Posts Tagged Milan Lucic
Around the Boards: Schnieder MIA, Leclaire and Neil return tonight, Lucic back Jan 1, New top line in Edm.
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 23rd, 2009
- Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: The future of Mathieu Schneider is still up in the air after he left the team last week for ‘personal reasons’. Schneider has been the Canucks 6th-7th Dman this year and last Friday he was “Removed from the lineup to make way for Aaron Rome, Schneider bolted from the dressing room without talking to reporters, had an animated discussion with Canucks’ player development guru Dave Gagner, the defenceman’s contemporary, and left. He hasn’t been seen since.” I’m guessing he’s pondering retirement or if he’d like the Canucks to move him somewhere else.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Both Pascal Leclaire and Chris Neil will return to the Senators lineup tonight against the Penguins.
- Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star: Victor Stalberg, fresh off of his AHL recall, scoring 2 goals in 3 games, is on the shelf with a shoulder injury. Richard Wallin will be in the lineup tonight in his place. Wallin has 2 assists in 26 games, mostly on the 4th. Stalberg’s scored the 2 goals while playing on the 4th line.
- Brandon Hall of the Boston Globe: Milan Lucic is still eying Jan. 1st Winter Classic as his return date.
- Derek Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun: Ryan Poultny has been promoted to the Oilers #1 line with Dustin Penner and Gilbert Brule … and why are they in last place in the Western Conference? And here I thought the Maple Leafs top line looked bad.
Around the Boards: Jaroslav Halak Rumors, Markov back before Christmas, Khabibulin back aches
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on December 16th, 2009
- Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Here are 4 main points that LeBrun took from day 1 of the Governor’s meetings. He expands on those points in his blog.
1. Bettman told the board the league’s involvement in Phoenix won’t end up costing owners any money.
2. Bettman gave governors a sneak peek at what next season’s salary cap should look like. As we’ve reported before, the cap likely won’t budge too much, although that depends on the volatility of the Canadian dollar.
3. As we speculated earlier tonight, a source told ESPN.com that Bettman told the board that the league believes it’s fair for the Phoenix Coyotes to get a full share of revenue sharing even though the team doesn’t actually meet the criteria for it under the normal guidelines.
4. Despite all the media coverage in Canada on the subject, Bettman insisted to gathered media Tuesday night that putting a seventh team in Canada (Toronto, Winnipeg or Quebec City) is not really on the radar at this point.
- Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: Jaroslav Halak was offered to the Flyers, but the Flyers added Michael Leighton off re-entry waivers yesterday, and signed John Grahame over the weekend. The Canadiens are looking for a top 6 forward in return for their 24 year old backup. Halak has a cap hit of $775,000 this year, and will be a free agent at season end. The Canadiens don’t have a ton of cap room at the moment, so the top 6 forward they’d want, would have to be reasonably priced one. Which could be why they liked Claude Giroux.
- Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: Canadiens Dman, Andrei Markov, should be ready to go before Christmas, well ahead of his expected February return.
- Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: Could this year be Willie Mitchell’s last season in Vancouver? He’ll be a UFA July 1st. “It will all play out how it plays out,” Mitchell said. “There’s a lot of uncontrollable situations for you as a player. You play long enough, you understand that. It’s part of the journey.”
- Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Despite missing the last 8 games, and being close to returning, Milan Lucic was just placed on IR.
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Nikolai Khabibulin’s back hasn’t improved nearly as well as they had hoped. He will be having a spinal procedure done today. No time table on when he might return.
Around the Boards: Lecavalier to LA? Kane Hurt? Some players returning soon
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on December 14th, 2009
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Thinks the Los Angeles Kings are the best suitor for Vincent Lecavalier. He’d be an excellent compliment to Anze Kopitar, they have the cap space, and plenty of young players.
- Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Hawks coach Joel Quenneville thinks that Patrick Kane may not miss any time. Kane banged his head off of the ice in the first period, and did not return.
