tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157127242012-01-29T23:06:58.502-07:00The Opiated Sherpa will look after all the movements in the off-season and will give you a week-by-week breakdown of his hockey pool that he runs annually.Clayton Corleyhttps://profiles.google.com/108710984265434913077noreply@blogger.comBlogger50971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15712724.post-33115959627810975952012-01-27T22:49:00.000-07:002012-01-27T22:49:01.164-07:00

2011/2012 Stats2012July 1st Details To ChicagoPosAgeGPGAPCap HitYearsCap Hit Brendan MorrisonF36284711$1.25m0UFA ----------------------- To CalgaryPosAgeGPGAPCap HitYearsCap Hit Brian ConnellyD250000$525k0RFA The All-Star weekend has seen its fair share of scuttlebutt and the regular season hiatus is a melting pot of great rumours and other nonsense, but when a trade goes down, you really

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What team are you going to be cheering for at the All-Star Game? Well, if you're going to be watching at all, I have how the draft broke down for the game itself, so if you want to know where your drafted player landed, this is the place to do it. The two captains, Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara, along with their assistant captains, Henrik Lundqvist and Joffrey Lupul, respectively, chose

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As some people may suggest, there may not be such thing as a 'mild concussion,' but that's what the Boston Bruins are calling Nathan Horton's head injury. The news came down on Wednesday that the jolt that Horton took from Flyers forward Tom Sestito, a blindside hit to the head, which wasn't reviewed by the league (surprisingly), was confirmed to be a concussion, a day after there were rumblings

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Nicklas Lidstrom was feeling a bit under the weather on Wednesday night, so he did not dress for the Red Wings, as they took on the Canadiens in the last regular season game before the All-Star break. Lidstrom ended an ironman streak of 213 games in the regular season to take the night off and feel better for the weekend and boy, did the Red Wings ever miss him. The team dropped a 7-2 decision

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Another one of the players sent down to the minors, because a) they don't have to clear waivers to get there, b) it is salary cap effective through this week off if they go and c) they could still use a little bit more development in their game (ie. practice)... Magnus Paajarvi of the Oilers, the Box 7 forward for the team on the selection sheet this year, he was demoted on Wednesday to get some

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Despite suffering a concussion in December, the impact that John-Michael Liles has had on the Toronto Maple Leafs is arguably fairly significant and the team's management has recognized that by giving the defender a new contract extension. On Wednesday, the Leafs announced that they had signed Liles to a new 4-year deal, reportedly worth $15.5 million, which works out to be a $3.875 million cap

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It has started a bit later this year, compared to years past, but the flu bug seems to be getting around the league a little bit more these days.  On Tuesday night, Avalanche forward Ryan O'Reilly fell victim to the flu bug, giving him an early start to the All-Star break.  The Avs themselves fell victim to not having one of their better players in the line-up for the game, losing to the

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A sore foot from blocking a slapshot was enough to keep Flames Box 9 forward Lance Bouma out of the line-up for their last game before the All-Star break against the Sharks. With Alex Tanguay and Brendan Morrison back in the line-up, the team didn't have to use any call-ups or anything to help out with the loss of a body in the line-up.  There was no word as to whether or not the youngster

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The Florida Panthers announced on Tuesday that defenseman Dimitri Kulikov underwent knee surgery on Monday, which is reportedly expected to keep him out of the line-up for 6-to-8 weeks. The Panthers currently sit atop of the Southeast Division, holding a slim lead at that, but if they are going to be in the playoffs, they would be much better suited to have Kulikov running at 100% when they get

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The Chicago Blackhawks didn't expect to have Jonathan Toews for their line-up on Tuesday night, so with the All-Star break looming, they were able to put their captain on the Injured Reserve, likely retroactive to the weekend.  With a retroactive placement, Toews will get the benefit of being eligible to return to the active roster before they take to the ice again, a week from Tuesday, in

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It appears that the Edmonton Oilers have activated Ryan Whitney off of the Injured Reserve, just before their game against the San Jose Sharks, but he didn't dress, giving himself an extra day off before his expected return to the line-up against the Canucks on Tuesday night.  Whitney has been dealing with ankle problems this season, including a bout of tendinitis, which has kept him out for the

