The day after the NHL trading deadline that didn’t see Edmonton Oilers veteran defenseman Sheldon Souray(notes) change teams, the word on the street is that he may be missing the rest of the season due to an infection in his hand, according to the Edmonton Sun.
Souray has a no-trade clause in his contract but supposedly waived it for potential deals to 19 NHL clubs. He’s under contract till the end of the 2011-12 season.
Teams have got to be happy they didn’t trade for him now that it’s become clear that he’s going to be out till next season with an infection to the hand he recently had surgery on.
Either way, it doesn’t matter much to Edmonton, which is 22 points behind its closest division rival, the Minnesota Wild.
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The Philadelphia Flyers may have a new man in the net by the time the day is over and it could be Dwayne Roloson(notes) from the New York Islanders, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.
Flyers starting goalie Ray Emery(notes) is now going to be out for the rest of the season recuperating from surgery to repair his right hip, according to the Associated Press, so the need for a goalie in Philadelphia has risen, though Flyers coach Peter Laviolette told Philly.com that he’d be totally comfortable if no trade occurred and he went forward into the rest of the year with the team he’s got right now.
The Daily News reports that the Flyers tried to sign Roloson last summer before inking a deal with Emery, who becomes a free agent this summer. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren and Islanders GM Garth Snow, who is a former Flyers goalie himself, are old pals so you can be sure the lines of communication are at least open on this potential deal.
The Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco(notes) is also supposedly available.
At the end of the day, though, it wouldn’t be a shocker if the team ends up with backup Michael Leighton(notes) as the main man. No pressure, Mike.
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The NHL trading deadline is 3 p.m. Eastern today and it appears that Toronto Maple Leafs forward Alexei Ponikarovsky(notes) will be pulling on a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey soon as he’s supposedly been traded for forward prospect Luca Caputi(notes) and defenseman Martin Skoula(notes), according to TSN.ca.
Ponikarovsky, who becomes a free agent at season’s end, didn’t play in the Maple Leafs’ game last night against the Carolina Hurricanes since the deal was so close.
"I didn’t think this was a deal we’d be able to do. If you’d have told me we could do it a few days ago, I’d have said no way," Penguins general manager Ray Shero said.
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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle(notes), fresh off the Czech Republic’s disappointing showing in the Olympics, is not planning on being traded before tomorrow’s 3 p.m. Eastern trade deadline, according to the National Post.
Kaberle has a no-trade clause so he’s go a lot of control over the situation. His agent also says that Kaberle never gave Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke a list of teams that he’d be willing to get traded to for the rest of this season and next.
If the Leafs don’t make the playoffs this season, Kaberle’s no-trade clause disappears. It’s looking pretty good that the Leafs won’t get in, considering there are 21 games left and the team is out of it by 15 points.
Other fellows rumored to be in the soon-to-be-history bin in Toronto include veteran forwards Alexei Ponikarovsky(notes), Lee Stempniak(notes), and Wayne Primeau(notes), who will all be unrestricted free agents this summer.
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Nashville Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis(notes) is an unrestricted free agent at season’s end and the rumor is that Nashville would love to unload him before tomorrow afternoon’s trading deadline. The word from TSN.ca is that the Philadelphia Flyers are trying hard to be the place he ends up for the rest of the season. Hamhuis has four goals and 12 assists this season.
The Predators are supposedly seeking a younger defenseman such as 22-year-old Ryan Parent(notes), who has two assists on the year.
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The NHL trading deadline is tomorrow at 3 p.m. Eastern and it appears the Edmonton Oilers could be changing a good bit before then, according to TSN.ca.
The Oilers need some shaking up since they are at the bottom end of the standings sheet right now and will very likely miss the playoffs for the fourth straight year. Captain Ethan Moreau(notes) could go along with defenseman Steve Staios(notes) and forward Fernando Pisani(notes).
"I realize the situation we’re in," Moreau told TSN.ca. "There’s a strong possibility that I’ll be moved, but that’s just my assumption from conversations with people I trust and people I know. Nobody in the organization has talked to me about what their plans are."
Things got started yesterday when Oilers GM Steve Tambellini sent 26-year-old defenseman Denis Grebeshkov(notes) to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a second-round pick.
He won’t be the last Oiler traded.
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Let the trades begin! With the Olympics over, the NHL trade window is now open till Wednesday 3 p.m. Eastern and the struggling Carolina Hurricanes are a popular team for others to pluck from. The team has apparently received calls from 10 different teams in the past few days that wouldn’t mind making deals with them before the deadline, according to The News & Observer.
The most popular ‘Cane on the block is wing Ray Whitney(notes), who has a no-trade clause. The Los Angeles Kings are supposedly still after him even though a supposed deal for him was nixed before the Olympic trading break. "He holds his own cards," said Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford. "At one point we had a deal made, but he decided not to go."
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres are also supposedly asking about him. Rutherford says there won’t be a deal for Whitney unless a first-round pick or "the equivalent of that" are in the return package.
Other Hurricanes thought to be available are defensemen Joe Corvo(notes) and Aaron Ward(notes), both of whom will be unrestricted free agents this summer.
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The Boston Bruins had a four-game winning streak before the Olympic break consummated but are still in third place in the Northeast Division. General manager Peter Chiarelli is saying the team is in on a few possible trades and is mostly looking for a solid forward that it can rent for the rest of the season but nothing is imminent, according to the Boston Herald.
One of those conversations is apparently with the Carolina Hurricanes for winger Ray Whitney(notes) but the team doesn’t want to give anybody a contract extension right now and it’s thought that the veteran Whitney would want to do that. Plus, the Hurricanes supposedly want both a prospect and a first-round pick (or its equivalent) in a trade.
Other names that the Herald proposed could be good for the Bruins are Anaheim Ducks forward Teemu Selanne(notes), the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ Alexei Ponikarovsky(notes), and perhaps Atlanta Thrashers‘ forward Slava Kozlov(notes), who asked the team to trade him during the break, but with eight goals on the season, it’s doubtful other teams are jumping up and down for his services.
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The NHL trade window opens up again late Sunday night and gets slammed shut again on Wednesday and the word is that the Chicago Blackhawks may end up with a new goaltender in that short period of time, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet(notes) lost his starting job to rookie Antti Niemi(notes) before the Olympic break got underway. Niemi then won four straight games so it seems that Huet is unneeded in the Windy City, though nobody expects Niemi to just win every game for the rest of the season.
The rumors that are floating, according to the Tribune, have the Florida Panthers sending league shutouts leader Tomas Vokoun(notes) to Chicago or Huet heading back to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for goalie Jaroslav Halak(notes). And the rumors persist that the Dallas Stars are looking to move veteran goalie Marty Turco(notes).
Any way you slice it, the prevailing mood right now is that Huet will be gone soon. And if he’s not, he’ll just be the guy at the end of the bench.
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There had been a lot of rumors that the next NHL Winter Classic would be held at the new Yankee Stadium next season but now word has somehow slipped out that the very popular outdoor game could be played in Washington, D.C., at the home of the Washington Nationals, according to the Boston Globe.
Boston Red Sox owner John Henry says the installation of an ice rink in Fenway Park this winter for a game between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers, but you can be sure the team will be reaping the benefits of the good feeling it brought to every single Bostonian who skated there during the open public skates as well as all the prep school and amateur hockey teams that got to take to the ice as well.
May D.C. do the same kind of thing if it gets the game next year.
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The day after the NHL trading deadline that didn’t see Edmonton Oilers veteran defenseman Sheldon Souray(notes) change teams, the word on the street is that he may be missing the rest of the season due to an infection in his hand, according to the Edmonton Sun.
