating and working out. For a while there, I couldn’t go full equipment with the cast. Once I got the cast off that’s when I started trying to get back into the flow quickly.”
- Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avalanche defenseman Kyle Cumiskey still remains unsigned. Cumiskey only made it in 18 games last year, but is 100% healthy according to his agent. His agent, Ross Gurney, wouldn’t go on record regarding why there hasn’t been a contract yet. Dater thinks a deal will get done before the start of camp next Saturday.
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Former Oilers and Blackhawk Fernando Pisani is still looking for a contract. He’s not keen on doing a tryout with a team, competing with guys on a one-way deal. Steve Staios and Bryan McCabe are also looking for work. Jason Strudwick also doesn’t have a contract, and reportedly has had some coaching offers, but he still wants to play.
- Scott Burnside of ESPN: Underachieving Coyotes prospect Kyle Turris also remains unsigned. He has only scored 19 goals in 131 NHL games. League sources are saying that Turris is looking for a 3 year deal worth more than $4 million a season or a 2 year deal at more than $3 million. Turris’ agent told ESPN he won’t discuss numbers.
- Nick Montemagno of Blueshirt Banter: Last year Henrik Lundqvist played 68 games, but if Marty Biron can remain healthy, Montemagno would like to see him play closer to 60 games.
This will keep Lundqvist fresh, mentally and physically, throughout the course of the year, especially in the playoffs. I think we all noticed how fatigued Hank was by the fourth or fifth game of that first-round series against Washington back in April, and I’m sure that had a lot to do with the fact that he was forced to play out the entire final third of the season with Biron out. That will change in 2011-12.
- Harrison Mooney of the Vancouver Sun: Manny Legace, who played in Germany last year, will attend the Canucks training camp on a tryout.
2011-12 Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers – Goalies
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on August 29th, 2011
List below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers for centers heading into the 2011-12 NHL season. Due to front-loading contracts (back-loaded in some cases), and teams having to deal with the salary cap, a players cap number takes precedence over their actual salary.
| Rk. | Player | Team | 2011-12 Cap Number | 2011-12 Salary |
| 1 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | $6,875,000 | $6,875,000 |
| 2 | Cam Ward | CAR | $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Miller | BUF | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 |
| 4 | Niklas Backstrom | MIN | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 5 | Miikka Kiprusoff | CGY | $5,833,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 6 | Ilya Bryzgalov | PHI | $5,667,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 7 | Roberto Luongo | VAN | $5,333,000 | $6,716,000 |
| 8 | Martin Brodeur | NJD | $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 |
| 9 | Tim Thomas | BOS | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 10 | Marc-Andre Fleury | PIT | $5,000,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 11 | Jonas Hiller | ANA | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 |
| 12 | Rick DiPietro | NYI | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 |
| 13 | Antti Niemi | SJS | $3,800,000 | $3,200,000 |
| 14 | Nikolai Khabibulin | EDM | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Halak | STL | $3,750,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 16 | Kari Lehtonen | DAL | $3,550,000 | $3,700,000 |
| 17 | Pekka Rinne | NAS | $3,400,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 18 | Craig Anderson | OTT | $3,188,000 | $2,750,000 |
| 19 | Dwayne Roloson | TBL | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 20 | Steve Mason | CLB | $2,900,000 | $2,600,000 |
| 21 | Semyon Varlamov | COL | $2,833,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 22 | Carey Price | MTL | $2,750,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 23 | Corey Crawford | CHI | $2,667,000 | $3,250,000 |
| 24 | Jimmy Howard | DET | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 |
| 25 | Antero Niittymaki | SJS | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 26 | Mike Smith | PHX | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 27 | Chris Mason | WPG | $1,850,000 | $2,100,000 |
| 28 | Jonathan Quick | LAK | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 29 | James Reimer | TOR | $1,800,000 | $2,200,000 |
| 30 | Sergei Bobrovsky | PHI | $1,750,000 | $900,000 |
Bergeron’s status still unknown … Hurricanes off-season notes … Devils coaching candidates … Some Flyers goalie options
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on May 17th, 2011
- Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Patrice Bergeron skated with the Bruins strength and conditioning coach yesterday before practice. He did some work with the team, so there may be hope that he can go tonight. He took part in some power play and penalty killing drills, and took a few shifts with linemates Recchi and Marchand. When asked if Bergeron was ruled out for Game 2, Julien said, “No comments.” Then he added, “I don’t know. Is that better?”
- Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Tyler Seguin practiced on the 1st power play unit with Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton, and later on the 2nd unit with Mark Recchi and Michael Ryder. “We’ve got different looks, we’ve got different players. We want to make the power play work. And it’s never a bad thing to have those guys go through it, and if at one point you need him, you need him,” Julien said. “And what I said (Sunday) was exactly what we wanted to do with Tyler. I mean he hadn’t played a playoff game yet, and you give him a little bit to chew and then you give him maybe opportunities if need be in other areas.”