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Life hasn't gotten too much easier for Brandon Yip in Nashville, ever since being acquired over the waiver wire from the Avalanche, as he has been made into a healthy scratch again this year. Yip has played in a couple of games with the Predators since coming across, but he hasn't figured into too many minutes.  There may still be a plan for Yip in Nashville, but his inclusion into the line-up

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The NHL has come down on Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin for his charge on Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Zbynek Michalek, by giving the Russian winger a 3-game suspension for the hit. There was no penalty on the play during the game, but conclusive video evidence was reviewed after the fact and was deemed worthy of supplemental discipline. I have attached the NHL video below to

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Since the Dallas Stars are only playing one game this week, it didn't seem like such a bad thing to put their captain Brenden Morrow on the Injured Reserve (retroactive to Saturday), since he won't be playing in the All-Star Game and the team won't play again until after the break. Morrow reportedly suffered an upper-body injury on Saturday, which will keep him out of Tuesday's game, at home to

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The Dallas Stars announced on Monday morning that they have signed defenseman Alex Goligoski to a new 4-year contract extension, worth $18.4 million, which will keep him in Dallas through the 2016 season.  Goligoski was scheduled to become a restricted free agent in July, but that process has now been completely avoided and the now 26-year old defenseman will be an unrestricted free agent when

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This is back-to-back ugly scoring weeks now in the draft pool, as injuries look to be really taking their toll through the land.  Week Sixteen saw the highest amount of games, to date, on the NHL schedule (52) and the total scoring for the week was not at all fantastic, only collecting a total of 533 points through the 22 teams.  If we were anywhere near our top end scoring rates per NHL game

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The Chicago Blackhawks have a situation on their hands, an injury situation regarding their best player this season, Jonathan Toews. Toews left last night's game against the Nashville Predators with an upper-body injury and the speculation is that the injury is a wrist or hand injury.  According to a report, the team is off on Sunday and Toews will likely be re-evaluated when they return from a

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On Friday night, the Florida Panthers welcomed Scottie Upshall back into their line-up after missing a significant amount of time with an abdomen injury, one that required surgery. According to some of the reports, Upshall played for over 13 minutes on Friday, which was great news. On Saturday night in Winnipeg, the team wasn't going to risk further injury to their scoring winger, sitting him

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The Flyers received some bad news, as two of their top players have suffered injuries in the game against the Devils on Saturday afternoon, as Jaromir Jagr left the game with a lower-body injury, likely the same groin problems that had hindered him already this season, and Daniel Briere suffered a concussion in the game, which will keep him out of the line-up for an indefinite period of time.

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Bad news for the Winnipeg Jets, as they will be without their top goal scorer for an indefinite period of time, as Evander Kane has been diagnosed with a concussion and will have to go through the league protocol before making a return. Kane approached the team doctors with a headache this weekend and the diagnosis came down quickly, which means he'll be out of the line-up for at least a week,

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2011/2012 StatsContract Details To New JerseyPositionAgeGPGAPYears Cap Hit Alex PonikarovskyForward314978151$1.5 million ---------------------------- To CarolinaPositionAgeGPGAPYears Cap Hit Joe SovaDefense2300002$565,000 2012 4th Round Draft Pick The New Jersey Devils made a deal on Friday evening, acquiring Alex Ponikarovsky from the Carolina Hurricanes for prospect defenseman Joe Sova

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The Anaheim Ducks secured another piece of their blueline on Friday afternoon, as they re-signed defenseman Francois Beauchemin to a new 3-year contract extension, said to be worth $3.5 million per year against the salary cap, a $10.5 million contract. The 31-year old veteran has been a solid member of the Ducks for the better part of seven seasons, minus a small stint in Toronto, but was

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The Flames announced on Thursday evening that they had placed injured forward Curtis Glencross on the Injured Reserve, as of Wednesday, due to the knee injury he suffered earlier in the week, which will keep him out of action for a minimum of the seven days, according to the IR protocol. The announcement also included news that Glencross did have an MRI, but results were not immediately

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With the return of Brad Marchand to the Bruins' line-up from his 5-game suspension, this will mean that Box 25 forward Jordan Caron will have to wait for another shot to crack the full-time roster. On Friday morning, Caron was sent back to Providence of the AHL with non-pool defenseman Steve Kampfer, both looking to get a little bit more ice-time down the stretch, just in case they will be

