Canucks season preview: Sizing up the roster
GM Mike Gillis didn’t waste anytime making changes to a Vancouver team that has bowed out in the 2nd round of the playoffs 2 yeas in a row. His first move was to send the Canucks 2nd round pick, Steve Bernier, and Michael Grabner to the Florida Panthers for Keith Ballard and Victor Oreskivich.
Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, NHLHS Features, Nashville Predators, Northwest, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Aaron Rome, Alexander Edler, Alexandre Bolduc, Alexandre Burrows, and Darcy Hordichuk, Andrew Alberts, Andrew Raycroft, Christian Erhoff, Cody Hodgson, Cory Schneider, Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Ian Clark, Jannik Hansen, Joel Perrault, Jordan Schroeder, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Kyle Wellwood, Manny Malhotra, Mario Bliznak, Mason Raymond, Michael Grabner, Mikael Samuelsson, Mike Gillis, Rick Rypien, Robert Luongo, Roland Melanson, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Suter, Sami Salo, Sergei Shirokov, Shane O’Brien, Shea Weber, Steve Bernier, Tanner Glass, Tomas Fleischmann, Victor Oreskivich
Southeast Division Draft Recap
NHLHS Los Angeles Kings Correspondent Mike Murangi discusses the Southeast Division in his draft recap. Mike is a self proclaimed prospects expert and shows off his skills.
The Southeast had only one team qualify for the play-offs in 2010. Strange, because the division owns two Stanley Cups with the Lighting in 2004 and the Hurricanes in 2006.
Categories: Around the League, Atlanta Thrashers, By Teams, Carolina Hurricanes, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, NHLHS Features, Southeast, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Eric Stall, Evander Kane, Martin St.Louis, nhl draft, NHL Entry Draft, Nicklas Backstrom, prospects, Semyon Varlamov, Steven Stamkos
The Tallon Era Has Begun
In case you have missed it, Dale Tallon has finally struck as the General Manager for the Florida Panthers.
As reported by Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger’s twitter accounts, the Florida Panthers have acquired Dennis Wideman, the 15th overall pick and a later round draft pick at the upcoming NHL Entry Draft on Friday in Los Angeles.
In return, the Boston Bruins received Gregory Campbell and Nathan Horton.
Now, we have to see the direction Tallon takes this team, and the other thing to watch is the salary cap situation in Boston as they are now extremely close, if not over the cap.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League, Boston Bruins, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Southeast Tags: Dennis Wideman, draft pick, Gregory Campbell, Nathan Horton, NHL Entry Draft
NHLHS Mock Draft: With the Number Three Pick…
NHLHS Mock Draft is our latest feature where we collectively predict the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The draft is a crapshoot and we will be wrong… …but we thought it would be fun to try.
With the third overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Florida Panthers select…
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Categories: Florida Panthers Tags: Brett Connolly, Cam Fowler, Dale Tallon, Florida Panthers, Kirill Kabanov, Nino Niederreiter, Prince George Cougars, Vladimir Tarasenko
So Now We Have a Crowded Goalie Market
Over the last 24 hours, numerous goalies became available throughout the league. We already discussed the availability of Jaroslav Halak here, but there are a few interesting options popping up.
John Fontana with Raw Charge wonders if the Lightning are shopping goalie Mike Smith. With solid depth in the minors and a significant amount of money owed to Smith this season and next (2.4 million cap hit) it may make sense to move the talented netminder. With the 27-year-old playing six of the last nine Lightning games, it certainly makes sense that the team would be shopping him.
Likewise, the Florida Panthers listed goalie Tomas Vokoun as available according to Chris Botta of Fanhouse. Botta points out that top prospect Jacob Markstrom seems poised to join the club after this season leaving them with what they would consider two top goaltenders. Markstrom is certainly the future of the organization, but if he needs more time to develop the Panthers may have another lost year on their hands.
Categories: Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Northeast, Philadelphia Flyers, Southeast, Tampa Bay Lightning Tags: Dan Cloutier, Daniel Briere, Donald Brashear, Florida Panthers, Jacob Markstrom, Jaroslav Halak, John Fantana, Michael Leighton, Mike Smith, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Raw Charge, The New York Post, Tomas Vokoun
Today’s Waiver Roundup
The Washington Capitals placed Michael Nylander on waivers for the second time this season. I posed this question on Twitter earlier today, but Is Nylander really THAT bad?
Most Capitals fans say yes. Signed for this year and next, his annual cap hit of 4.875 million puts the handcuffs on GM George McPhee. In fact, teammate and essentially replacement Brendan Morrison is playing at a point-per-game pace while making a meager 1.5 million. Even if Nylander was claimed on re-entry waivers his cap hit would still be about a million above that.
Would anybody claim him?
Possibly, as the 37-year-old is only two years removed from a 83 point campaign. However these are two long years on a body that has endured over 16 years pro experience. Combine that with a recession and a salary cap and Nylander finds himself practicing alone, in Rockville in New York Rangers gear.
Maybe reuniting with Jaromir Jagr in Omsk would make the Swedish native happy. He seems to have no place on the current NHL rosters.
In other news, Ville Koistinen cleared re-entry waivers. A bit of a shocker to me, Koistinen is still young and has some success in the NHL. Couple that with the fact that the claiming team would only have to pay him a measly 600K. Simply put, he could have some value to a team in desperate need of a defenseman. With teams like the Blue Jackets and Islanders short on the defensive side I cannot beleive nobody took a chance.
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Categories: Atlantic, By Teams, Central, Columbus Blue Jackets, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Southeast, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Brendan Morrison, Florida Panthers, Jaromir Jagr, Michael Nylander, Omsk, Ville Koistinen, Washington Capitals
Blues, Blue Jackets Trade & Waiver Roundup
TSN’s Bob MacKenzie reports the news around the waiver wire. The Florida Panthers placed defenseman Ville Koistinen on re-entry waivers. His cap hit is a meager 1.2 million, which if claimed would be split by both the claiming team and the Panthers. In 17 games with Florida the 27-year-old has one goal and three assists. In 103 career games between his team and Nashville the Finn has 8 goals and 24 assists.
As we predicted yesterday, Jeremy Reich and Michael Leighton cleared waivers.
In other news, the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues made a minor move. The Blues get Pascal Pelletier while the Blue Jackets receive Brendan Bell and Tomas Kana.
The largest part of the deal seems to be Bell. The 26-year-old defenseman posted 17 points in 21 games with the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. The former Leaf draft pick played 53 games last year with the Ottawa Senators and was recently selected by Hockey Canada to represent his country in the Spengler Cup.
Categories: Atlantic, By Teams, Carolina Hurricanes, Central, Columbus Blue Jackets, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Southeast, St. Louis Blues, Western Conference Tags: AHL, Alaska Aces, Bob MacKenzie, Brendan Bell, Columbus Blue Jackets, ECHL, Florida Panthers, Jeremy Reich, Michael Leighton, Pascal Pelletier, Peoria Rivermen, Spengler Cup, Tomas Kana, TSN, Ville Koistinen
