Well I'm here in the UK and day 2 has been filled with that wonderful British weather, cloudy and random bouts of rain. After a long flight around volcanic ash, an hour around the vocanic ash I had a lovely wait in the customs line at Heathrow airport. A few short hours later I had arrived. Not great news ether but what can you do its for family right.
The internet struggles here combined with the jetlag I decided to hold off till today to post. I decided to check out the tv guide out of curiousity to see if they even had any hockey on television and to my surprise they have replays on their version of ESPN but it was relgated to the mid-day slots right before kayaking and right after cycling. I haven't got to check it out myself as my location doesn't have any sports packaged though but I just thought it was funny they even had hockey as everyone I met was baffled and confused about my "ice" hockey blog, not to be confused with the Ice Scoopz field hockey blog over here. Anyways enough of my rant and on to the news which has already broken over there.
*-> Brad May of the Detroit Red Wings is contemplating retirement due to family reasons. His lack of playing time and lack of role is most likely another factor in this as well. May also went on to say that if the Toronto Maple Leafs came knocking again he may reconsidered as he resides in Toronto.
*-> The Dallas Stars have resigned goaltender Kari Lehtonen to a 3 year deal worth 10.65$ MIL working out to 3.55$ MIL person. Lehtonen was acquired in a deal close to the deadline from the Atlanta Thrashers. This officially marks the end of the Marty Turco era. Hopefully Lehtonen can respond and recover from his past injury woes for the Stars sake.
*-> More Dallas Stars news, free agent Johan Hedburg of the Atlanta Thrashers is reportedly at the top of Dallas's wish list. Hedburg has been Lehtonen's backup and mentor since his arrival in the league and with the Stars lacking a backup he is rumored to be reunited. Dallas also has Brent Krahn in the fold as a RFA but is still unproven and likely not the best solution. This being said its tough to say whether this rumor is accurate but we do know the backup choice has to be cheap and Hedburg will atleast make 850K.
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Scoopz sent me a carrier pigeon that Jared Staal, the youngest of the illustrious Staal brothers, has been traded from Phoenix to Carolina for a 5th round pick. While his older brothers were all top 15 picks in their draft years, Jared was picked in the second round of the 2008 NHL entry draft, 49th overall. Thus far, Staal has been overshadowed in Sudbury by OHL star Eric O'Dell, and has yet to show the same level of talent the rest of the family has become accustomed to, although he has been noted for his solid two way play.
Could this be a move to get him rolling with big bro Eric watching over him? Was this a favour for the Hurricanes best player and captain? We'll see in camp next fall.
CA
Thanks for posting that one CA, I'll repost it on the main page.
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