More Player Notes in the Draft (Feb 4)

The New York Rangers have announced that their number one goalie, Henrik Lundqvist, will be out of the lineup for tonight's game against the Boston Bruins, due to an upper-body injury. There is some indication that the injury might in the throat area, but the team would not confirm the nature of the injury, nor the severity. Lundqvist will undergo some tests to figure out more information, while Cam Talbot will get the start in his place.

For Brenda & Seward, they can take some relief that they already have their win in the survivor pool, but they have recently moved into 9th place, largely because of Lundqvist, and staying there or moving up would require his services.  Lots of hope that he's only day-to-day.

On the Waiver Draft side, do some of the teams in need of goaltending, finally have a look at Talbot?  The kid has a points rate of 1.44 per 60 minutes, but doesn't get many minutes to put that to good use.

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced on Wednesday afternoon that Evgeni Malkin will be good to go against the Edmonton Oilers and I complete expect the official announcement for his removal from the Injured Reserve to come shortly.  Malkin has been out since the All-Star Break with an undisclosed injury.

Crisis averted for Leo, who likely wasn't going to drop Malkin, but you just never know!  I don't think he reads the blog, so I could just assume that he was going to drop Malkin and make him look crazy.  Ha ha!

Only three games in the NHL tonight, so I'll give you a quick goalie preview for the night.

In the Big Apple, it was mentioned that Cam Talbot, who is available for selection in the Waiver Draft, will be taking on Tuukka Rask and the Bruins.  Dale B. gets the only pool start in this game.

At Rexall Place, the Edmonton Oilers will play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins.  In this one, it will be Viktor Fasth hosting Marc-Andre Fleury, Stacey C. versus Clayton in net.

Finally, in the late game, the Flames play host to the Sharks at the Saddledome, Alex Stalock will get one last kick at the can for Scott, while Jonas Hiller goes for Leo in the home net.

An updated list of injuries can be found here.