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Not sure how this injury avoided being published over the last few days, but Ryane Clowe missed his first game because of facial fractures on Tuesday, when the Sharks took on the Flames. Clowe actually suffered the injury when he was checked into the boards, face first, a week before that against the Wild, but wore a cage around his face for three games after the fact. Enough was enough for

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The Edmonton Oilers are preparing to have Jordan Eberle back in their line-up on Thursday night, when they take on the Blues in St. Louis tonight. Eberle is well-ahead of schedule of his 3-week absence from the Oilers from a knee injury, but his team can sure use him and his scoring abilities, especially with the recent loss of Taylor Hall to a facial laceration. Given that it was only nine

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The Nashville Predators took advantage of a versatile player being on the waiver wire on Wednesday/Thursday, as the Avalanche, with intentions to send him down to the minors, put Brandon Yip on waivers, only to be claimed.  Yip was just coming off the injured reserve, because of a groin injury and the Avalanche were looking to get him through waivers quietly, expecting to give him more than a

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Jimmy Howard GDET MINWSOAP 2,268275165 --------------------------------------------------------- Pekka RinneGNAS MINWSOAP 2,327243155 --------------------------------------------------------- Craig AndersonGOTT MINWSOAP 2,408241454 --------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan QuickGLOS MINWSOAP 2,337206254 --------------------------------------------------------- Evgeni

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The Calgary Flames are expecting to be without Box 4 forward Brendan Morrison for Thursday night's game in Los Angeles, as the veteran pivot is reportedly suffering from an upper-body injury. Morrison is still with the team on this road trip, so the injury isn't feared to be any worse than a day-to-day injury, but they won't be in any rush to get him back into the line-up, since Matt Stajan is

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The St. Louis Blues announced a mid-season contract extension for the goalie who has kept them among the Western Conference's elite teams this season, as Brian Elliott signed a 2-year contract extension, reportedly worth $3.6 million, which works out to be a $1.8 million cap hit per season. The Blues signed Elliott in the off-season to a 1-year deal, worth $600,000, with the impression that he

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The Florida Panthers announced on Wednesday afternoon that one of their major free agent signings from the off-season, defenseman Ed Jovanovski, has elected to undergo hand surgery on Wednesday to help aid an injury, which he suffered in a fight against the Bruins' Dan Paille.  The initial speculation is that Jovanovski is going to miss upwards of the next two months recovering from this injury,

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Early in the 2nd period, Flames forward Curtis Glencross left the game against the Sharks with a reported lower-body injury, not to return to the game. There are some updates expected to happen after practice for the Flames on Wednesday, as the prepare for their Thursday night tilt in Los Angeles, but until then, there really hasn't been much. As of Wednesday morning, we'll call Glencross out

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On Tuesday, the Anaheim Ducks sent their Box 9 forward, Kyle Palmieri, back to Syracuse of the AHL, after another short stint up with the club.  Palmieri hasn't done enough to secure his spot for the long-term with the club and it doesn't look like the forecast for the rest of the season looks all that positive for him.  I would expect to see Palmieri back up with the team before too long, but

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Things are not getting any better for Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green, who has reached Chernobyl levels of being injury prone, to the point of not being worth any of the risk/reward that he currently gives a hockey pool team. On Monday, it was announced that Green will have to undergo abdominal surgery to help him along with his current recovery from a number of injuries, including a

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A personal matter kept Boston Bruins forward Rich Peverley out of the team's line-up for Monday night against the Florida Panthers and it is also expected to keep him out for their Tuesday night game in Tampa Bay.  Peverley had to go back home to Boston, while the team continues on their road trip, but he is likely to rejoin the team, when they hit New Jersey on Thursday and be good to go for

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Terrible news for the Minnesota Wild, as they scratch and claw their way through the Western Conference mess for a playoff spot, as their captain, Mikko Koivu, is now expected to be on the sidelines for upwards of a month, due to a shoulder injury that he suffered on Saturday night.  Koivu was hurt early in the 1st period in the shootout loss to the Blues and news came down on Sunday evening that

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I just don't know what it is about these really busy weeks in the NHL.  Any time we've seen a week of 50 or more NHL games (three weeks), the points have been down in the week, as if teams have been conserving their scoring energy for some of the less-busy weeks.  Week Fifteen got off to a rough start on Monday with some pretty poor scoring games and that just continued all the way through the

