Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ice Scoopz: Sunday Afternoon

*-> The interest for Sheldon Souray is still at an all time low as Souray is still recovering from his recent knee injury. Many people are speculating that the Columbus Blue Jackets are hot for Souray as of late but I think thats just mere speculation since the Jackets have a need for a puck moving defenseman. I doubt Scott Howsen would be intersted in the aging fragile blueliner as from what I'm hearing out of the Oilers organization there is no interest at all. Souray could be had for free and at half price but there still isn't any takers.

*-> While on the topic of Columbus they placed disgruntled defenseman Mike Commodore on re-entry waivers yesterday. It's looking like he'll clear and be bought out but I'm hearing Los Angeles could be interested.

*-> San Jose is also interested in a puck moving d-man, there is some reports out there they too could have interest in Sheldon Souray but I doubt that rumor as well mainly because they are already having leadership problems in their dressing room so why would they bring in a player coming off a bad break-up with his team. The player the Sharks appear to be targeting is Francois Beauchemin of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sharks could decided to bring in Sergei Gonchar if the Sens make him avaliable. The word is Bryan Murray loves Devon Setoguchi and has faith in a rebound for him. The Sharks GM Doug Wilson has told his staff their all safe this season but the players are in a different boat as they have 10 games to turn themselves around before the ax comes down. The Sharks have recently lost 4 of the 10 so far so a change is most likely going down ether way.

*-> Owen Nolan who is currently playing in Switzerland has hopes to return to the NHL for a playoff run it's said.

*-> Chris Campoli of the Ottawa Senators is rumored to be extremely unhappy with coach Cory Clouston over his recent 2 game benching. Campoli has said he isn't the worst defenseman on the team so he doesn't see the merit behind the benching. Campoli still has a lot of fans and believers on Long Island and it's believed he would like to return one day.

*-> Rumors out of the Montreal orgnization have the Canadiens not interested in the enigmatic Alexei Kovalev. There could be future interest but at the moment their not in on any talks. It's still believed the St. Louis Blues are interested but are waiting for Murray to discount Kovalev. It's also believed that the Canadiens have told Andrei Kostitsyn his play has to improve or he'll be moved. Nashville would love to reunite the brothers its rumored.

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