Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Ice Scoopz: Tuesday Noon

*-> Brendan Morrison found a deal late yesterday afternoon as he signed a contract with the Calgary Flames worth 725$ for the season. It's only a 1 year deal but it is on a 1 way contract unlike what the Vancouver Canucks were offering.

*-> Veteran Petr Sykora has headed back to the Czech Republic to play for HC Plzen following the latest waive of free agents without NHL deals heading to Europe.

*-> The Pittsburgh Pengiuins are reportedly looking at defensemen Marc-Andre Bergeron and Kyle McClaren it's been reported. The Pens need to add a depth D to bolster their backend. They may wait for the next waive of waivers before persuing a free agent.

*-> The Washington Capitols have signed goaltending stand out Philipp Grubauer to a 3 year entry level contract. Since Grubauer is European he does not have to report back to his CHL team the Kingston Frontenacs but can be sent down to the AHL which the Caps most likely will do.

*-> The New Jersey Devils have sent their future Swedish duo Mattias Tedenby and Jacob Josefson down to the AHL to play for Albany.

*-> It appears that several freshly drafted players will make their respective teams. Erik Gudbranson looks to make the Florida Panthers while fellow defenseman Cam Fowler will also make the leap for Anaheim. The Atlanta Thrashers are having a tough decesion on Alexander Burmistrov who has stood out all camp. Finally as we all know Taylor Hall (Edmonton) and Tyler Seguin (Boston) will be in the opening night roster.

*-> The KHL and the NHL has come to an agreement finally. The Russian league will now honor NHL contracts in the future as a legal binding agreement has been signed by both sides. Bill Daly has confirmed this agreement this morning with ESPN saying that there is nothing new for the NHL except now the Russians are on board. The strange part of all this is that Gary Bettman was quick to shoot down the idea of an agreement yesterday evening after the KHL North American embassador announced the deal. Bettman said there has been no talks and no forseeable deal for both parties. Bettman is still bitter with the KHL it's known and its rumored to be the main reason why the NHL is looking to pull the plug on sending its players to Russia to participate in the next Winter Olympics. We'll have to see how this story unfolds as it should be an interesting one.

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