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News early on Sunday evening say that Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn has undergone an appendectomy on the weekend and the team now expects him to be out anywhere between 10-to-21 days.  In most instances of removing one's appendix, it really does come out of the blue, as did Benn's surgery and it couldn't come at a worse time for the Stars, who are already without Mike Ribeiro. Benn has been

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The Vancouver Canucks assigned forward Mike Duco back to Chicago of the AHL on Sunday morning, in preparation for the return of forward David Booth to the line-up. Booth has been out for just over a month with a knee injury, which he had suffered at the beginning of December, when he collided in a knee-on-knee hit with the Avalanche's Kevin Porter. Booth was off to a slow start to the season

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The Carolina Hurricanes have taken sophomore forward Jeff Skinner off of the Injured Reserve on Sunday morning, in preparation for their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which Skinner is planning to dress for, making a triumphant return from a concussion. Skinner has been out since the beginning of December with the head injury and the Hurricanes have barely been staying afloat in his

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The Minnesota Wild are now waiting on new information about Mikko Koivu and the reported shoulder injury that he suffered on Saturday night against the St. Louis Blues. According to one report on Sunday morning, there likely will not be an update on his condition until Monday afternoon, so we can just leave it at that for now.  This could be a pretty big blow to the Minnesota Wild, if it is

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On Tuesday night, Hurricanes defenseman Jaroslav Spacek was hit in the head with a puck, while playing the Flyers. He had left the game in the 2nd period and didn't return. On Thursday night in Tampa, Spacek did return to the ice and he was able to play the whole game against the Lightning, which led everyone to believe that he was okay. Unfortunately, Saturday night at home to the Bruins, he

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The Flyers received some disappointing news on Saturday, as they will now be without scoring forward James Van Riemsdyk for an indefinite period of time after suffering a concussion this week.  The Flyers are unsure of when one of their young stars suffered the concussion exactly, but he was turned away from the morning skate in Nashville, when it was discovered that he was suffering from the

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A mild groin strain was enough to keep Devils wonder kid, Adam Henrique, out of Saturday afternoon's contest against the Winnipeg Jets. The Devils just finished up a 4-game road trip with their game against the Jets and they will likely get a better look at Henrique when they return home on Sunday.  The groin problem does not sound too serious and he should be considered day-to-day for right now

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The Islanders have shut franchise goaltender Rick DiPietro down for the remainder of the regular season, as hope begins to dwindle for their playoff lives. DiPietro, added to the selection sheet this year in Box 31, did not see much action this year, before suffering a sports hernia, one that will require surgery to repair.  The actual prognosis is that DiPietro could be ready to go for early

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The return of Peter Mueller finally happened for the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night, when they took on the Predators in Nashville, which meant that someone had to come out of the line-up to make room. Surprisingly, it was David Jones, who has been fairly productive this season for Colorado, picking up 15 points in 36 games to this point in the year.  With the Avalanche struggling to keep

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The Ducks are still struggling to find some consistent play out of their forwards under the watchful eye of Bruce Boudreau, which means there are still a few shuffles left in this deck, before something drastic has to happen. Box 9 forward Kyle Palmieri was a healthy scratch on Thursday night, as the team took on the Flames, which doesn't come as a great surprise, since he has been toiling in

Clayton Corleyhttps://profiles.google.com/108710984265434913077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15712724.post-81226332491116843392012-01-12T21:19:00.000-07:002012-01-12T21:19:58.194-07:00

2011/2012 StatsContract Details To CalgaryPositionAgeGPGAPYears Cap Hit Mike CammalleriForward2938913224$6 million Karri RamoGoalie2500000RFA 2013 5th Round Draft Pick ---------------------------- To MontrealPositionAgeGPGAPYears Cap Hit Rene BourqueForward3038133165$3.3 million Patrick HollandForward2000000Unsigned 2013 2nd Round Draft Pick A very quick and decisive move by the Montreal

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On Thursday afternoon, the NHL announced the remainder of the players that are set to play in Ottawa at the All-Star Game in a couple of weeks.  I have broken out the rosters, including the rookies, to show how many players from each side are going to the game. The rookies will not be playing in the All-Star Game itself, so they won't count in the points column, which I have set aside for, what

