Posts Tagged Ian Cole

O’Brien Suspended 2 games … No calls for Souray … Moreau out 3 more weeks … Starting goalies and roster notes

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on January 14th, 2011

  • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The San Jose Sharks, or any other club for that matter, have not called Oilers GM Steve Tambellini about Sheldon Souray. Souray is out with a bad knee.
  • Tom Reed via twitter: Ethan Moreau will remain on the IR for an additional 3 weeks with cracked ribs.

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3 goalies in Philly … Injured Sens … Jackets interested in Del Zotto … Philly shopped Carcillo, Zherdev and vanRiemsdyk

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 20th, 2010

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Michael Leighton lead the Philadelphia Flyers to the Stanley Cup last year, now he finds himself as the #3 goalie in Philly. The Flyers don’t want to send Leighton or Brian Boucher to the AHL as they’d have to clear waivers and would likely be claimed. Sergei Bobrovsky is on a 2-way contract but has claimed the #1 job. The NHL Christmas trade freeze is in effect until Dec. 27th. Tampa could use a goalie, and Washington may be interested in a veteran.

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Injuries are taking toll on some Ottawa Senators; Kovalev has a bad knee, Milan Michalek has had knee issues since being drafted, Daniel Alfredsson rarely practices, and Mike Fisher has a bad shoulder. The Columbus Blue Jackets in search of a offensive defenseman have inquired about NY Rangers Michael Del Zotto. They may have been offering former Rangers, Fedor Tyutin, but it would take more. Nikita Filatov? The Philadelphia Flyers have been trying to clear some cap space, including Daniel Carcillo, Nikolai Zherdev or James vanRiemsdyk. They want a 1st round draft pick plus another pick for James vanRiemsdyk.

Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Kyle Quincey will undergo season ending shoulder surgery. Team doctor,  “After physical and diagnostic tests, the decision has been made to repair his shoulder at this time.”

Dan O’Neill of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: The St. Louis Blues activated defenseman Roman Polak from IR yesterday and returned Ian Cole to the AHL. The Blues also announced that Dave Scatchard will be out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury.

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Blues looking for scoring … Kane out weeks … Samuelsson has ‘mild’ concussion … What the Stars may want from the Rangers for Richards

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 7th, 2010

  • Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong has been looking to make a trade, even before Andy MacDonald suffered his upper body injury. The Blues are missing 3 of their top 6 forwards. ”I would say over the last couple of weeks, I’ve touched base with all the teams to find out what they’re thinking, what’s going on,” Armstrong said. “At this point, I know some things I’d like to accomplish, and if we can find a willing partner, then I think we’ll have to explore some changes. We’re not getting the results we need to right now and when that happens, potential changes can come.” The Blues will be looking for a scoring forward, and will likely have to move a defenseman.  Eric Brewer and Barret Jackman have no trade clauses, and teams may target Erik Johnson, Alex Pietrangelo and Ian Cole.
  • Iain MacIntrye of the Vancouver Sun: Canucks forward Mikael Samuelsson will be out at least a week with a ‘mild’ concussion. Mason Raymond returned practiced after missing a game with the flu.
  • Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Flyers have been granted permission by the NHL for Michael Leighton to have an extended AHL rehab stint for 2 more games. The Flyers won’t have to make a roster decision for another week.  
  • Mike Hieka of the Dallas Morning News: If the Dallas Stars were to trade Brad Richards to the NY Rangers, they’ll likely target centerman or defenseman. The Rangers have Michael Del Zotto, Marc Staal or Dan Girardi on the point, and centers Derek Stepan and Brandon Dubinsky.
  • John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Sabres forward Drew Stafford has missed 12 of the last 13 games with a shoulder injury. He played Friday but left after taking a hit. He briefly skated yesterday but wasn’t able to go last night.  Tim Connolly has missed 6 games with a groin injury.

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David Backes signs extension with Blues … Brodeur starting tonight? Ekman-Larsson sent to AHL … Bloge Salming Video

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Videos on November 12th, 2010

  • Andy Strickland of True Hockey: TJ Oshie will be out at least 3 months after having surgery on his broken ankle yesterday. David Perron should return at some point during their road trip. Barret Jackman could return in the next 2 weeks. Ian Cole was returned to the AHL.