- Corey Masisak of the Washington Times: Michael Nylander has had some trouble getting a team in the KHL (or anywhere else in Europe and the NHL) too him, now finds himself on his way to Grand Rapids Michigan. He’ll suit up for the AHL club, collecting his $5.5 million salary ($4.875 cap hit). The Capitals will continue to pay his salary, but the cap number will come off the books.
- Michael Obernauer of the NY Daily News: Brandon Dubinsky could return to the New York Rangers lineup tonight versus Atlanta. Since scoring ability is something the Rangers have lacked since he got hurt.
- Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Milan Lucic could return to ice this week. He’s been out 3 weeks so far with a high ankle sprain.
- Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: After firing their coach, and going 2-10 in their last 12, and losing their #1 goalie, the Flyers are still in trouble. Rumors are starting to circulate that they are looking deal, but new coach, Peter laviolette doesn’t want that to happen yet.
Around the Boards: Kovalchuk talks positive, Malkin and Ovechkin returing tomorrow? Komisarek and Orpik out weeks
Posted by Mark Easson 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.
It’s Been An Eventful Couple Days for the Bruins
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Trades on October 21st, 2009
There is some significant changes to the Boston Bruins roster from a week ago. A couple trades and 2 big injuries to key players have lessened the firepower of the Bruins. The Bruins were suppose to be the cream of crop in the Northeast Division, but have struggled out of the gate with a 3-4-0 record, third in the division. And it might be getting worse.
- Matt Pepin of the Boston Globe: Marc Savard has been place on longterm injured reserve and will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken left foot. Savard has lead the team in scoring in each of the last 3 seasons.
- Chad Finn of the Boston Globe: On Monday Bruins learned they will be without power forward Milan Lucic for 4-6 weeks after surgery on a broken right index finger.
- Herald Staff at the Boston Herald: The Bruins added forward Daniel Paille for a 2010 3rd Round Pick, and a 2010 conditional 4th Round Pick from the Buffalo Sabres. The 25 year old Paille recorded 27 points last year, after recording 35 the previous season.
Wild Acquire Chuck Kobasew
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Trades on October 19th, 2009
The Minnesota Wild have acquired Chuck Kobasew from the Boston Bruins for Craig Weller, the rights to Alex Fallstrom (a 2009 4th round pick) and a 2011 2nd round pick. The Wild were looking to add a winger as Petr Sykora was placed on IR, Pierre-Marc Bouchard was placed on LTIR, not good news for a team that has trouble scoring. Martin Havlat has a wonky groin as well. Will Chuck Kobasew help them, probably not a whole lot.
It seems like a steep price to acquire the 3rd line gritty winger, though he’ll be on the 1st or 2nd line for the Wild. It’s a nice move by the Bruins as it clears $2.5 million in cap space, and gives them a prospect, an early round draft pick, and a depth/minor league forward. The Bruins have, and will continue to have to monitor their cap number as all-star center Marc Savard is a UFA at seasons end, this deal may be the first of several to create room to re-sign their star center.
In other Bruins news, they placed rugged winger Milan Lucic on LTIR with a broken index finger, so he’ll be out 10 games and 24 calender days. They’ve recalled Brad Marchand, Vladimir Sobotka, and Guillaume Lefebvre.
Could the Blackhawks be considering sending Huet to the minors to sort our his issues? It is definitely an option for them. I’m sure nobody would make a waiver claim on him.
Milan Lucic Signs Contract Extension
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 6th, 2009
The Boston Bruins signed power forward Milan Lucic to 3 year contract extension. According to Jay Gold, whoever that is, the deal is worth a reported $4 million per season.
Lucic recorded 136 PIMs, 17 goals, and 25 assists last season. I’m a fan of Lucic and love his style of play, but if Gold’s statement that it’s worth $4 mill per season, it’s a contract I don’t understand. It’s one of major issues that NHL faces, rewarding big contract to really young kids mainly based on potential. Lucic hasn’t done enough to warrant $4 million a year.
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