Hockey Rambling

 The Leafs have signed rearguard Josef Boumedienne to a two-way contract. He'll help out the Marlies this year. Tyson Nash has been invited to the Lightning camp on a tryout basis. The competition for a winger spot on this team will be fierce. Starting in mid-September, every Wednesday at 5:40 pm I will be a guest on [...]

 The LA Daily News is reporting that Jack Johnson has fully recovered from his broken foot and ready for camp. He'll get an immediate shot on the top PP this year. That being said, temper your expectations as he is still young. Zdeno Chara will be ready to go for training camp, according to the Boston [...]

 Fantasy Guide - French and English - are updated to today.  The Devils have waived Vitaly Vishnevski for cap reasons, I would imagine. Don't be shocked if he's off to the KHL. Dallas assigned Lauri Tukonen to play in the Finnish League for this season. They assigned defenseman Tom Wandell to play in the SEL this year. Michel [...]

 Ladislav Nagy has signed to play in the KHL. Fzusher in our forum reported this a week ago. Nagy is still recovering from a neck injury, so I wonder if he will be able to play right away. He's is probably gone from the NHL for good. And so ends a promising fantasy player. Despite [...]

 The Panthers have signed Drew Larman to a one-year deal.  The Red Wings have signed tough guy Aaron Downey to a one-year, two-way deal. Interesting interview with Sergei Kostitsyn by russian prospects.com . You can read the full interview HERE . He basically states that the NHL is leaps and bounds ahead of the KHL and [...]

 The Dispatch is reporting that prospect Stefan Legein is not planning on coming to camp and has in fact decided to quit hockey. GM Scott Howson: "Stefan has informed us that he's not coming to (training) camp. We're surprised that Stefan has decided that this is what he wants to do. We're surprised it's come [...]

 The Dispatch is reporting that Filatov's work visa is nearly ready and that he is expected to arrive in North America by the weekend. He has a strong chance of winning a roster spot and he will be a star. While his "downside" is certainly lower than the one forward drafted ahead of him (Stamkos), [...]

 Decided not to ramble yesterday because I got back later in the day and, it being a Sunday in mid-August, there was really nothing to talk about. Other than the Mats Sundin to New York rumor, that is. But if you have been reading me long, you will know that I'm not big on reporting [...]

 The Tribune is reporting that Ryan Whitney played on a bad foot all last season. He gave up trying to skate on it and finally had surgery on it Friday. It was his left foot. On the bright side, last year's bad production is now explained. On the bad side - he will be off [...]

 It just came to my attention that things were wonky in the "shop" page. I have fixed it. I apologize, some things got delisted and were not made available - I'm sure it confused more than one person. Sigh - fixed now! On the subject of apologizing - I'm sorry about that annoying flash ad that [...]