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Keith Tkachuk Announces Retirement
Posted by Derek in NHL News, NHL Opinion on April 7th, 2010
“Keith Tkachuk has decided to hang up his skates.
With the St. Louis Blues eliminated from the playoffs, the 18-year veteran made the announcement during the teams’ game against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Wednesday night. Tkachuk was a scratch for the game with a lower-body injury and will play his last game in St. Louis on Friday.” (Source: TSN)
Tkachuk was originally drafted 19th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the in 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 89 career playoff games, scoring 28 goals and 28 assists. The 38-year-old has 538 career goals, with 525 assists and 2,219 penalty minutes over his 1,200 career NHL games for the Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers. In addition, he played in five All-Star games and four Winter Olympics, helping the United States to a silver medal in 2002 at the Salt Lake games.
Time catches up to all of us eventually, and we would like to salute Tkachuk for a solid career and knowing when to hang up the blades.
Leighton out 8-10 … Some Habs Returning Soon … Tkachuk Retiring? Contract Extension for Markov?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on March 19th, 2010
“Pierre (Gauthier) have advised me during a recent visit to Montreal, he wanted to have discussions about Markov,” said Don Meehan, the agent of the Russian player.
“He advised me at that time that the deadline of the transaction and the good of the team were his immediate priorities. But once the situation had stabilized and he would have time to relax a little, he would like to see discussed.
“He is really interested in keeping it within the team.”
Andy Strickland St. Louis Blues Blogger: ‘The Monster” of 2010 could be Finnish goalie, Jussi Rynnas. The 6’5″, 23-year-old goaltender has drawn interest from as many as 18 teams. Rynnas may not be a #1 just yet, but could be a 2 or 3 on some teams depth chart.
Tim Wharnsby of CBC Sports: The Philadelphia Flyers are close to signing Colorado College right winger, Mike Testwuide. Testwuide scored 21 goals in 39 games this season. His shortlist of teams that he narrowed it down to were, the Flyers, Capitals, Rangers and Avalanche.
Trade Rumors on Trade Deadline Day
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 3rd, 2010
Here are a bunch of Trade Rumors for you on Trade Deadline Day. Follow trades on our Trade Tracker page.
9:35 AM: Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Flyers, Capitals, and Blackhawks could be looking at Vokoun, Turco, Ellis, and Roloson. The Predators have asked for a high-end prospect and a #1 pick for Dan Hamhuis, though they might keep him and hope to make a deep run in the playoffs. The Bruins, Canucks, Flyers, Devils, Rangers and Kings have all tried to land Hamhuis. The Leafs will look to move at least Stempniak and Primeau. The Thrashers are trying to sign Pavel Kubina to an extension before he becomes a UFA at seasons end. The Canucks, Capitals and Bruins may look at Joe Corvo.
9:31 AM: Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun: Tomas Vokoun hasn’t been asked yet to waive his no trade clause. Paul Kariya won’t waive his no trade clause and Keith Tkachuk may not want to move as well. The Blues could move Brad Boyes if they could find a taker.
9:23 AM: James Murphy of NESN: Targets for the Bruins could be Ray Whitney, Erik Cole and Tomas Kaberle. The 2010 first-rounder likely won’t be available back from Boston, but Chiarelli could net Kaberle with the Bruins’ original 2010 first-rounder, possibly a second-rounder and a young roster player. The chances of this happening were unlikely as of Tuesday night, but “don’t rule it out,” the source said. “Anything can happen.” There was also a rumor that the Bruins and Oilers were talking a deal that would get the Bruins a defenseman and possibly Andrew Cogliano.
9:20 AM: Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Flyers are looking into Dwayne Roloson now that Ray Emery is done for the year. Roloson is a $2.5 million cap hit and is under contract next season.
9:15 AM: Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli will continue to look for scoring help. They may look at; Teemu Selanne, Ray Whitney, Keith Tkachuk, Cory Stillman, and Erik Cole.
9:11 AM: Sean Gordon of the Globe and Mail: The Canadiens may look to free up some cap space, and might look to see if they could shed Roman Hamrlik’s $5.5 million salary next season. That might be tough to do. The Habs may also look to move some salary for draft picks, with Maxim Lapierre, Glen Metropolit, and Paul Mara as potential players that could be moved out.
