Injury Updates 01/09/2010

Here are your NHL injury updates for tonight, January 9, 2010:

Tonight’s Injuries

New York Rangers

• Vinny Prospal skating, not expected to play today. [Steve Zipay]

Boston Bruins

• Marc Savard out 3-4 weeks. [The Boston Globe]
• Andrew Ference, Byron Bitz, Mark Stuart and Patrice Bergeron still out.

Florida Panthers

• David Booth, Kenndal McArdle and Dmitry Kulikov out.

Ottawa Senators

• Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson still out.
• Milan Michalek out with an undisclosed injury.

Odd Man IN? A Story of Three Goaltenders in Philly.

The term ‘odd man out’ could be used to describe a three headed goalie tandem, but not in the case of the goaltending carousel in Philadelphia.

The Flyers, with Ray Emery ready to return, boast three goaltenders with NHL experience with no defined starter and backup role . These next week games should make the next week in Philly quite interesting.  But for now, we have an odd man in.

Who stays, who goes?  Who starts and who sits?

The team brought Emery in during the off-season to be the number one goaltender. In his first NHL game in over a year, he shut out the Carolina Hurricanes, putting faith in the controversial starter.  At a reasonable 1.5 million cap hit, GM Paul Holmgren played a high risk, high reward gamble with his available space.

That gamble seemed to pay off, until Emery’s 14th start, where he suddenly fell into a massive slump.  The slump would later reveal itself as a torn muscle in his abdomen region, an injury which actually occurred three weeks prior to its announcement.

Injury Updates 01/04/2010

Here are your NHL injury updates for today:

Tonight’s Injuries

New York Rangers

• Vaclav Prospal remains out until mid-January.

Boston Bruins

• Milan Lucic skating with the team, no word if he will be in tonight.
• Mark Stuart remains injured, Miroslav Satan should be ready soon.

Los Angeles Kings

• Jarret Stoll returns to the Kings lineup tonight. [LA Kings Insider]
• Andrei Loktionov, Randy Jones and Justin Williams remain out.

San Jose Sharks

• Manny Malhotra listed as day-to-day.  We should get a status update later.

Injury Updates 01/03/2010

This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:

Injuries Tonight

Ottawa Senators

• Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson remain out.

Philadelphia Flyers

• Ryan Parent, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Ray Emery expected to miss tonight’s contest.

Buffalo Sabres

• Patrick Kaleta remains day-to-day.

Montreal Canadiens

• Paul Mara may return from injury.  Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn are game-time decisions. [Habs Inside/Out]
• Both Kostitsyns and Ryan O’Byrne out. [Dave Stubbs]

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Boston Bruins

• Milan Lucic and Mark Stuart will not play in the Winter Classic.  [The Boston Globe]
• Tim Thomas expected to start. [The Boston Globe]

Philadelphia Flyers

• Michael Leighton starting for the Flyers.
• Ray Emery and Ryan Parent expected to miss the contest.

Atlanta Thrashers

• Johan Hedberg starting. [Dan Kamal]
• Mark Popovic and Kari Lehtonen remain out.

Buffalo Sabres

• Ryan Miller starts. [Sabres Edge]
• Derek Roy back in. [Mike Harrington]
• Nathan Gerbe activated off IR, Patrick Kaleta remains day-to-day.

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NHLHS Endorsed Pickups

Any player written about is under 50 percent owned in Yahoo! leagues.

This week we will go over several streaking players in the NHL leading us to another extended version of NHLHS Endorsed Pickups.

Here are today’s picks:

C: Alexander Steen, St. Louis Blues -  Despite his position in most fantasy leagues, Steen plays left wing on the second line for the Blues.  Although this team deals with lack of production at times, this second generation forward continues to score at an alarming rate.  With nine points in his last five games the chemistry with current line-mates TJ Oshie and David Backes seems electric

Prognosis:  Hopefully Steen will gain LW eligibility.  Regardless, his production rivals many top fantasy superstars so ride him while he is hot!

C:  Tim Connolly, Buffalo Sabres -  With Derek Roy day-to-day, Connolly should get extended ice time.  This news comes on the heels of a four-game point streak in which this 28-year-old center produced six points.  Since the lockout, the Syracuse, New York, native averages nearly a point-per-game making him a safe bet in all formats.

Prognosis:  Another grab him while he is hot comment would fit here.  When healthy, Connolly makes a solid number two center in all formats.  If your league excludes PIMs, even better.

Injury Updates 12/30/2009

This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:

Injuries Tonight

Montreal Canadiens

• Roman Hamrlik back in, Max Pacioretty a healthy scratch.  [Habs Inside/Out]
• Paul Mara remains out.

Tampa Bay Lightning

• Matt Walker, Jeff Halpern and Todd Fedoruk remain out.

Philadelphia Flyers

• Ray Emery, Ryan Parent and Brian Boucher still recovering.

Injury Updates 12/27/2009

This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:

Injuries Tonight

Boston Bruins

• Both Milan Lucic and Derek Morris practiced with the team, no word if they are playing today. [Boston Globe]
• Mark Stuart on IR.
• Morris likely in tonight. [Boston Globe]

Florida Panthers

• Nick Tarnasky and Kamil Kreps back in tonight.  Cory Stillman expected back Thursday.  [Steve Goldstein]
• Dmitry Kulikov, David Booth and Kenndal McArdle remain out.

Philadelphia Flyers

• Ray Emery and Ryan Parent expected to miss tonight’s game.
• No word as of yet on Brian Boucher but he should backup at the least.
• Boucher backing up, taking another day to rest.

Injury Updates 12/26/2009

This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:

Injuries Tonight

Ottawa Senators

• Daniel Alfredsson out a few weeks.
• Jason Spezza and Nick Foligno remain out.

Buffalo Sabres

• Thomas Vanek back.  Chris Butler and Patrick Kaleta still out of the lineup. [Sabres Edge]
• Nathan Gerbe not on any lines. [Sabres Edge]

Columbus Blue Jackets

• Marc Methot out one to two weeks. [Tom Reed]
• Rostislav Klesla and Derek Dorsett remain out.
• Anton Stralman and Kristian Huselius amongst others seem to have recovered from the flu.

Final Destination: Scott Niedermayer

Some players around the League find themselves at a career crossroad.  A crossroad with tough decisions to make regarding ongoing speculation of their final season.  Speculation whether to stay on a sinking ship and finish at the bottom of the sea or leaving one’s comfort zone in an attempt to stay on top.  Certainly no easy decision for any player

While Scott Niedermayer ponders his future in hockey he continues another solid year in his famed career.  The same cannot be said for the Anaheim Ducks, who sit 13th in the Western Conference despite coming off a come from behind victory against the Colorado Avalanche.  The team finds themselves as of this writing a mere five points behind the eighth seed.

The asking price for the captain should be reasonable, as he would strictly be a playoff rental.  However, GM Brian Murray can  acquire a potential piece or pieces to build for a brighter future in sunny Anaheim.

A quick look around the league shows there are a few teams in need of Niedermayer’s services. At 37, he still is one of the best defensemen in the game and a huge piece for a few teams looking for that extra push into serious cup contention.

Lets take a closer look at which teams could trade for Niedermayer in order to bring home Lord Stanley’s Cup.  Even though he already carries four Stanley Cup rings to his credit, every player in this league starts the season with one goal in mind.