Blue Jackets Lose Ryan Murray For 4-6 Weeks
03/08/14 at 03:39 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Aaron Portzline of Puck-Rakers,
Blue Jackets rookie defenseman Ryan Murray will likely miss the rest of the regular season, and the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs should the Jackets qualify, after having knee surgery yesterday.
The official word is that Murray will miss 4-6 weeks. There are five weeks remaining until the regular season ends April 12 in Florida....
The Blue Jackets lost Fedor Tyutin to an ankle injury in the Olympics. Then Murray went down. On Thursday in Chicago, Nikita Nikitin suffered a head injury. He, too, will miss tonight's game in Nashville.
But Murray's lost has cast a pall over the club for the past 72 hours.
"You lose Tyutin and take Murray out of the lineup … that’s a lot of quality minutes," Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said. "They were playing big minutes and tough minutes.
"Ryan's a young kid, so it’s something he’ll be able to get over. He still has a long career ahead of him. The impact right now … it’s a big impact. He was a real, real bright spot for us all year."
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Evgeny Kuznetsov And Washington Capitals Agree To Entry Level Terms
03/08/14 at 02:01 PM ET | Comments (2)
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have agreed to terms with forward Evgeny Kuznetsov on an entry-level contract beginning this season, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.
Kuznetsov, 21, played in 31 games with Chelyabinsk Traktor of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) this season, recording 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) and 12 penalty minutes. The 6’3”, 200-pound center ranks fourth on the team in points and assists. Kuznetsov led Chelyabinsk in scoring in each season from 2010-13 and finished tied for sixth in the league in scoring (44 points) last season. Kuznetsov was named to the KHL All-Star game in 2012.
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Penguins Get Rude Refresher to Playoff Hockey
Blog: The Confluence By Tony
03/08/14 at 01:00 PM ET | Comments (6)
I wonder when the Penguins flew back to the East Coast early this morning after their shootout win in Anaheim they collectively got light bulbs popping up in their heads:
"Damn, the Blackhawks, Sharks and Ducks sure beat us up all game long"
"Damn, the Blackhawks, Sharks and Ducks didn't barely give us any space in their zone"
"Damn, we gave up a lot of shots, while having an embarrassingly low amount of shots on goal"
And then, hopefully:
"Oh yeah, that's how we keep losing in the playoffs!"
Or shall I say, Penguins fans had better hope they realized that.
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Paying To Watch Hockey Games Online In Canada
03/08/14 at 12:37 PM ET | Comments (1)
from Dan Tencer at The Huffington Post/Canada,
From "The Daily Show" to "Hockey Night in Canada," popular shows are disappearing from the online sphere, or going behind subscription walls that only customers of traditional cable and satellite TV will be able to access.
“Cord-cutters who’ve gotten used to watching Hockey Night in Canada streaming on the CBC site for free will be out of luck next season,” writes Terry Dawes at tech news site Cantech Letter. That’s thanks to the $5.2-billion deal between Rogers and the NHL, which gives CBC the right to broadcast HNIC for a few more years, but all the rights and revenues from that and other NHL broadcasts will belong to Rogers.
With the exception of that one Hockey Night per week on CBC, "your only option for watching the games will be to pay Rogers” by paying for its channels on cable, Dawes explains.
more Canadian broadcasting talk...
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NHL Short Notes
03/08/14 at 12:03 PM ET | Comments (0)
FRANZEN, NYQUIST LEAD RED WINGS OUTBURST
Scoring came in bunches in a 7-4 Detroit victory over the New Jersey Devils. Johan Franzen (2-2—4) and Gustav Nyquist (1-3—4) each led the way with four-point nights. According to the Elias Sport Bureau, over the last seven seasons, there were only two other games in which a pair of Detroit players each recorded at least four points: a 5-2 win over St. Louis on Dec. 15, 2010 (Nicklas Lidstrom - 4, Henrik Zetterberg - 4) and a 7-2 victory against Columbus on March 26, 2012 (Todd Bertuzzi - 4, Zetterberg - 4).
