Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Ice Scoopz: Tuesday Part Two - Murphy On Waivers
*-Florida Panthers have placed defenseman Corey Murphy on waivers this evening. The Ottawa Senators are a likely source for the powerplay defenseman. They've been showing interest all season long in his abilities. Why not grab him for free? Another team that could be interested is the Montreal Canadiens who have been lost on the powerplay ever since Mark Streit left last summer. Bob Gainey was just complaining the other day about how his team lacks defensive depth as well. The final team that is rumoured to make a claim is the Dallas Star. Their looking to replace the loss of Phillipe Boucher and Sergei Zubov on the point still.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ice Scoopz: Tuesday Evening - Islanders - Atlanta Make A Deal
So a minor deal to report and a couple of follow-up rumors.
*-The New York Islanders have traded defenseman Brett Skinner to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Junior Lessard. Both players have spent most of the season in the minors with the clubs farm teams.
*-More and more Ottawa rumors are starting to trickle in. Apparently Ottawa is interested in shopping both Chris Phillips and Filip Kuba now to the highest bidders as they unrestricted free agents this summer. Sources say Ottawa is looking for young players who can step right in or high draft picks in this years draft. GM Bryan Murray claims hes not interested in a roster overhaul just a shake-up and to find the missing pieces of the puzzle. He also has informed the media he will have the goalie situation solved by Thursday evening. This pretty much means by Thursday evening Martin Gerber will ether be in the minors or will be in another teams uniform. Whose possibly interested? L.A still doesn't have a number one goalie but I doubt they will take a risk of Gerber. Other than that there's next to no interest in goaltending around the league. Good luck.
*-Another follow up on the Vincent Lecavalier situation has been released less than 24 hours after the media hyped up the trade details. Vincent has stated he is loyal to Tampa Bay and it's in the ownerships hands. He also stated he would love to play in Montreal which is maybe what the owners were waiting to hear from him. Brian Lawton co-owner of the Lightning responded with another statement saying that no players on any team are 100% safe and all are available for discussion. He then went on to say that he is not shopping Lecavalier and if he was he'd have a sit down with the star and tell him face to face that he is shopping him and it hasn't happened. These rumors keep building more and more momentum each day so I really believe that there is some truth behind them. I have a feeling now that Vincent has said he'd play for Montreal the talks with begin and the sit down will follow.
*-The New York Islanders have traded defenseman Brett Skinner to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Junior Lessard. Both players have spent most of the season in the minors with the clubs farm teams.
*-More and more Ottawa rumors are starting to trickle in. Apparently Ottawa is interested in shopping both Chris Phillips and Filip Kuba now to the highest bidders as they unrestricted free agents this summer. Sources say Ottawa is looking for young players who can step right in or high draft picks in this years draft. GM Bryan Murray claims hes not interested in a roster overhaul just a shake-up and to find the missing pieces of the puzzle. He also has informed the media he will have the goalie situation solved by Thursday evening. This pretty much means by Thursday evening Martin Gerber will ether be in the minors or will be in another teams uniform. Whose possibly interested? L.A still doesn't have a number one goalie but I doubt they will take a risk of Gerber. Other than that there's next to no interest in goaltending around the league. Good luck.
*-Another follow up on the Vincent Lecavalier situation has been released less than 24 hours after the media hyped up the trade details. Vincent has stated he is loyal to Tampa Bay and it's in the ownerships hands. He also stated he would love to play in Montreal which is maybe what the owners were waiting to hear from him. Brian Lawton co-owner of the Lightning responded with another statement saying that no players on any team are 100% safe and all are available for discussion. He then went on to say that he is not shopping Lecavalier and if he was he'd have a sit down with the star and tell him face to face that he is shopping him and it hasn't happened. These rumors keep building more and more momentum each day so I really believe that there is some truth behind them. I have a feeling now that Vincent has said he'd play for Montreal the talks with begin and the sit down will follow.
The I.R: Tuesday Morning
*-Boston's Phil Kessel will be out 2 weeks with mono(neucleosis) and has been placed on the I.R by the club. This is not expected to be a long term illness, it's just a precaution for the rest of the club till hes better according to management. Martin St.Pierre was called up from Providence today as his replacement.
The I.R: Monday Evening
Here's today's I.R:
*-Vancouver Canucks superstar Roberto Luongo has deemed himself fit to return to action after his groin injury. After a full practice he has decided hes ready to play and felt 100%. Management however I expect wont rush him too fast. Expect him to miss another couple of games before hes back.
