Hockey Rambling

The Sharks have signed Dimitri Patzold to a one-year deal. It is unknown if it is a one-way or two-way contract. He will battle Thomas Greiss for the backup role and if it is a two-way deal he will lose that battle. All things being equal, I like Greiss better to win the job. Mike Ricci [...]

The Coyotes have signed Alex Auld. It is reportedly a two-way contract, which means the job is still Aebischer and Tellqvist's. He was considering a deal in Europe, and still might...I guess that may only happen if he takes a shot at an NHL job in camp and loses.  Those of you who did not pick [...]

The Miami Herald is reporting on a rumor that Alex Auld is considering a contract offer from a team in Europe. Joe Dipenta has re-signed with the Ducks. I don't know if Brian Burke would have made that happen if he wasn't fairly certain that Niedermayer would retire.  The rumors continue to swirl that the Islanders [...]

The Isles have signed Andy Sutton to a three-year deal. If the Band-Aid boy can play 70 games he should be good for 110+ penalty minutes. The Sens have signed Justin Mapletoft, who played in Germany last season. The former CHL All-Star is likely not going to be a big NHL contributer in the future and [...]

Rob Schremp suffered a quad injury - that was why things were moving along slowly (as reported a few days ago in my ramblings). He should still be fine for training camp and will battle Andrew Cogliano for the final center's job. Mike Peca is only talking to the Rangers right now. The Coyotes signed Joel Perrault [...]

Wow - brain freeze. I know I wrote about Karel Pilar somewhere (the Forecaster maybe?)...but apparently, it wasn't on this, my own, site. D'oh! Well here goes - Karel Pilar jeopardizes the chances of one of Mark Popovic, Nathan Oystrick and Tobias Enstrom of making the team. I think Pilar could make this team and [...]

Zach Hamill has been signed to an entry level deal. With the acquisition of Sobotka, though, I doubt Hamill will crack the lineup this year.  Oleg Tverdovsky is returning to Russia. He signed a deal with Salavat Yulaev Ufa Luke Richardson has signed with the Ottawa Senators. He understands that he's just there in a limited capacity, [...]

Here's an interesting one - the Jackets have signed Kris Beech. Seeing as they do not have a first line center (no, Fedorov is not one), he could go from bust to hero in an awful hurry. He will compete with Geoff Platt for top line duties (believe it or not - seems hard to [...]

Steve Sullivan's back is rehabbing well, but he has yet to get back onto the ice. He is hoping to skate sometime in August and his target is to be healthy by training camp. We'll know better where he is at in a few weeks. SPECTOR is reporting that Jan Bulis is close to signing a [...]

Boston winger Stanislav Chistov has reportedly received a very lucrative offer from a team in Russia. It sounds like there is a good chance he will go back there this season. If we are to listen to an interview that Nik Lidstrom had with a Swedish newspaper, then we can feel secure in knowing that Nik [...]