Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Ice Scoopz: Tuesday Afternoon

*-> The Dallas Stars have officially parted ways with long time goaltender Marty Turco today. Turco who is an unrestricted free agent this summer struggled to regain his form this season and the Stars attempted to shop him near the deadline after they acquired Kari Lehtonen from the Atlanta Thrashers. The Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk announced this morning that the club will not resign Marty Turco and thanked him for his 10 years of service with the Stars. He also announced that goalie Kari Lehtonen will be their guy going forward. Several teams were interested in Marty Turco down the stretch but it was rumored his cap hit was a major decider. The Philly Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks were all rumored to be interested. The Flyers are the only team that remain interested of the three at the moment but the St. Louis Blues can be added to that mix now that their goalie situation has become unclear.

*-> The Atlanta Thrashers Slava Kozlov has hinted that he may head to the KHL next season if he doesn't attract much interest July 1st. He would rather play a few more seasons in the NHL if possible but a team of his choosing. Kozlov was linked to the Red Wings, Kings and the Caps down the stretch and it's doubtful the Caps or Wings will have cap space for the aging Russian next season. CSKA Moscow has been linked to Russian as well.

*-> GM Steve Yzerman may be heading down South as he's been linked to the Tampa Bay Lightning this afternoon. While it may not be realistic it could be the job opportunity that Steve Yzerman was waiting for. New Tampa Bay owner Jeff Vinik has not said anything on his search for a GM except he plans to have his staff locked up before the draft. No word ether on a choice for Head coach.

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