The I.R: Friday Morning

*-> Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils has been cleared to play today. Although he will not play this week, he will practice and hopefully be back by next week. Sources say he'll take the trip with the team and hopes to see some action.

*-> Toronto Maple Leaf's Mike VanRyn will miss another week with a shoulder injury he suffered during the game against Montreal Saturday night.

*-> Lubomir Visnovsky of the Edmonton Oilers will be out for the rest of the season after having surgery this past week after suffering a labrum injury. This hurts the Oilers chances of trading a defenseman to bring in a player for Ales Hemsky to play with.

That's it for now this morning. Ill have more later.

The I.R: Thursday Evening

*- Sidney Crosby will miss the all-star game and most likely a week afterwards with an injured knee. Although it's not severe the Penguins would like to take extra precautions just in case. Martin St.Louis will replace Sid the Kid in the All star game.

*- Danny Briere of the Philly Flyers underwent successful stomach surgery. He has missed the last 31 out of 32 games due to injury. He is expected to miss another month while recovering from the surgery. The Flyers are going to be looking for another forward to help them in the playoffs it looks like.

*- Martin Brodeur has started skating this week and the Devil's plan on using the allstar break to get him rested and ready to play in 2 to 3 weeks.