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Injury Updates:
Sergei Zubov placed on IR Zubov (hip surgery) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, the National Post reports. (ESPN)
Islanders place trio on IR The New York Islanders on Tuesday placed center Mike Sillinger and defensemen Chris Campoli and Andy Sutton on injured reserve. Sillinger, 37, underwent microfracture surgery on his right hip during the offseason. Last season, he appeared in 52 games, tallying 14 goals and 12 assists. Campoli is sidelined with a shoulder injury and Sutton is out after undergoing surgery on his hand. (Yahoo! Sports)
Lawrence Nycholat to miss start of season Nycholat had back problem flare this week and is expected to start the
season in the injured reserve list, the Vancouver Province reports. (ESPN)
Alexander Semin limited in practice Semin was limited in practice on Tuesday but is expected to play in the
Capitals’ home opener on Friday, the Associated Press reports. (ESPN)
Alex Ovechkin left practice Ovechkin left Tuesday’s morning practice after just 15 minutes, the Washington Post reports. (ESPN)
Johan Hedberg: Toe Questionable for Oct. 10 vs. Washington (Sportsline)
Mike Hoffman: Hand Out until at least mid-October (Sportsline)
Bryan Little: Hip Questionable for Oct. 10 vs. Washington (Sportsline)
Marian Hossa: Groin Questionable for Oct. 9 vs. Toronto (Sportsline)
Georges Laraque: Groin Questionable for Oct. 10 at Buffalo (Sportsline)
Waiver Wire:
TSN.CA: reports the following players have been placed on waivers:
Peter Schaefer - Boston Bruins
Kyle McLaren - San Jose Sharks.
Aaron Downey - Detroit Red Wings
Boyd Devereaux and Steffan Kronwall - Toronto Maple Leafs.
Matt Pettinger and Jason Krog - Vancouver Canucks.
Gilbert Brule - demoted by Edmonton Oilers
Aaron Johnson - Chicago Blackhawks
TSN also reports the Blackhawks have demoted goaltender Antti Niemi and Nikolai Khabibulin remains with the team for now. He’s expected to resume practicing with the club later this week although it’s still possible he could be loaned to a Russian team.
Player Updates:
Ducks name D Scott Niedermayer Captain The Anaheim Ducks named defenceman Scott Niedermayer team captain Tuesday, with Chris Pronger and Ryan Getzlaf serving as alternate captains. Niedermayer, 35, previously served as Ducks captain from 2005-07. (Yahoo! Sports)
Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin expected to start season with Chicago Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin is expected to start the regular season with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 35-year-old Khabibulin had seemed destined to be sent to the minors, traded or opt to play in his native Russia by the time the Blackhawks open their regular season Friday night in New York against the Rangers. (Yahoo! Sports)
Patric Hornqvist: Likely to Skate On Nashville’s Top Line Hornqvist has all but officially secured a roster spot with the Predators, and he’s likely to begin the season on the top offensive line along with J.P. Dumont and Jason Arnott, the Nashville Tennessean reports. (Yahoo! Sports)
Joey MacDonald: Wins Backup Job MacDonald has won the job of backup to Rick DiPietro. (Yahoo! Sports)
Signings, Transactions & Acquisitions:
Ducks clam LW Lidstrom on waivers from Blackhawks The Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday claimed left wing Joakim Lindstrom on waivers from Chicago and assigned him to the Iowa Chops, their affiliate in the American Hockey League.Lindstrom, 24, originally was acquired by Anaheim from Columbus for a conditional pick in the 2010 draft on July 15. He appeared in four preseason games with the Ducks, registering one assist before being claimed by Chicago on Friday. (Yahoo! Sports)
Blackhawks release C Adams The Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday released center Kevyn Adams, one of five moves made by the team to reduce the roster to the league-mandated maximum of 23 players heading into the start of the regular season. (Yahoo! Sports)
Sharks place D McLaren on waivers In a move necessitated by salary cap restrictions, the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday placed veteran defenseman Kyle McLaren on waivers, possibly ending his 4 1/2-year tenure with the club. Waiving McLaren enabled the Sharks to save $2.5 million and get them under the salary cap limit of $56.7 million. (Yahoo! Sports)
Maple Leafs sign D Schenn The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Luke Schenn to a three-year contract on Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. (Yahoo! Sports)
Kings re-sign C O”Sullivan Patrick O’Sullivan’s holdout is over. A restricted free agent, O’Sullivan on Tuesday signed a new three-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Financial terms were not disclosed, but - citing undisclosed sources - TSN of Canada is reporting the 23-year-old center will receive an average of $2.925 million per season. (Yahoo! Sports)
Flames’ Warrener, Eriksson placed on waivers The Calgary Flames placed veteran defensemen Rhett Warrener, Anders Eriksson and forward Jamie Lundmark on waivers Tuesday to get below the salary cap. The three are headed to the Flames’ AHL affiliate in the Quad Cities unless claimed off waivers by another club or traded. Warrener and Eriksson have one-way contracts and reassigning the three players puts Calgary’s payroll $2 million below the $56.7-million cap. (Yahoo! Sports)
Boston Bruins keep promising rookie forward Blake Wheeler, cut five The Boston Bruins cut five players from their roster Tuesday and kept promising rookie forward Blake Wheeler, a first-round draft choice in 2004. The Bruins released forward Peter Schaefer and planned to waive him and assign him to Providence of the AHL. They also placed forwards Nate Thompson and Jeremy Reich on waivers for the purpose of assigning them to Providence, and assigned defenceman Matt Hunwick to Providence and forward Carl Soderberg to Malmo in Sweden. (Yahoo! Sports)
Bruins waive LW Schaefer, C Reich Boston Bruins fans may have seen the last of Peter Schaefer and Jeremy Reich. Schaefer and Reich, along with center Nate Thompson, were placed on waivers by the Bruins on Tuesday as the team hopes to assign the trio to Providence of the American Hockey League. Acquired from Ottawa in July 2007, Schaefer appeared in 63 games for Boston last season, recording nine goals and 17 assists. The 31-year-old left wing added a tally and four points in seven playoff contests. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Red Wings will be without wing Marian Hossa Sunday in the team’s final exhibition game against Buffalo. Hossa developed a sore groin whilst playing Saturday in Toronto and sat out the 3rd period. He mentioned he does not consider the injury serious.