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On Wednesday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Penguins placed rookie defenseman Simon Despres on the Injured Reserve, because of an undisclosed injury. On Thursday morning, it has been reported that Despres suffered an MCL sprain in his knee, which will keep him out of their line-up for the next 2-to-4 weeks. Despres hasn't been a popular player this year in the hockey pool, with a lot of his time

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The disappointing year for Brian Gionta took another turn for the worst, as he had to undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn biceps muscle in his right arm and he will now be out of the Canadiens line-up indefinitely.  Gionta suffered the injury on Tuesday night, having to leave the game against the St. Louis Blues in the 2nd period and wasn't able to return.  Well, with this news of

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According to the Sabres coaching staff, Thomas Vanek left the game against the Maple Leafs early on, after only having four minutes of ice-time, due to an illness, either the flu or food poisoning.  Combine the aches and pains of a flu bug with some of the upper-body issues he has been suffering from over the past couple of weeks and a game off doesn't seem so bad.  His status for their next game

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It appears like Box 29 defenseman Yannick Weber was a healthy scratch for the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night, as they took on the Blues. In 34 games this season, Weber has 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points, which isn't all that bad considering he is a depth defenseman, so it may be worth speculating that he may have had one bad game that the coach would punish the young defenseman for or

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On Tuesday afternoon, the Oilers were able to update everyone on a couple of pending injuries that hadn't been confirmed, as the MRI results for Jordan Eberle and Tom Gilbert came down and both are now expected to miss at least a few weeks with their respective injuries.  Both players were injured last week on the team's road trip and they were waiting until their return back to Edmonton to get

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The clipping play that gave Brad Marchand of the Bruins a 5-game ban this week, ended up giving Sami Salo a concussion, when he went over on his head after the solid low-bridging.  Salo will get all of the protocol treatment from the team, which will keep him out of the line-up for at least a week, but of course, being as early as it is, there won't be any timetable for his return, as of yet. It

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The Minnesota Wild have announced that they have placed forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard back on the Injured Reserve, as he has been suffering from concussion-like symptoms.  Bouchard's symptoms have been stemmed back to a game against the Jets, when he was hit by defenseman Zach Bogosian, but the player had seemingly tried to play through these symptoms, but it came to a point on Tuesday, where he

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The Dallas Stars are expecting to be without playmaking forward Mike Ribeiro for their game in Anaheim on Tuesday night, as he has been dealing with some knee issues since the weekend. The team shut him down to have an MRI done and they will hold him out of the line-up for tonight, but there is a chance that he may be able to dress for the team later on in the week, if the results of the MRI

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It appears that the Carolina Hurricanes will be without Box 22 forward Chad Larose on Tuesday night, as he appeared to have suffered a head injury in practice on Monday after he had hit his head against the net.  The Hurricanes have called up Jerome Samson to take his spot in the line-up, but it is unclear to the team how long Larose will be out for and whether or not he has suffered a concussion

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On Monday afternoon, the NHL Department for Player Safety came down on Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand, who received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for clipping Canucks defenseman Sami Salo, resulting in a concussion on the play. In the video below, Brendan Shanahan outlines the reasons for the somewhat lengthy ban. Marchand will be eligible to re-join the Bruins line-up on

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It didn't take long for the Chicago Blackhawks to enlighten us all about how long they expect to be without star forward Patrick Sharp, as they expect the forward to be out of the line-up for 3-to-4 weeks with an undisclosed upper-body injury. The injury is believed to be a forearm/wrist injury, which he suffered in Sunday night's game against the Red Wings.  The details have been vague, but

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We've now gone passed the halfway point of the calendar year for the NHL season, as the conclusion of Week Fourteen is already a few days into the second half of the 27-week regular season.  Whatever has happened in the first half of the season can, theoretically, be made up by the rest of the teams in the second half of the season, thinking that no lead is truly safe, in either pool.  Of

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The Pittsburgh Penguins currently sit in 8th spot in the Eastern Conference standings, having lost four games in a row and the news continues to get worse. The team has lost two of their top forwards, as both Jordan Staal and James Neal will now be out of the line-up for a significant period of time.   Losing both of these forwards will certainly put the Penguins hopes of making the playoffs in

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The Colorado Avalanche have suffered another injury, as defenseman Erik Johnson injured a hand in the 1st period of their game against the Blues.  There were no specifics on how Johnson suffered the injury, nor have there been any immediate updates on the injury, but once there are any updates that suggest that he'll be out longer than a game or two, he'll just be considered as out day-to-day.

