NHL: Player News and Rumors (Thread finished)

devilbat said:
Great work Knightfall. EnWorld is the unlikeliest spot to get my NHL updates, but it sure is handy.
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Agreed! I still go to TSN.ca once in a while, but then I think, "I already read all of this." Great work, KF!
 

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Teflon Billy said:
Man...since Pronger packed his bags the Oilers are getting annihilated by free agency. :(
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Yup. No Stanley Cup finalists can keep the whole team together for the next season, but this exodus is weird. At least, when it comes to Samsonov, they got Reasoner back...
 

Teflon Billy said:
Man...since Pronger packed his bags the Oilers are getting annihilated by free agency. :(
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Don't remind me. :\

Samsonov was one of the few UFAs that I'd hoped would stay in Edmonton. However, we have retained Pisani and Roloson, so not all is lost. Peca leaving is unavoidable, but I'd hoped Spacek would stay.

Laraque leaving was hard to watch, as he's such a fan favorite, but I agree with Kevin Lowe's decison. Paying over $1 million US for an enforcer is too much, plus Laraque was insisting on a no trade clause.

Not even Pronger got that.

Tarnstrom will also likely leave, although he just might leave the NHL completely and return home to Sweden. He doesn't like being so far from his family.

Ty Conkiln leaving was a blessing. He just wasn't going to find his game again, in Edmonton. The fans hate him and management wasn't too happy with him either. Hopefully, he'll bonce back with the Blue Jackets farm team.

The most important players for the Oilers to re-sign are the RFAs, which includes Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff, Joffrey Lupul, and Jarret Stoll.

Adding both Daniel Tjarnqvist and Jan Hejda have helped fill the holes in the blue line somewhat, but the Oilers still need another defenceman to make the defence core more solid.

The Oilers are trying hard to sign UFA defenceman Danny Markov, but the asking price might be too high. There have also been rumors floating around the Internet that the Oilers and Devils might be working a trade. The Oilers are interested in defencemen Brian Rafalski and/or Paul Martin, and might be offering Marc-Andre Bergeron and the draft picks they got in the Pronger trade.

Cheers!

KF72
 


Some coaching news!

Bruins name Habscheid associate coach
Canadian Press
7/13/2006 1:28:23 PM

The Boston Bruins have named Hockey Canada's Marc Habscheid as an associate coach, the first addition to Dave Lewis' staff.

''Marc has a lot of experience and is a strong addition to our coaching staff,'' Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. ''He's worked with young players as both a coach in major junior hockey and with Hockey Canada's development teams, and he's worked with some of the top players in our league as a coach for Team Canada at both the world championships and with the Canadian Olympic team.''

Habscheid, 43, joined Hockey Canada in June 2004 after four-plus seasons with the WHL's Kelowna Rockets, leading the team to the Memorial Cup title in 2003-04. He was behind the bench when Canada won silver at the 2005 IIHF men's world championship in Austria and was a member of Pat Quinn's Olympic coaching staff in Turin last February.
 

Agamon said:
Yup. No Stanley Cup finalists can keep the whole team together for the next season, but this exodus is weird. At least, when it comes to Samsonov, they got Reasoner back...
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Getting Reasoner back is awesome! He's one of my favorite Oilers, and he loves playing in Edmonton. He was heartbroken when he got traded.

Here's some more news from Sportsnet.ca...

Hockey Hearsay
July 13, 2006

Former Preds captain on Sens radar?
The agent for free agent centre and former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson is waiting to hear back from the Ottawa Senators.

Johnson's agent Tom Laidlaw, a former NHL defenceman, told the Ottawa Sun he hasn't spoken with Senators GM John Muckler yet, but he believes Ottawa does have interest in his client.

Signing Johnson would allow the club to use either Antoine Vermette or Chris Kelly on the left side, where the club is lacking in depth.

"I've got a call in to John Muckler and I'm waiting to hear back from him because I know that Greg is the kind of guy who would suit their needs," said Laidlaw.
 

Some other news from Sportsnet.ca...

-- The Ottawa Senators signed three prospects to one-year deals, forward Bobby Robins, 24, and defencemen Neil Komadoski, 24, and Neil Petruic, 23.

-- The Detroit Red Wings signed centre Matt Hussey, 27, and defenceman Dan Smith, 29, to one-year contracts. Both played in the AHL last season.

From Sportsnet's NHL Roundup
Meanwhile, star winger Steve Sullivan of the Nashville Predators says he's feeling close to 100 per cent after undergoing surgery after last season to fix a sports hernia.

"The surgery went really well," Sullivan told reporters in Nashville after skating for the first time. "We are almost at eight weeks now. I was pain-free Tuesday. We will do the same thing the rest of the week and go on from there. I am on an extensive rehab program. I am doing a lot of core exercises trying to strengthen the area.
 

Panthers re-sign Campbell for two years
Sports Ticker
7/13/2006 2:23:52 PM

SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) - The Florida Panthers on Thursday re-signed left wing Gregory Campbell to a two-year contract.

Campbell, 22, played in 64 games as a rookie last season and recorded three goals and six assists.

"Gregory is a hard working player who performed very well during his rookie season in the NHL," Panthers general manager Mike Keenan said. "We look forward to his continued contributions to our club next season."

Florida's fourth pick in the 2002 draft, Campbell was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League last November 8 and remained with the Panthers for the remainder of the season.
 



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