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Maple Leafs facing decision on whether to recall Kadri or not … Lecavalier breaks hand … Peter Forsberg take 5 … Blues injury updates

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 12th, 2010

  • Darren Dreger of TSN: Within the next month, the Boston Bruins should get $7.5 million in salary returning to their lineup. When Marc Savard and Marco Sturm return, the Bruins will be about $2 million over the cap. The Toronto Maple Leafs will be interested, but the Bruins might rather bury someone in the minors rather than helping out their division rivals, especially since they hold their 1st round pick. Michael Ryder and his $4 million salary, Andrew Ference and his $2.25 million cap hit are 2 options. The Maple Leafs may look to other cap challenged teams like the Devils, Flyers, Canucks and Flames, or financially challenged teams like the Coyotes, Stars, Panthers or Thrashers.
  • Darren Millard via twitter: Talk is increasing that the Maple Leafs could call up Nazem Kadri on Friday. Doug Maclean is also reporting the same thing. It’s unknown if Maclean told Millard, or vise versa, or if they have 2 different sources. David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail: Burke and his executive team are trying to decide if they should call up Kadri for Saturday’s game versus the Canucks. They are wrestling with “what is best for Kadri versus what is best for the Leafs”. GMs are calling Burke with trade inquiries but involve the usual “overpaid, the concussed and the undertalented,” so nothing is really going on.
  • Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Simmons goes off on the mess Brian Burke as created for the Maple Leafs.

    They are 25th best in the NHL. With the 26th best powerplay. The 27th best penalty killers. And 28th in goal scoring.

    This is Burke’s team. This is his preferred coach, even if he didn’t hire him. These are mostly players he has acquired.

    If this was John Ferguson Jr., there would be a metaphorical noose waiting for his neck. He was an easy target. But because it’s Burke, who has won a Stanley Cup, who has never ducked a question, who did good work in Vancouver, who came to Toronto with so much hope and hype, there is the tendency to give him the benefit of the doubt.

  • Tony Fabrizio of the Tampa Tribunes: Vincent Lecavalier will be out of the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup for awhile after breaking his hand last night in the first period. He originally injured his hand 3 weeks ago, and was told it was bad bone bruise and could be on the verge of breaking. “That’s what they told me. There’s no way to tell. It wasn’t broken, but (Thursday night), when I overextended it, I kind of felt a pop. So I guess that was the fracture.” 3 of the Lightning top 6 forwards are now out, Simon Gagne is out indefinitely, and Steve Downie is out until at least Sunday.
  • Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray had this to say after the GM meetings,

    “Nobody has any (cap) room. I talked to probably only four or five teams there. I think there’s another 14 or 15 I’ve called … I’ve said, ‘do you want to do anything?’ (and the response is) ‘no, not really.’

    “Nobody can really do anything right now unless it’s a dollar-for-dollar trade, and we know that doesn’t work very often.”

  • Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Taken from a report out of Sweden, Peter Forsberg will attempting to make another comeback. “I will make a last, last, last try,” Forsberg told the Swedish newspaper. As usual, he’ll be starting his comeback with MoDo of the Swedish Elite League.
  • Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Injury update for the St. Louis Blues. Roman Polak will still be out another 2 months. Barret Jackman is a few weeks from returning. TJ Oshie could be gone for 2-3 months. David Perron is doubtful for this weekend, could return next week. Carlo Colaiacovo could return on Monday. Brad Winchester skated yesterday but is doubtful for the weekend. Despite their injuries, Rutherford doesn’t think the Blues would be interested in Bill Guerin. The Blues don’t want to trade Ian Cole, but they have a surplus of young Dmen, and may be forced to make a move for some scoring help. Putting any of their young blueliners on the block could land them some nice offensive talent.
  • Sherri Zickefoose of the Calgary Herald: Calgary Flames forward Brett Sutter was arrested early Thursday morning in Scottsdale Arizona, and charged with assault after he allegedly punched someone in an Arizona bar.

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NY Rangers and NJ Devils updates … Blues to call up Ian Cole … Audio with Ron Wilson and Dale Tallon

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on November 5th, 2010

  • Dan Rosen via twitter: Ryan Callahan is out after being hit by Kimmo Timonen. Ruslan Fedotenko is a game time decision.
  • Andy Strickland via twitter: The St. Louis Blues are expected to call up Ian Cole for Saturday’s game against the Bruins, no word if we’ll play.
  • Fan 590 Audio: Dale Tallon on Hockey Central at Noon talking “controversial plays in pro hockey and whether they should be reviewed like the non-called goalie interference in his team’s last trip to Toronto.”

