By WEB STAFF
sportsnet.ca
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson said Thursday that ‘there’s a good chance’ that injured forward Phil Kessel will play Tuesday when the Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In other moves Thursday, the Leafs recalled forward Jiri Tlusty from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. The Maple Leafs also announced that goaltender Joey MacDonald and forward Viktor Stalberg have Continue reading ‘Kessel return Tuesday? Toskala activated’
KLOTEN, Switzerland — Jaromir Jagr can see himself in an Edmonton Oilers jersey someday.
While the 37-year-old plans to play out the final year of his contract with Avangard Omsk of the Continental Hockey League next season, he hasn’t ruled out a return to the NHL in the future.
And if he does decide to go back to North America, he’d love to play for the team that offered him a free-agent contract last summer and made inquiries Continue reading ‘Oilers top Jagr list for NHL return’
DENVER — Joe Sakic simply didn’t have enough time remaining to ready himself for a return.
So, the longtime Colorado Avalanche captain is calling it a season.
A career, too?
That’s a decision for down the road.
Sakic, who’s in his 20th season, said Thursday night he’s still weeks away from returning as the strength in his left leg hasn’t fully come back following January surgery to repair a herniated disk.
Continue reading ‘Time runs out on Sakic return in ‘09′
SAN JOSE, Calif. — If there’s ever a good time to get injured, captain Patrick Marleau thinks he and his fellow San Jose Sharks found it.
The San Jose captain is even more grateful to return to the ice at nearly the perfect moment: just in time to attempt to win the Presidents’ Trophy on Thursday night.
Marleau and high-scoring forward Ryane Clowe both expect be in San Jose’s lineup for the NHL-leading club’s regular-season Continue reading ‘Marleau, Clowe to return for Sharks’
MONTREAL — Tomas Kaberle will have to wait a little longer to get back into the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup.
Coach Ron Wilson said Saturday his top defenceman will need another week to heal his injured right hand. Kaberle, who had the hand x-rayed on Friday, had hoped to play Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens.
“It’s not caution, he’s not ready to play, so he’ll be out probably until next Saturday,” Wilson said.
Continue reading ‘Kaberle return still a week away’
Deveaux was recalled by the Maple Leafs under emergency conditions from the Marlies on Mar. 18 to fill in for Nikolai Kulemin who had left the team to be with his pregnant wife. Deveaux was a minus-1 in nine minutes, 27 seconds of ice time in Toronto’s 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers Thursday.
The 6-4, 232-pound forward has appeared in 28 games with the Marlies this season, posting 19 points on 11 goals and eight assists, along Continue reading ‘Leafs return Deveaux to AHL Marlies’
VOORHEES, N.J. — The Flyers are closer to adding that impact player that so many teams look for around the trade deadline. They won’t even have to discuss deals or go outside the locker room to find a former all-star.
Danny Briere is feeling stronger, fresher and more confident that he can finally return to the lineup this week after missing 33 games with groin problems. Briere had set Wednesday as his target date, but the star centre Continue reading ‘Briere expects to return Friday’
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TORONTO — As Mats Sundin prepares to make his first ever appearance at Air Canada Centre with a visiting team, it’s worth remembering that he never wanted to make such a return in the first place.
It was just about this time a year ago when the stressed-out Swede was telling anyone who would listen that he couldn’t imagine playing for any NHL team other than the Toronto Maple Leafs. Continue reading ‘Toronto braces for return of Sundin’
PHILADELPHIA — Danny Briere’s return to the NHL is going take longer than expected.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced Wednesday that Briere will undergo an exploratory surgical procedure Thursday, putting the 31-year-old centre’s return into question.
Because of a groin strain, Briere saw his first action in more than a month on a recent conditioning stint with the Flyers’ AHL affiliate. He had surgery Oct. 25 to fix a torn Continue reading ‘More surgery to delay Briere return’
NEW YORK — Just two weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Brendan Shanahan is headed back to where it all started.
The all-but-certain Hall of Fame forward agreed in principle to a deal with the Devils on Saturday that will return him to New Jersey — the team that chose him with the No. 2 pick in the 1987 NHL draft.
Shanahan hasn’t played since finishing his second season with the New York Rangers last spring. He hoped Continue reading ‘Shanahan agrees to return to Devils’