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Not many details available on this one, but it appears that Flames forward Brendan Morrison has suffered an upper-body injury, which kept him out of Saturday night's game against the Wild. Morrison has not had a good 2012 season, to date, having only played 26 games, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists. Surely, there were some better expectations for the centre in his second season in Calgary, but

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On Friday night against the Hurricanes, the Buffalo Sabres lost forward Derek Roy to an upper-body injury, as reported by the team's Twitter account during the game.  Roy did not return to the game and the nature of the injury was not disclosed at the time of this post, although the coaching staff has said that he will be out for more than a few days.  Take that as you will.  Once there is an

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On Friday, the Nashville Predators sent two selection sheet players down to Milwaukee of the AHL, likely to get some proper ice-time and get their confidence back up. Box 13 defenseman Jonathan Blum and Box 16 goaltender Anders Lindback have not seen much ice in the last few weeks with the big club and there doesn't appear to be any plan to have them play soon, so in order to keep them sharp, a

Clayton Corleyhttps://profiles.google.com/108710984265434913077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15712724.post-23751438973814218982012-01-06T07:51:00.002-07:002012-01-06T07:51:38.945-07:00

The Boston Bruins didn't miss one of their key forwards on Thursday night against the Flames, as they went out on an offensive rampage last night, as if they didn't miss a beat. Brad Marchand sat out of the game because of a touch of the flu and his club went on to lay a solid 9-0 beating down on Calgary without him. Marchand has only got a touch of the flu, which should be considered a

Clayton Corleyhttps://profiles.google.com/108710984265434913077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15712724.post-28274664541062476992012-01-06T07:39:00.001-07:002012-01-06T07:39:36.972-07:00

There was a report last night from the Coyotes and Kings game that had said Phoenix defenseman Adrian Aucoin had left the game with an upper-body injury and his return was questionable. According to the boxscore, Aucoin played less than six minutes in the game, which would imply that he didn't play any more after the injury, so we'll assume the injury has stuck with him. The Box 11 defender has

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The trip back home to Edmonton did not give Ryan Nugent-Hopkins or his team any good news, as the diagnosis came in right away and the talented centre will be out of the Oilers' line-up for the next 3-to-4 weeks with a shoulder injury.  This is definitely not the news that the team wanted to hear, as they have been struggling of late, dropping down to last place in the Northwest Division, well

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Excellent news for the Nashville Predators, as their captain has been cleared to play on Thursday night. Yes, Shea Weber will be in the Predators' line-up as they take on the Dallas Stars at home tonight, after missing out on just over a week (four games) with a concussion, which we may be able to consider a 'mild concussion.' In the four games that Weber had missed, the Predators went 3-1-0,

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Voting for the 2012 All-Star Game has ceased and on Thursday morning, the NHL announced the the six starters for the game in Ottawa this year and (surprise, surprise) it is filled with Senators. The forwards will be comprised of Daniel Alfredsson, Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza, while Erik Karlsson and Dion Phaneuf were named the starting defensemen and Tim Thomas was voted as a starting goalie

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On Wednesday night, the New Jersey Devils gave forward Travis Zajac the night off, as he continues to heal from an Achilles tendon injury, which he suffered earlier in the season. It appears that Zajac wasn't exactly 100% healthy upon his return and now the Devils and the player are currently figuring out what the pitfalls of coming back too soon are. The Devils won't say that Zajac is

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The NHL came down on Calgary Flames forward Rene Bourque for a second time this season, the first being two games, suspending the rugged forward for five games for his reckless elbow to the head of Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom. Bourque received a 2-minute minor on the play, but the incident was a clear violation of all the new rules, as explained by Brendan Shanahan in the video

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The Edmonton Oilers have announced that they have sent rookie forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins home for some more medical evaluation, after suffering an upper-body on the weekend on Long Island.  The Oilers will not say what the injury or how bad it is, but they have said that the young rookie will now miss the remainder of the road trip, as he gets looked at by team doctors in their own facilities.