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Canucks trade O’Brien to Nashville … Isles grab Grabner … More players on waivers

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors, NHL Trades on October 5th, 2010

  • Pierre LeBrun via twitter: The Vancouver Canucks have traded Shane O’Brien and Dan Gendur to the Nashville Predators for Ryan Parent and Jonas Andersson.
  • Michael Traikos via twitter: Matt Lashoff is on the ice with the Maple Leafs as the 7th defenseman. Jeff Finger was on the ice earlier but is not with the main group.
  • Jesse Spector via twitter: New York Rangers coach John Tortorella confirms that Erik Christiansen will start the season centering Marian Gaborik and Alex Frolov.
  • Vicki Hall via twitter: At the Calgary Flames practice, Brendan Morrison centering Hagman and Bourque. Backlund centering Glencross and Jackman.
  • Kevin Allen via twitter: The New York Rangers have placed Todd White and Tim Kennedy on waivers. The Detroit Red Wings have placed Derek Meech and Kirk Maltby on waivers. Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers GM Glen Sather said that putting White and Kennedy on waivers creates some cap flexibility in case they want to take on a contract at a later date.

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Hawks expensive rings … C. Clark available … No love for Rolston? Salvador out? Blues Blueline Battle and more

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on September 30th, 2010

  • Mark Spector via twitter: RW Chris Clark of the Columbus Blue Jackets could available. Spector wonders if: in a Souray deal? some added grit in Vancouver? or a truculent American for the Leafs? Clark has a cap hit of $2.633,333, salary of $2.5 million.
  • Mark Everson of the NY Post: There are no suggestions that there is a team willing to trade for Brian Rolston’s and his $5.1 million contract. Coach John MacLean says that Bryce Salvador is “fine” after crashing into the boards. The Devils may end up having to waive and demote players to get under the cap.
  • Mark Everson of the NY Post: Salvador underwent ear tests yesterday. He’s missed 9 games in the past because of ear problems. Injured players are not allowed to be waived.
  • Andy Strickland via twitter: Competition on the St. Louis Blues blueline is heating up. Ian Cole has outplayed Alex Pietrangelo, Oystrick and Nikitin are still in the battle.
  • Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: During Tuesday’s pre-season game, Cody Hodgson started on the 2nd, and ended up on the 4th. It may becoming more apparent that Hodgson needs time to recover from his back injury and gain some pro experience in the minors.
  • Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Marc Savard won’t travel with the team to Europe. From GM Peter Chiarelli,

    “He spent the whole time at the team-building (in Vermont Monday and Tuesday). I spoke to him (yesterday) morning, and he’s going to see his doctors, and he’s going to work up his physical exertion test.

    “He’s getting better. He’s feeling a lot better. We just have to make sure we do all the proper things – get through the exertion and the impact and the conditioning. He’s still a ways away.”

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Around the Boards: HNIC Hotstove, Blues Interested in Staal? Stars and Flyers monitoring each other, Burke’s Options

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL Rumors on December 13th, 2009

  • Hockey Night in Canada’s Hotstove Video: LeBrun mentions in the Hotstove that if the Thrashers don’t have Kovalchuk signed to the extension in the next month, they’ll probably look at trading him.
    • Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun:
      • Whispers around the league that the St. Louis Blues are interested in Eric Staal and his $8.25 million cap hit (thru 2015-16). Staal has struggled this season and missed some time due to injury. The Blues have plenty of assests to send the other way, such as Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron, and Ian Cole just to name a few.
      • The Panthers should have new ownership soon, and their GM is shopping their number 1 goalie, Tomas Vokoun and his $5.7 million cap hit.
      • Matt Stajan might be on the move before the Trade Deadline. Though Burke may not want to mess with the chemistry he’s had lately with Phil Kessel. Still he’s never lived up to the expectations in Toronto.
      • The Flyers and Stars have apparently been keeping an eye on each other. The Stars are battling for the last playoff spot, and the Flyers have plumetted to the basement of the Eastern Conference. The Stars would like a top 6 forward, maybe Danny Briere (might not waive his no movement clause). The Flyers have interest in 2010 UFA goalie, Marty Turco. I don’t see the Stars moving Turco until they are completely out of it. Jeff Carter’s name may also start appearing in trade talks.
      • Brian Burke has tried to get Peter Mueller out of Phoenix, but he doesn’t have the assests to do it.
  • Michael Traikos of the National Post: Brian Burke Christmas no trade deadline has passed with no moves, but with the teams recent good play, he finds himself in a bit of situation. Does he trade any of his 10 UFA’s and 5 RFA’s between now and the deadline, or does he play out the season and see what happens. Traikos thinks the Leafs could probably get a 2nd round pick for each of the following FAs, Ponikarovsky, Stajan, Kulemin, White and Toskala. I don’t see any team offering a 2nd a round pick for Toskala. Of those 5 mentioned, I think only Ponikarovsky, Kulemin and White will be back.

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