*-The Columbus Blue Jackets have place Rick Nash on the I.R today as he is suffering from a "lower body" injury what is believed to be a groin related issue as well. For Columbus fans this shouldn't scare you as hes expected to be activated by next Thursday and was only done to give the superstar some rest and take the salary off the cap.
*-Vancouver Canucks superstar Roberto Luongo has deemed himself fit to return to action after his groin injury. After a full practice he has decided hes ready to play and felt 100%. Management however I expect wont rush him too fast. Expect him to miss another couple of games before hes back.
*-The Columbus Blue Jackets have place Rick Nash on the I.R today as he is suffering from a "lower body" injury what is believed to be a groin related issue as well. For Columbus fans this shouldn't scare you as hes expected to be activated by next Thursday and was only done to give the superstar some rest and take the salary off the cap.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Ice Scoopz : Monday Part 1
So I'm feeling better now and can finally get this back on the road.
*-Right now there are huge rumors swirling around the league about the Ottawa Senators. Something big is going to go down by the end of the week. Fans and management are furious with the lack luster effort their team has put forward each night and everyone is just starting to realize that the playoffs are fading slowly out of the picture. GM Brian Murray is fed up and has to shake up his team. I believe this will start by waiving a or a couple of players. The main target could be Martin Gerber. His value is low and Binghampton starter Brian Elliott has shown he can play at the NHL level. Clearing Gerber's 3+ million salary would definitely help make room for another player. The other player I have heard regularly being shopped is Jason Spezza. Spezza to Calgary has been thrown around quite a bit. Brian Murray stated last week he has a deal in theory for a puck moving defenseman but the other team expects him to give up a big name and take a high salary in return. Gerber's waiving could be the set-up. There will be a shake up soon and Ottawa will most likely be sellers at this point in the season. Is it time to rebuild? Or just make a change? That's the question.
*-TSN has reported that the Lecavalier deal to Montreal might possible be in the works. They say Montreal and Tampa Bay have been in talks throughout the season about a deal and Tampa is just waiting for an answer from Vinny. Ownership wants to here "I want to stay" or "I'm willing to go to....." out of Lecavalier soon so that they can start their plans for the future. After this disappointing season why not? A deal could kick start a massive overhaul and put them back in contention in a few years the way Philly did. The rumored package they'd receive for Lecavalier is Josh Gorges, Chris Higgins, Tomas Plecanec, prospect P.K Subban and multiple 1st rounders. That's quite a haul for one player and I know if I was them why not? Another name being thrown about is Mike Komisarek but TSN's Bob McKenzie rules it out and Bob knows his stuff.
*-Atlanta named Ilya Kovalchuk their new captain today so does this mean the trade rumors are wrong? I still think he'll go this deadline if there is no deal in place. Atlanta cant afford to lose their last valuable asset to free agency and now is the time to trade him while he still has time on his contract to trap another team.
*-Finally Brian Burke is claiming to newspapers that the market is soft and although he wants change he hasn't really gotten any decent offers. Burke's still trying to add some toughness to his line-up preferably a power forward who can score. Tomas Kaberle has said this past week he'll waive his no trade clause if hes asked but Burke came back a couple days later with saying he'll never ask any of his players to do so because they would have earned it. Philly has been gunning for Kaberle ever since last trade deadline when they tried to acquire him but he refused to waive it. The Flyer's are still rumored to be interested and could dangle Mike Knuble and or Scottie Upshall the Leafs way with some picks. The Buds have to make a choice Kubina or Kaberle and I think Kaberle A. has more value and B. Kubina is actually looking like the player they thought they had when they signed him.
Well I'll be back in a bit with The I.R, and Wednesday we wil continue on like usual including team Germany and team Latvia reports on top of the usual Tuesday line-up tommorow.
*-Right now there are huge rumors swirling around the league about the Ottawa Senators. Something big is going to go down by the end of the week. Fans and management are furious with the lack luster effort their team has put forward each night and everyone is just starting to realize that the playoffs are fading slowly out of the picture. GM Brian Murray is fed up and has to shake up his team. I believe this will start by waiving a or a couple of players. The main target could be Martin Gerber. His value is low and Binghampton starter Brian Elliott has shown he can play at the NHL level. Clearing Gerber's 3+ million salary would definitely help make room for another player. The other player I have heard regularly being shopped is Jason Spezza. Spezza to Calgary has been thrown around quite a bit. Brian Murray stated last week he has a deal in theory for a puck moving defenseman but the other team expects him to give up a big name and take a high salary in return. Gerber's waiving could be the set-up. There will be a shake up soon and Ottawa will most likely be sellers at this point in the season. Is it time to rebuild? Or just make a change? That's the question.
