The Vancouver Canucks may be getting an offensive boost on its road trip this week as Daniel Sedin is inching closer to returning from injury.
Sedin, who has been recovering from a broken foot, skated on his own the last few days and is on his way to Dallas to join the team for practice on Sunday. His status for Tuesday’s game in St. Louis is uncertain.
The 29-year-old Swedish winger suffered the injury when he was hit by a Continue reading ‘Daniel Sedin to practise with Canucks Sunday’
The Chicago Blackhawks eliminated the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference semifinals last season. Both teams are going to need improved play from their No. 1 goaltenders to have any chance of advancing that far again.
Still seeking their first road win of the season, the Canucks look for a third straight strong performance from Roberto Luongo on Wednesday night when they visit the Blackhawks.
In their first postseason Continue reading ‘With no road wins, ‘Nucks face Chicago’
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DALLAS — The Dallas Stars have placed centre Steve Ott on injured reserve with a rib cage muscle injury.
The move Friday came five days after Ott injured an oblique muscle against Vancouver. He has one assist and nine penalty minutes in four games this year.
Ott will miss his second game Friday night against Boston.
To replace Ott, Dallas recalled centre Aaron Gagnon from the Texas Stars Continue reading ‘Stars put Ott on IR with rib cage injury’
By MIKE BROPHY
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“I don’t know who is saying that, but it’s not true,” Kessel told sportsnet.
The Boston Globe reported the free agent planned to sign an offer sheet with one of the other 29 teams, according to Kessel’s Toronto-based agent Wade Arnott.
He admitted negotiations and trade rumours have been unpleasant and the odds of playing for the Bruins are slim at this point. But that doesn’t mean the door Continue reading ‘Kessel denies he’s done with Bruins’
McIver, 24, spent the 2008.09 season split between the Anaheim Ducks and Canucks. In 18 NHL games last season, all with Anaheim, McIver recorded one assist and 36 penalty minutes. In an additional 28 games with the Canucks American Hockey League affiliate, Manitoba Moose, McIver had two assists and 59 penalty minutes.
The 6???3???, 205-pound defenceman was originally drafted 254th overall by the Canucks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Continue reading ‘McIver re-signs with Canucks’
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers agreed to a six-year contract extension with David Booth, shortly after the young forward became a restricted free agent on Wednesday.
The deal was announced Wednesday, early in the NHL’s free-agent signing season.
In 72 games for the Panthers last season, Booth recorded 31 goals and 29 assists, both career highs. The 24-year-old Michigan native also became the sixth player in franchise history Continue reading ‘Booth signs 6-year deal with Florida’
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Gregory Stewart to a one-year contract, the team announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
Stewart spent most of the last two seasons with Montreal’s AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. He was called up by the Habs for 20 games last year, recording one assist and 32 penalty minutes with a minus-4 rating. In 51 games with the Bulldogs during the 2008-09 campaign, Stewart Continue reading ‘Stewart inks 1-year deal with Habs’
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CHICAGO — A day after being demoted from general manager to an adviser, Dale Tallon said he still wants to help the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup and that the franchise remains in his blood.
“I am comfortable with the position I’m in right now,” Tallon said Wednesday on a conference call. “I’m still working for the Chicago Blackhawks, a franchise that’s deep in my own blood. I’m Continue reading ‘Tallon ‘comfortable’ with new role’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks signed free agent defenceman Nick Boynton to a one-year, US$1.5-million contract on Thursday.
The 30-year-old played in 68 games with the Florida Panthers last season, scoring five goals with 16 assists and 91 penalty minutes.
“Nick is the type of veteran defenceman we were hoping to add to our lineup,” Ducks GM Bob Murray said in a statement. “He’s played over 500 NHL games and brings Continue reading ‘Boynton signs on with Anaheim’
But you probably don’t know what happened on Day 2, because you were living your life like a normal person on a Saturday afternoon in the summer. So I kept a running journal to help fill you in on the second day of the draft:
9:04am – I decide to blow off my breakfast at the Marriott with our Hockeycentral crew in order to watch an episode of The Wonder Years with some room service. Which would you rather do: Watch Kypreos eat an omelet Continue reading ‘Mendes: Smoked meat with Similia’
