January 30, 2010

Jeff Angus

2010-01-30

 

Both Nick Foligno (broken leg) and Mike Cammalleri were injured in the game this afternoon. Foligno is out for a few months, which is a big blow to Ottawa’s second line.

 

Mikael Samuelsson had some fun with the Toronto media today, as he switched the nameplates above the locker stalls for Henrik and Daniel Sedin (I wanted to spell stall “staal,” I guess that is a sign of a true hockey fan).

 

Rumor: Philly has claimed Lukas Krajicek off of waivers.

 

The Sens win again! Sure are playing great team hockey right now – the game this afternoon was pretty boring, but two points is huge. Ottawa is really seperating itself from the pack in the East.

 

Pierre Lebrun: Jonas Hiller is close to re-signing a four year extension with the Anaheim Ducks worth $18 million. Giguere will either be bought out or moved to another team, if the Ducks can find someone willing to take on his $6 million salary.

 

Mike Green has been suspended for three games for his head shot on Florida’s Frolik. He is a big banged up with the charley horse but probably would have played on Sunday if not for this.

 

Neither Backstrom (three points) nor Ovechkin (one point) played more than 18 minutes last night.

 

Marc Savard returned to action after missing eight games. He assisted on Milan Lucic’s goal (the only one of the game for Boston). Lucic and Savard should be available below cost right now, but I’d steer clear of most other Bruins.

 

Video of Mike Green’s elbow to “Frolic.”

 

Wow – Mike Green escaped that with only a charley horse and may play Sunday. The way his knee buckled I was expecting the prognosis to be in weeks or months, and not days (or “day” in this case).

 

The Parise-Zajac-Zubrus line combined for 11 points. Parise had two early goals and had about a half-dozen other chances to complete the trick, including a few robberies and a post. For some reason Jacques Lemaire split the three up, but after Toronto tied it up late in the third they were out there together in overtime on the power play.

 

Colton Orr scored a breakaway goal. I figured that was worth mentioning. I’ll get a video up of it. (And no, it will not be some “blurry” video claiming to contain evidence of Bigfoot – this really happened!)

 

With two goals last night, Mike Knuble has eight in his last eight games. He is the perfect fit for the Capitals – a team full of flash and dash can use some meat and potatoes in front of the net, especially on the power play. Knuble is a bigger, slightly less talented version of Ryan Smyth.

 

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Darren Dreger is reporting that the Stars and Leafs are talking trade. Mike Ribeiro, perhaps? Maybe a Turco for Toskala swap to save some salary for Dallas? Not really sure here. Sounds like Dallas wants to dump some salary. Apparently there is one specific player coveted by Dallas. My sources are telling me it isn’t Garnet Exelby, so you can cross that one off.

 

The Hershey Bears are tearing the AHL apart. They lead the league with 203 goals, and the second place team has 156. They are 35-9-2 overall.

 

Mike Green, who was penalized for an elbow earlier on in the game against Florida, left after being on the receiving end of a knee on knee it from Florida rookie Dmitry Kulikov. The hit wasn’t intentional, so don’t expect Kulikov to be suspended. Then again, logic never seems to find its way into Colin Campbell’s decision making process. Green left the game and couldn’t put any weight on his leg. Bad news for Green owners and the Capitals.

 

Green gets run hard every single game. The Capitals really need to get some more protection for him – while this hit was unintentional, it was only a matter of time until something really bad happened. Remember the David Koci head shot earlier this season?

 

David Booth is hoping to return to action at some point next week. Fantastic news, at it was only five or six weeks ago that his season seemed to be in jeopardy. Booth, with his combination of goals and SOG, is a great “Parise-lite” kind of player to own. With his speed and tenacity, he can create offense on his own. It will be interesting to see how the time off affects his game – will he play the same high energy, high tempo style?

 

Some great photos from the Canuck road trip. Their photographer (Jeff Vinnick) often goes on the longer trips and gets some great behind the scenes shots. Also a few pictures of Luongo wearing his Canada equipment (the all white pads) in practice. More to come obviously, as the trip is only one day and no games old.

 

Some of my favourite names from the Olympic Pool so far… "Does DobberHockey Niederreiter" "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brodeur" and "FromRussiaWithGlove." Lots of names to go through – I'll look more extensively when giving out the prize (a signed Eric Staal photo for funniest team name).

 

Lots of combinations of Crosby, Boyes, Laichs, Semin, and so on. So many Dobber Nation members with their heads in the gutter!

Close to 1300 in the pool – the more the merrier (well actually your odds of winning decrease, but lets not get too technical here)!

I am only nine followers from 400 on twitter! I enjoy interacting with hockey fans and media members, and it is also a great news resource. Now only if I had been on Jersey Shore, I'd have over 100,000 followers by now! Although I doubt many of them would be in it for the fantasy hockey updates.

Per Marc Antoine Godin, a reporter who covers the Habs – Yannick Weber has 17 points in his last 20 contests down in Hamilton. Only one goal, but still getting involved in the offence in a regular basis. Weber has some offensive upside (20 goals in his final OHL season and 16 last year with Hamilton), and he will get his shot pretty soon to be a regular on the Montreal blue line.

 

Funny Marty Havlat goal from last night – that is what you would call a “STRIKE” in bowling terms, no?

 

Cody Hodgson, who seems to have fallen off the face of the earth, has been practicing in full contact drills with his team mates and may even suit up for a game next week. Fantastic news for the Canucks and Hodgson owners in keeper leagues. Wait and see how he does upon returning, but could be a good time to make a move for him. Sound offensive player and he is such a smart player on the ice.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic is day-to-day with an unspecified injury. There are rumours that has he as a knee injury which may keep him out of action until after the trade deadline. Check out the following link for more information on Vlasic's situation.

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