Ranger GM Glen Sather is a seller in a market that appears to feature very few buyers willing to pay 100 cents on the dollar. Sather has postponed a decision on roster cuts only as he has postponed a decision on Brendan Shanahan, who continued to skate at the club’s practice rink throughout the Rangers’ successful European tour.
The Lightning spent the past few days thinking about trade options. Scouts were dispatched to hockey rinks across North America throughout the preseason in search of improvements.
Not long after an NHL owner predicted Sunday that European expansion is “happening”, league commissioner Gary Bettman spoke in non-committal terms on the subject. “It is not on the drawing board”, Bettman mentioned before attending the final of 4 regular season games played in Europe over the weekend.
If starting lineups were devised simply on merit, James Neal could be on the ice Friday at American Airlines Center when the Dallas Stars open the season against Columbus. The salary cap era, however, creates myriad reasons for keeping a player or sending him to the minors, so the fate of the rookie winger remained uncertain on Monday.
The heavyweights from ESPN have weighed in today with their predictions for the NHL season. Here are the outcomes. You can view the original document here on ESPN.
ESPN revealed their much awaited Fantasy League rankings recently and surprise surprise, they’re pretty much based in “fantasy land”. Wait, did I say much awaited? My apologies, i meant “much overrated”
Martin Brodeur gets #1 spot OVERALL, just ahead of Alex Ovechkin at #2 and Sidney Crosby at #3. In the top 15 players, ESPN in fact list 7 goalies. Do ESPN know something about the fantasy value of goalies that the rest of us don’t?
Interested in knowing just who makes up that list of 7?
Rank - Name 1 - Martin Brodeur 4 - Jean-Sebastian Giguere 7 - Jose Theodore 10 - Evgeni Nabokov 14 - Carey Price 15 - Ilya Bryzgalov
According to the great minds at ESPN, Chris Osgood (22 overall), Marty Turco (58 overall), Henrik Lundqvist (31 overall), even Marc-Andre Fleury (28 overall) don’t get a shoe-in when compared to the great Bryzgalov *insert chuckle here*. In fact Marty Turco is ranked 2 spots lower than Boston’s on again-off again Manny Fernandez. Vinnie Lecavalier, a player whom most would put in the top 10 in the league, is down at #24.
Hey, they do call it “fantasy” for a reason, right?
Who are the worse players in the league, according to ESPN?
Well, not including prospects or rookies (who let’s be honest, are impossible to rank anyway), Martin Gerber (Ottawa Senators) falls in at #370. Just ahead of him are two more netminders, Mike Smith (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Alex Auld (Ottawa Senators). Do ESPN predict Ottawa will bottom out this season?
I’m almost inclined to think ESPN stands for Exceedingly Stupid Prediction Noobs!
I doubt it matters all that much. In the coming weeks when the fantasy leagues open to the public, I imagine the rush of people heading to yahoo to join leagues will quickly make us forget ESPN actually have a fantasy league system!
The Dallas Stars tried again to eliminate the San Jose Sharks today, but failed to achieve the task as the Sharks rallied to win in overtime, 3-2.
Jere Lehtinen opened the scoring for the Stars. Brenden Morrow put the Stars up 2-0 going into the third period. The 2nd period saw not one, but two waved off goals by Brenden Morrow. In the third Milan Michalek and Brian Campbell evened the score, taking the game to overtime, where Joe Pavelski netted the game winner in the 2nd minute of OT.
“Every game we lose, we give them more life, but I like our position better than theirs,” Morrow said. “The third period was our downfall. We have to move on, earn our breaks. We earned this 3-2 lead.”
- Yahoo! Sport
Hatcher vs Hunter
Derian Hatcher fights Trent Hunter in this January 19, 2008 NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders
Category: Hockey Fights
Colton Orr vs Riley Cote
New York Rangers’ Colton Orr vs Philadelphia Flyers’ Riley Cote
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The Title is Team: Part 1 The Regular Season
This is the beginning of a post playoff recap made by SportsChannel NY after the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs which was won by the New Jersey Devils.
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The Title is Team: Part 2 Round 1 vs. Boston
Part 2 of a post playoff recap made by SportsChannel NY after the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs which was won by the New Jersey Devils.
Category: Shows & Commercials
The Title is Team: Part 3 Round 2 vs. Pittsburgh
Part 3 of a post playoff recap made by SportsChannel NY after the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs which was won by the New Jersey Devils.
Category: Shows & Commercials
The Title is Team: Part 4 Round 3 vs. Philadelphia
Part 4 of a post playoff recap made by SportsChannel NY after the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs which was won by the New Jersey Devils.
Category: Shows & Commercials
The Title is Team: Part 6 Round 4 Game 4 vs. Detroit
Part 6 of a post playoff recap made by SportsChannel NY after the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs which was won by the New Jersey Devils.
Category: Shows & Commercials
Mailday
2 packages i got. one from ebay and one from evilcollector96.hockey nhl mailday 2 packages ebay trade upper deck sidney crosby daniel briere
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