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A couple of notes for the Washington Capitals, as they were without forward Alex Semin for their game against the Flames, due to some neck pains, and then in the game, they lost the services of Nicklas Backstrom, after he took an elbow to the head from Calgary forward Rene Bourque. Semin was scratched from the game early on in the day on Tuesday, citing the neck issues.  There was no word about

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On Wednesday, the Hurricanes have sent Box 25 forward Zac Dalpe and Box 30 defenseman Derek Joslin down to the minors. Dalpe was doing some injury replacement over the last couple of weeks for the Hurricanes, while Joslin was listed as a scratch over the last little while, but he may have been nursing a minor injury, which would explain the conditioning assignment he's now on.  Neither player

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The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that they expect to be without veteran forward Jaromir Jagr for the next 7-to-10 days because of a groin strain, which came to light during the Winter Classic on Monday, which forced him to leave the game in the 1st period and not return.  Footage from the game had shown that he was dealing with something in the lower-body and the team was good enough to

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The Washington Capitals have announced that defenseman Mike Green will return to their line-up after being out for over a month because of knee and groin problems. The Capitals play host to the Flames on Tuesday night, which will be the first game on the ice for Green in 24 matches.  His season has been limited to eight games, where he has scored 3 goals and 3 assists. When Green left the

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The Edmonton Oilers had a costly victory on Monday night in Chicago, as the Oilers won the game, 4-3 over the Blackhawks, but lost the services of rookie forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and defenseman Tom Gilbert during the game, which is cause for concern.  Nugent-Hopkins left the arena after the game with his arm in a sling, which suggests he may have suffered a shoulder injury, upper-body at the

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It appears that Box 29 defenseman Chris Phillips has suffered another injury on Monday night against the Devils.  Reports say he fell awkwardly in his own crease after some contact and suffered an upper-body injury, but there wasn't any more details available on Tuesday morning, so we'll have to assume that he is day-to-day for now and if there is any more updates, they will be posted on the site

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The now-annual outdoor spectacle for the NHL didn't disappoint this year, unless you were hoping for an 8-7 kind of game, then you might have been disappointed.  It appeared to be a beautiful day in Philadelphia, heading into the early evening, making for an excellent setting for the Winter Classic.  The ice needed some repairs through the game, but it really didn't disrupt the flow too much,

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Welcome to the first hockey pool newsletter of 2012, as we draw ever closer to the halfway point of the regular season. Most teams are now reaching the 40-game plateau of their season and we now count down to the Winter Classic (which I have a preview of in my previous post) and then to the All-Star Game. It's all very exciting stuff. In the draft, 1st to 5th is only separated by 15 points

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Unfortunately, this year, we cannot call this the New Year's Day tradition, as the NHL has decided to move the Winter Classic to January 2nd, which will be played with a number of other games in the day, but we'll still have ourselves some outdoor hockey on our day off to begin the calendar year. At Citizen's Park in Philadelphia, the Flyers will play host to the New York Rangers, which has a

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On Sunday afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens announced that they have re-signed veteran defenseman Josh Gorges to a new 6-year contract extension, reportedly worth $3.9 million per season against the salary cap, $23.4 million in total. The 27-year old defenseman signed a 1-year deal in the off-season to remain with the club, likely looking forward to signing a long-term extension, which we see

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On the weekend, the Toronto Maple Leafs placed forward Tyler Bozak on the Injured Reserve, due to an undisclosed injury.  The rampant speculation is that Bozak may have suffered a serious shoulder injury, but that has not been confirmed by the team. With being placed on the IR, Bozak will miss a minimum of one week's worth of action, which should have him eligible to return on the 7th, possibly

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The Tampa Bay Lightning have received some pretty bad news, regarding one of their top defensemen, as Victor Hedman has been diagnosed with a concussion, which will now keep him out of the line-up indefinitely. As of Sunday morning, there is no real timeline for his return, but at the end of Week Fourteen, we may have a better idea, as that will be when he faces his first baseline tests, in

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An upper-body injury may force Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador out of Monday night's game against the Oilers, according to a tweet on Sunday morning.  The status for the veteran defenseman is currently 'questionable,' so it is worth noting that he may miss some time at the moment, but there are no more details about the injury at the moment. Montador has been a key piece of the