*-TSN has reported that the Lecavalier deal to Montreal might possible be in the works. They say Montreal and Tampa Bay have been in talks throughout the season about a deal and Tampa is just waiting for an answer from Vinny. Ownership wants to here "I want to stay" or "I'm willing to go to....." out of Lecavalier soon so that they can start their plans for the future. After this disappointing season why not? A deal could kick start a massive overhaul and put them back in contention in a few years the way Philly did. The rumored package they'd receive for Lecavalier is Josh Gorges, Chris Higgins, Tomas Plecanec, prospect P.K Subban and multiple 1st rounders. That's quite a haul for one player and I know if I was them why not? Another name being thrown about is Mike Komisarek but TSN's Bob McKenzie rules it out and Bob knows his stuff.
*-Atlanta named Ilya Kovalchuk their new captain today so does this mean the trade rumors are wrong? I still think he'll go this deadline if there is no deal in place. Atlanta cant afford to lose their last valuable asset to free agency and now is the time to trade him while he still has time on his contract to trap another team.
*-Finally Brian Burke is claiming to newspapers that the market is soft and although he wants change he hasn't really gotten any decent offers. Burke's still trying to add some toughness to his line-up preferably a power forward who can score. Tomas Kaberle has said this past week he'll waive his no trade clause if hes asked but Burke came back a couple days later with saying he'll never ask any of his players to do so because they would have earned it. Philly has been gunning for Kaberle ever since last trade deadline when they tried to acquire him but he refused to waive it. The Flyer's are still rumored to be interested and could dangle Mike Knuble and or Scottie Upshall the Leafs way with some picks. The Buds have to make a choice Kubina or Kaberle and I think Kaberle A. has more value and B. Kubina is actually looking like the player they thought they had when they signed him.
Well I'll be back in a bit with The I.R, and Wednesday we wil continue on like usual including team Germany and team Latvia reports on top of the usual Tuesday line-up tommorow.
Friday, January 9, 2009
The I.R: Friday Afternoon + Catch-Up on The Way
You can add yours truly to the I.R after a late night outside game of shinny the other night because I've got the flu once again. I can barely even process basic thoughts due to all the cold meds haha. For some reason every year right about this time I get it and it sucks because three weeks back I had a really bad cold so this puts me behind again. I should be up in running I think in 24 hours so bare with me. I'll continue my World Junior reviews ASAP and will have a massive catch-up post Sunday night. Expect another few tonight as I seems to be able function.
*- Ales Hemsky was place on the I.R today by the Edmonton Oilers. Hemsky who suffered an concussion two weeks ago from a Jordan Tootoo hit will most likely by out for another two weeks.
*- Ruslan Fedotenko was been placed on the I.R after the Pittsburgh Penguin forward broke his hand on former Pen Colby Armstrong's face during a fight. Expect him to miss between 4 to 6 weeks.
*- In the same game Pascal Dupuis is injured with what is believed to be a pulled groin. Rumor has it is he'll miss only 2 games.
Thanks for the patience!
*- Ales Hemsky was place on the I.R today by the Edmonton Oilers. Hemsky who suffered an concussion two weeks ago from a Jordan Tootoo hit will most likely by out for another two weeks.
*- Ruslan Fedotenko was been placed on the I.R after the Pittsburgh Penguin forward broke his hand on former Pen Colby Armstrong's face during a fight. Expect him to miss between 4 to 6 weeks.
*- In the same game Pascal Dupuis is injured with what is believed to be a pulled groin. Rumor has it is he'll miss only 2 games.
Thanks for the patience!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
TRADE/S
Two trades to report, both pretty minor but ether way here they are
*-Montreal Canadiens have traded a conditional 7th round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for AHL defensemen T.J Kemp.
*-The Saint John Sea-Dogs have traded Wolrd Junior Gold medal winning Chris DiDomenico to the Drummondville Voltigeurs for G Simon Giroux, F Mathieu Gingras, a 2009 1st round pick and 2010 2nd pick. I see this as the Drummondville Voltigeurs trying to stack their already league leading offensive for the playoffs.
*-Montreal Canadiens have traded a conditional 7th round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for AHL defensemen T.J Kemp.
*-The Saint John Sea-Dogs have traded Wolrd Junior Gold medal winning Chris DiDomenico to the Drummondville Voltigeurs for G Simon Giroux, F Mathieu Gingras, a 2009 1st round pick and 2010 2nd pick. I see this as the Drummondville Voltigeurs trying to stack their already league leading offensive for the playoffs.
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