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: “IF, and I said IF, ATL moves to WPG, conventional wisdom is WPG to Northwest, MIN to Central and NSH to Southeast. But…” “…due to time issues, notion of WPG playing 1 season in Southeast not out of question. Realignment would come 1 yr later. Still lotsa ifs.”
- Chip Alexander via twitter: Though there is no offical work, Paul Maurice is expected to return as the Hurricanes head coach next season. Ron Francis is expected to move to assistant GM from his assistant coaching position. Erik Cole could possibly re-sign with the Canes before July 1st, and Brandon Sutter could get a long term deal. Cory Stillman could also re-sign with the Hurricanes, and then move to the front office after he’s done playing. The Canes will look to re-sign Chad LaRose. Re-signing Joni Pitkanen and Jussi Jokinen will be tougher. If they are unable to re-sign Pitkanen, they will look at bringing in another defenseman. They will also look signing an experienced backup and 4th line center.
- Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Kings prospect Maxim Kitsyn said he’ll most likely start next year in the KHL.
- Chris Botta of the NY Times: The New Jersey Devils head coaching search will now start as all candidates are available to talk. Likely to get a call from Lou are Ken Hitchcock, Michel Therrien, Kirk Muller, Scott Gordon, Mike Haviland and Larry Robinson. They should have a head coach picked before the draft on June 24th.
- Chuck Gormley of the Deleware New Journal: There are whispers that the Flyers may make a pitch for Ryan Miller, Henrik Lundqvist, Miikka Kiprusoff, Niklas Backstrom or Martin Brodeur. The only way to pull off a Miller, Lundqvist or Brodeur deal would be to involve a 3rd team. Kiprusoff will be 35 in October and makes $5.833 million. Backstrom has a $6 million cap hit and would require them to shed at least $3 million. They could trade Jeff Carter to the Wild. Gormley adds they could send Kris Versteeg and Matt Carle for Backstrom and perhaps Brent Burns (It would take a lot more than Versteeg and Carle to get Backstrom and Burns IMO).
Sunday morning rumors and notes
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on March 20th, 2011
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Coyotes know they need to re-sign Ilya Bryzgalov, but how much can they afford. He currently is making $4.25 million, and they may not be able to go higher than $5.25 million per season. There may not be a big market for goalies this summer, the Maple Leafs could be interested if he hits the market. Keith Yandle will also be looking for new deal, and he could jump from $1.3 million to the around the $4 million mark.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson still hasn’t ruled out returning to the lineup this year. Alfie has been rehabbing his back, and hopes to avoid surgery. Sens GM Bryan Murray started contract talks with goalie Craig Anderson last week, nothing is imminent.
- Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune: Wild defenseman Brent Burns won’t be a free agent until after next season, but if GM Chuck Fletcher thinks that he is not worth around $6 million a year in an extension, he may have to look at trading him. He may be a valuable trade assest. Souhan mentions Zach Parise, who’s a RFA, and may have difficulty working out a deal with New Jersey.
- Jesse Spector of the NY Daily News: The NY Rangers are still unsure if Henrik Lundqvist will be able to start on today. Lundqvist didn’t practice yesterday with a stiff neck. Chad Johnson will get the start if Lundqvist can’t go.
- Jesse Spector of they NY Daily News: Sean Avery has been a healthy scratch in 2 of the last 3 Rangers games, and may not fit into the Rangers future plans. Avery has 1 more year on a $15.5 million deal. Dallas and the Rangers are each paying half his contract. “I’m just trying to come every day and work on my game, work on my conditioning,” Avery said after a morning workout in Greenburgh. “I can’t control what happens. I can only control what I’m gonna do. So I really didn’t put a lot of attention on thinking about (lineup status). I just came in ready to work.”
- Chip Alexander via twitter: Sharks forward Logan Couture injured his leg last night, but later tweeted that he should be back soon.
- Gene Wang of the Washington Post: Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said yesterday that goalie Semyon Varlamov will return sometime in the next week. Braden Holtby, despite going 4-0 with a 1.05 GAA, was reassigned to the AHL. Arnott has an undisclosed injury, Boudreau said he could be out ’7 to 10 days’ but he’s listed as week-to-week. Mike Green will likely skate on Monday, and will be day-to-day. He’s missed 17 of last 19 games with a concussion.
- Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: If JS Giguere gets a contract for next year, he’ll likely have to take a about a $6 million pay cut. He makes $7 million this year, and would likely get a deal around $1 million.