* During a seven-goal second period, the teams combined to score the fastest six (7:38) and seven (11:27) goals by any two teams this season. The Devils scored three times in 2:21, and the Red Wings later tallied three times just 3:14 apart.
*David Legwand earned his first points as a member of the Red Wings, registering (1-2—3) for his third three-point game of the season.
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Roberto Luongo Posts A Shutout In Florida’s 2-0 Win Over Buffalo
03/08/14 at 08:39 AM ET | Comments (1)
from George Richards of On Frozen Pond,
Luongo had a triumphant return with the Panthers as he made 25 saves in Florida's 2-0 win over Buffalo at BB&T Center.
It was Luongo's 66th career shutout and 27th with the Panthers. He had three with Vancouver this season before coming back to Florida in a trade Tuesday afternoon.
"It was nice, a great reception from the start and I thought the boys played extremely well,'' said Luongo, in a Florida sweater for the first time since beating the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 in overtime in the 2006 season finale.
"We're a really fast team. I was impressed by the speed that we generated. The future is very promising.''
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Video- Joe Nieuwendyk Forever A Flame
03/08/14 at 08:24 AM ET | Comments (0)
from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,
Glassy-eyed with his wife and three young children in his arms Joe Nieuwendyk stood at centre ice watching his name and number hoisted to the rafters.
Capping off one of the most prolific hockey careers of a generation, the former Calgary Flames captain was welcomed home Friday night with three separate standing ovations as part of a stirring induction into the exclusive Forever-a-Flame club.
It was a fitting celebration for a man of tremendous class, ability and accomplishment.
"Having spent almost half my career in this wonderful city, I'm overwhelmed by this humbling honour," said the former captain as part of a memorable two-minute speech as 15 teammates from the championship team of 1989 looked on.
continued and below, watch Nieuwendyk's number retirement speech...
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Yes, Red Wings forward Daniel Alfredsson said that if he continues his career, he’ll remain a Wing
Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik
03/08/14 at 12:11 AM ET | Comments (8)
I apolgize for being a little late to the party on this one, but I was having fun fun fun anxiety attacks today, so here's what Daniel Alfredsson had to say about his playing future, as noted by DetroitRedWings.com's Bill Roose (he's going to wait and decide after the season, but if he continues to play, he will continue to play in Detroit):
“I’ve gone through this the last two years,” Alfredsson said. “I’ve talked to other players before. The consensus I get is play as long as you can, pretty much from everyone. If you feel you still have the energy and desire definitely continue as long as you can. That’s been the common theme.”
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Red Wings-Devils quick take: Heavens no, hell yeah
Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik
03/07/14 at 11:36 PM ET | Comments (53)
The Detroit Red Wings are a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in the Azeri rebel ham sandwich that Jimmy Howard may or may not have eaten during the Olympics.
In simpler and plainer English, I don't think that we're going to figure this team out, at least not until it does or does not make the playoffs, because the night after the Wings punted away a point in their 4-3 OT loss to Colorado, the Wings played similarly messy hockey, their goaltending was even shakier than it was against the Avs, the kids continued to make mistakes, the defense was doofy in terms of allowing the Devils to walk in and score...
And yet the Wings managed to just lay waste to Corey Schneider's goals-against average, rallying from a blown 3-2 deficit 11:44 into the second with five straight goals--including a trio scored 3 minutes and 14 seconds--en route to a 7-4 win whose lustre wasn't dimmed by Smith and Kindl letting Adam Henrique to walk in and make the score look closer than it was with 1:18 remaining.
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The Devils Take On The Monster
Blog: Abel to Yzerman By Paul
03/07/14 at 08:00 PM ET | Comments (224)
Gustavsson in goal, Kindl in for Lashoff and...
Youngsters not only need to continue with the pressure, they also need to score.
Looking great, put the puck in the back of the net looks even better.
They are all the Wings have right now,except for Franzen although Legwand looked very good last night, but the bottom line, again, put the puck in the net.
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