Tag: Atlanta Thrashers

Thrashers trade Ben Eager to the Sharks

The Atlanta Thrashers have traded forward Ben Eager to the San Jose Sharks for a 2011 5th round pick. Eager had seen his ice time reduced in the last month, and is coming off a 4 game suspension for sucker…

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Commodore clears re-entry … Pronger back this week … Starting goalies and other roster notes

Tom Reed via twitter: Blue Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore has cleared re-entry waivers. He will play with Springfield of the AHL. Tom Panaccio via twitter: Chris Pronger is practicing with the Flyers today. He won't play tomorrow against the Capitals,…

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Lucic, Semin, Poti, Theodore battling injuries … Starting goalies … 4 placed on waivers

Chris Vivlamore via twitter: Ondrej Pavelec will start in net for the Thrashers tomorrow night. Chris Mason will go on Saturday, Pavelec on Monday. Joe Haggerty via twitter: Milan Lucic will miss his 2nd straight game with an undisclosed injury.…

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NHL trade rumors involving the Los Angeles Kings

So yesterday Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Period, went on a twitter tear, answering Los Angeles Kings trade questions all day and night. Some of the questions may have come from trade rumors, others were of the speculating type. Since…

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Bruins could be fit for Phillips … Kings re-sign Johnson, Doughty update … Injury notes on Semin, Backstrom, DiPietro and more

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: If the Senators decide to trade Chris Phillips, the Bruins could be a good landing spot for him. Rich Hammond of LAKingsInsider: The LA Kings have locked up defenseman Jack Johnson to a 7…

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Nieuwendyk has permission, but hasn’t spoken to Richards … More on Langenbrunner and Gorges … Arnott next? Starting goalies and waiver clears

Dan Rosen via twitter: Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk said he has permission to talk to Brad Richards about a contract extension. Steve Zipay via twitter: According to Brad Richards agent, they haven't spoken to the Stars about a new contract.…

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Brodeur won’t be traded … More on Langenbrunner … Kane out for Thrashers

Pierre LeBrun via twitter: LeBrun asked Lou if he'd trade Martin Brodeur, who emphatically said "No". Rich Chere via twitter: The Langebrunner trade was made yesterday morning, but had to wait for appropriate approvals due to the sale of the…

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No truth to Savard-Regehr twitter rumor … Cortisone shot for Ovie … Eberle has appendectomy … Starting goalies … Commodore on waivers.

Jimmy Murphy via twitter: Source told Murphy no truth to the Marc Savard for Robyn Regehr twitter trade rumor. Brian McNally via twitter: Alex Ovechkin had a cortisone shot after Tuesday's game, Capitals not saying where. Matt Hendricks also had…

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Injury notes for Leclaire, Oshie, Eager, Brown, Mitchell and Smith

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Pascal Leclaire practiced yesterday, limiting to 25 minutes of lower-body work, could be the backup on Friday. Andy Strickland of True Hockey: Blues forward T.J. Oshie is taking part in practice but not "battle…

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Toews back tonight? Oshie in first full practice … Antropov activated … Prospal has setback … Blake injures shoulder

Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald: Though at first expected to miss 2 weeks, Jonathan Toews could be back tonight, less than a week after injuring his shoulder. Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Atlanta Thrashers activated Nik Antropov…

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Sabres to get Connolly, Myers back … Rangers lose Christensen … Whitney in walking cast … Thrashers have offers for Bergfors

John Vogl of the Buffalo News: The Buffalo Sabres will get Tim Connolly back tomorrow night after missing 4 games with a fractured nose. Tyler Myers has missed the last couple games with an illness should be back as well.…

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Sutter steps down in Calgary …. Rolston assigned to AHL with purpose of re-entry waivers … Svatos signs with Blues … Starting goalies

TSN: Darryl Sutter has stepped down as the Calgary Flames general manager effective immediately. Jay Feaster, who was the teams assistant GM, will take over as GM . "We will move forward under a new administration with Jay leading our…

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