- Andy Strickland of True Hockey: Strickland provides a list of 10 reasons that the St. Louis Blues are a good buy.
Hagman clears waivers … Backstrom has fractured thumb … Zherdev healthy scratch again … starting goalies
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on February 22nd, 2011
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: Flames forward Niklas Hagman cleared waivers. He may not be going to the AHL, they have 30 days/10 games to decide. McKenize adds that if they demote him, they won’t have the cap space to recall him, so he’d be there for the season.
- Joe Yerdon via twitter: Niklas Backstrom is day-to-day with a fractured thumb.
- Joshua Cooper via twitter: Predators forward Sergei Kostitsyn won’t be in the lineup tonight.
- Frank Seravalli via twitter: Nik Zherdev will be a healthy scratch for the 6th consecutive game.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Jonas Gustavsson and Christian Hanson have been sent to the Marlies by the Maple Leafs.
- Sean Fitz-Gerald via twitter: JS Giguere hopes to return this weekend, hints that he may need off-season surgery to fix groin area issue.
- Andrew Gross via twitter: Lines at Rangers practice: Dubi-Anisimov-Cally, Prospal-Boyle-Christensen, Wolski-Stepan-Zuccarello, and Avery-Newbury-Prust/Fedotenko.
- Andrew Gross via twitter: Henrik Lundqvist is the 1st goalie off the ice, likely to get the start.
- Tom Gulitti via twitter: Johan Hedberg will be in the net for the Devils.
- Sam Charchidi via twitter: Sergei Bobrovsky will start for the Flyers tonight against the Coyotes.
- Thomas Reed via twitter: Steve Mason will be in net for the Blue Jackets tonight.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: James Reimer will start in net for the Leafs tonight.
Dubinsky has fractured fibula … Doughty deal will get done … Malkin out tomorrow … Pronger and Okposo could be back tomorrow
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on January 19th, 2011
- Joe Yerdon via twitter: Brandon Dubinsky will be out 3-4 week with a broken Fibula
- Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Kings GM Dean Lombardi has no doubt they’ll get Drew Doughty signed, it will get done eventually. Lombardi also added, that a trade is not a practical option for the Kings and “When everyone is still in it, It’s harder and harder to make a deal in a 30 team league given lack of depth.”
- John Buccigross via twitter: Evgeni Malkin will miss Thursday’s game against the Devils with a leg injury, could be out longer.
- Tim Panaccio via twitter: Chris Pronger is expected to be in the Flyers lineup tomorrow night. Andreas Nodl could be questionable with a bad leg.
- Jeremy Rutherford via twitter: Carlo Colaiacovo could miss a couple weeks after being hit in the eye with a puck last night.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Looks like a Henrik Lundqvist – Jonas Gustavsson match-up tonight in New York.
- Sam Carchidi via twitter: Daniel Briere has been officially named to the All-star team.
- Chris Botta via twitter: Looks like Kyle Okposo will be returning to the Islanders lineup on Thursday vs. the Capitals.
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: (Before Hemsky left last night’s game with concussion) Reader asks if Oilers will trade Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner. Matheson reponds with … both will be UFA’s after next season and the Oilers won’t want to lose them for nothing. May ask if them if they want to be part of the rebuild or not. It appears the may may be interested in staying.
Lucic, Semin, Poti, Theodore battling injuries … Starting goalies … 4 placed on waivers
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on January 13th, 2011
- Chris Vivlamore via twitter: Ondrej Pavelec will start in net for the Thrashers tomorrow night. Chris Mason will go on Saturday, Pavelec on Monday.
- Joe Haggerty via twitter: Milan Lucic will miss his 2nd straight game with an undisclosed injury. Tim Thomas will get the start for the Bruins against the Flyers.
- Brian McNally via twitter: Alex Semin is feeling better but Bruce Boudreau doesn’t see him playing in the next little bit. Tom Poti is out at least a week.
- Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Doesn’t see the Flames making any trades until after the Heritage Classic (Feb. 20th).
- Darren Dreger via twitter: Matthew Hulsizer’s purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes is still a few weeks away from closing.
- Adrian Dater via twitter: Chris Stewart will return to the Avalanche lineup tomorrow. Craig Anderson will be in net.
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: Placed on waivers today: O’Sullivan (MIN), Salmela (NJD), Andersson (VAN) and Mauldin (COL)
- Michael Russo via twitter: Jose Theodore has a hip injury, Khudobin likely to start.
- Steve Zipay via twitter: Henrik Lundqvist vs Cory Schneider tonight.
- Jonas Siegel via twitter: James Reimer will start in net for the Maple Leafs vs. Phoenix.
- Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Richard Zednik had an NHL offer but decided to go to Sweden.
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