9:07 AM: Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Washington Capitals are showing interest in Oilers Dman, Steve Staios. Staios is 37, and has another season at $2.7 million. John Erskine and a draft pick could head the other way.
9:00 AM: Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: It looks like the Canadiens will hold on to both Jaroslav Halak and Carey Price.
Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald: The Blackhawks are still trying to trade Cristobal Huet and his %5.625 million cap hit. Rumors are that they are talking to the Panthers, Islanders and Leafs. The Leafs shot down their interest yesterday.
Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Russo initially thought that Wild would be trading Owen Nolan, but now he’s not so sure. Unless they get a big offer, they’ll probably keep him. The Wild could be willing to move Eric Belanger.
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: The Avs have put Wolski’s name out there, with the Coyotes Peter Mueller mentioned as a possible return. The Avalanche could look at bringing in Joe Corvo.
Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: The Lightning could use some scoring and a puck moving defenseman. They could also do some selling with Jeff Halpern, Mike Smith, Mattt Smaby, David Hale, and Alex Tanguay’s name being mentioned.
NHL Trade Rumors from Twitter for March 2nd
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 2nd, 2010
We’ll continue to bring you updates from Twitter and elsewhere throughout today and tomorrow. Keep up-to-date will all player trades on our NHL Trade Tracker page. If you need a quick break from the rumors, check out the relaxed Wayne Gretzky.
NHL Trade Rumors from Twitter for Feb. 12th
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors, NHL Trades on February 12th, 2010
3:19 pm: Darren Dreger: Wild send Dman Kim Johnsson and 2009 1st round pick, Nick Leddy, to the Blackhawks for Cam Barker
3:15 pm: Bob McKenzie: Wild-Chicago got a deal done. Details to come
3:14 pm: Darren Dreger: Jody Shelly to the Rangers for a draft pick.
2:25 pm: TheFourthPeriod: The Kings are one of the teams interested in Alexei Ponikarovsky.
2:15 pm: Andy Strickland: IF Keith Tkachuk gets traded, it won’t happen today.
2:09 pm: Steve Simmons: If Dominic Moore is worth a 2nd round pick, the Leafs should be able to get more for Ponikarovsky.
2:07 pm: Darren Dreger: Maple Leafs getting offers for Ponikarovsky, but Leafs waiting to see if the offers get better.
2:03 pm: TheFourthPeriod: Pagnotta’s saying the Flyers aren’t close to trading Scott Hartnell.
1:59 pm: Bob McKenzie: McKenzie is hearing that the Wild and Blackhawks have been talking.
12:25 pm: Kevin Allen: Red Wings place Brad May on waivers. The Flames place Jaime Lundmark on waivers. Donald Brashear cleared waivers.
12:13 pm: Bruce Garrioch: The Senators have placed Jonathan Cheechoo on waivers.
11:34 am: Hendricks Hockey: Alexander Frolov’s agent, Don Meehan, was told that he’ll be dealt today.
11:23 am: Bob McKenzie: The Red Wings are expected to waive Brad May and add a player to LTIR to clear cap from for the return of Andreas Lilja.
10:43 am: Bob McKenzie: Matt Cullen is traded to Ottawa for Picard and a 2nd round pick.
10:42 am: James Duthie: Believes that Matt Cullen is going to Ottawa.
10:23 am: Aaron Portzline: Don’t expect any moves by the Blue Jackets today.
9:52 am: Bruce Garrioch: The Canucks have made a pitch for Matt Cullen. Quite a few teams will be looking to add Cullen, and it will most likely take a 2nd rounder.
9:51 am: Bruce Garrioch: Matt Cullen of the Hurricanes will be moved today, and the Senators have made an offer.
Plenty of NHL Rumors to go along with some Injury news
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on February 2nd, 2010
- Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports:
- The Leafs wanted to send Jeff Finger to the Ducks instead of Jason Blake, the Ducks said no.
- Friedman thinks the Canucks might have been scouting Tomas Plekanec the other night, though he thinks there won’t be a deal.
- The Blues probably won’t deal any of their young core, including David Backes. Eric Brewer could be had though.
- The Kings have the money and assets to make a run at Kovalchuk or Lecavalier. The Thrashers would want Wayne Simmonds, but the Kings may be reluctant to do that.
- Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside of ESPN: LeBrun and Burnside talk about potential Ray Whitney suitors. Teams that might be interested are the Senators, Bruins, Kings (if no Kovalchuk or Lecavalier), Rangers, Canucks, and 2 dark horses, the Coyotes and Predators
- Steve MacFarlane of the Calgary Sun: The Calgary Flames may not be done dealing. Sutter may swing for the fences with Ilya Kovalchuk, or look to add a player like Ray Whitney, Alex Tanguay, or maybe Kristian Huselius.
- James Murphy of NESN: The Bruins may be looking to acquire Blues forward Keith Tkachuk. They almost had a deal last year that would have sent Phil Kessel to the Blues for David Perron and Keith Tkachuk.
- Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: The Canadiens will be without Michael Cammalleri of 6 to 8 weeks with a damaged MCL. Cammalleri joins the list of Andrei Kostitsyn, Paul Mara, and Jaroslav Spacek on the sidelines.
- Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald: Jay McKee, a healthy scratch last night, might interest in the Chicago Blackhawks. The ‘Hawks might also look at Aaron Ward, Garnet Exelby or Sean O’Donnell.
- James Murphy of NESN.com: Potential trade targets for the Boston Bruins; Ray Whitney, Aaron Ward, Matt Cullen, Raffi Torres, and Peter Mueller.
- Mike Russo of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Niklas Backstrom, out with an illness, rejoined the team in Dallas but is doubtful for tonight’s game. The Wild are still in the playoff hunt, so they probably won’t be sellers. If they are buyers, it won’t be a significant deal. They are still hoping that P-M Bouchard will be able to return this year. If they do become sellers, the Wild have 4 players who might interest other teams; Marek Zidlicky, Kim Johnsson, Owen Nolan and Eric Belanger.
- Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Andres Lilja has been assigned to the AHL by the Detroit Red Wings on a conditioning loan. Lilja as been out since last February 28th with a concussion. He’ll play at least 3 games with Grand Rapids, then they’ll re-evaluate.
Around the Boards: Habs keeping Halak? Hitchcock safe for now, Gonchar leaving Pens after season? Kessel almost a Blue last season
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 28th, 2009
- Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News:
- The starting goalie flip-flop in Montreal may have taken place again, with Jaroslav Halak winning 3 consecutive games. Carey Pirce had lost 4 straight decisions. It’s looking like the Canadiens might be keeping Halak.
- Columbus is currently having a franchise worst stretch, 2-11-5, and coach Ken Hitchcock job is safe for at least the time being. Columbus has reportedly been looking to make a few shake-up deals, but have been unsuccessful so far. Team Leadership is something they need.
- This season could be the last for Sergei Gonchar in Pittsburgh unless he’ll take a pay cut. The 36 year old is looking for a 3 to 4 year deal worth between $15 and $20 million. The Pens seem to be fine with the years, but not at $5 million a season. Kris Letang needs a big raise from his current $625,000 salary, and looking for between $3 and $4 million.
- Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com:
- It’s no secret that the Bruins are looking for scoring, but it probably won’t happen until closer to the deadline. They don’t expect anything in the upcoming weeks, the there is the 2 week Olympic shutdown. Until the Atlanta Trashers-Ilya Kovalchuk contract talks are resolved, you’ll read/hear the Bruins are a possible destination.
- Last season at the trade deadline, the Bruins and Blues were discussing Keith Tkachuk and David Perron for Phil Kessel.
Todays Snapshots
Posted by Derek in NHL News, NHL Rumors on June 19th, 2009
Here’s a quick look at some of today’s news stories…
- Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis post reports “The Blues want Keith Tkachuk back, Tkachuk wants to be back with the Blues and both sides may get their wish soon”…
- Steve Gorten of South Florida Sun says Jay Bouwmeester could be dealt before the start of free agency July 1st.
- Mark Everson of the New York Post writes that the New Jersey Devils are looking to sign Johnny Oduya before he becomes an UF.
- Randy Sportak of Sun Media quotes sources stating the Calgary Flames have interest in hosting an outdoor game at McMahon Stadium.
- The AP reports that a golf resort developer duped nearly two dozen NHL players out of $25 million.
- Steve Buffery of Sun Media explains that the Toronto Maple Leafs are tight-lipped about the visit of swedish goaltending prospect Jonas Gustavsson, whom they are trying to rectuit.
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