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It was a pretty good stretch again for Florida Panthers defenseman Keaton Ellerby, who had seen some regular action with the Panthers over the last week or so, but was found on the scratches list on Saturday night, as the team took on the Montreal Canadiens for their New Year's Eve tilt. Ellerby only has 2 assists in 15 games this year for the Panthers, but of course there is going to be some

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Bad news for the St. Louis Blues, as they will be without forward Alex Steen for at least the next week, as the Swedish forward is dealing with concussion-like symptoms and will likely have to follow the league protocol for them.  Steen missed out on Friday night's game against the Predators, because of the injury and will be out until at least late next week, so I wouldn't be counting on him to

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The MRI results came in for Matt Duchene and things are not as good as they could have been, although, they probably could have been much worse. The Avalanche expect to be without their top forward for the next four weeks, because of the knee injury that he suffered on Thursday night. There didn't appear to be too much in the way of specifics to the knee injury, but the time frame is what's

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On Friday, the Anaheim Ducks sent Box 9 forward Kyle Palmieri back down to Syracuse of the AHL, opening up some space in their line-up for a bit more toughness. Palmieri has 1 goal and 1 assist in seven games with the Ducks this year, but with the team struggling as a whole, they are in need of something to liven up the play.  I would expect to see Palmieri back with the club before too long,

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According to the Buffalo Sabres, defenseman Christian Ehrhoff was injured in a fight against the Capitals' Troy Brouwer in the 1st period of Friday night's game and the prognosis does not sound very good. Ehrhoff is expected to be out for 'weeks' with an upper-body injury, to which the specifics are not quite known.  The fight was more of a hugging match, so it would be safe to say Ehrhoff

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Another horrible turn of bad luck for Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski, who suffered a broken ankle while blocking a shot on Thursday night against the Dallas Stars and it looks like he'll be out for the long-term.  There was no immediate word as to what the team expects for time away from the line-up, but the coaching staff did suggest that the could be back before the end of the season,

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A rut in the ice caught Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene by surprise in a quick stopping motion and it appears that Duchene suffered an injury in the incident. Duchene had to leave the game against the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2nd period and he wasn't able to return.  The last word that I had seen before this post was that he is due for an MRI on Friday and I would imagine that he would be

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A poor start to the season in his limited action and losing out a minutes battle with a called-up goalie has forced the hand of the Dallas Stars to demote back-up goaltender Andrew Raycroft, as he was sent down to the Texas Stars of the AHL on Thursday morning.  The Stars welcomed Kari Lehtonen back to their crease on Thursday night and Richard Bachman has won the job over Raycroft after playing

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A lower-body injury has sidelined Jers defenseman Dustin Byfuglien for what the team believes will be a week.  Byfuglien was held out of the line-up on Tuesday night, when the Jets took on the Avalanche and after practice on Thursday, the team made the announcement about Byfuglien and gave some updates on other injured players. A week should have Byfuglien back for the January 5th game in

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The St. Louis Blues announced that defenseman Kris Russell has been placed on the Injured Reserve, because of a groin injury that he suffered on Tuesday night against the Red Wings.  Russell will be re-evaluated in about three weeks, giving us a small idea of when there might be a possibility of him coming back to the line-up.  There is no guarantee that the evaluation will give him the green

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The Buffalo Sabres coaching staff are not expecting to have defenseman Andrej Sekera in their line-up for a significant period of time after he was boarded by Devils forward Eric Boulton on Wednesday night. Sekera left the game in the 2nd period and was unable to return to the game.  After the contest, Lindy Ruff gave an update for the Slovak, saying that Sekera has a bad enough injury to force

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Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon apparently suffered a serious enough injury, after getting checked from behind this week by the Avalanche's Cody McLeod, that he will be held out of the line-up for a short period of time.  The general speculation suggests that Spurgeon suffered a leg injury on the play, but for the time being, he is just being said to be out day-to-day with a lower-body

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It has been a long time coming, but the Dallas Stars are preparing for the return of their number one goalie, Kari Lehtonen, who has been deemed good to go for the team, coming off of a groin injury that has kept him on the shelf since the end of November. The Stars have received some good goaltending from their call-up, Richard Bachman, in Lehtonen's absence, which has earned the young keeper

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