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Denials from Ed Snider abound, but the Philadelphia Flyers are in serious financial trouble, and rumours have it that the HFNHL have been contacted to approve the sale of the Flyers to a new group. Claudio Mannarino was apparently called into an emergency meeting last week and told to shed salary from the present playing staff. Expect to see unrestricted free agent Dominic Hasek leave at seasons end, along with several other high profile, high salary players such as Simon Gagne.
-- Al Dia
Herniated disks. Get to know the phrase. Two high profile HFNHL players have suffered the injury, Ben Clymer of the Preds and now our very own Kyle McLaren. Both players could miss the remainder of the season.
-- Edmonton Sun
There will be many critics of the deal that bought Shane Doan to the Panthers this week, but fans are excited by the push that the Panthers have made to secure a playoff spot
-- Miami Herald
Don't look now but the BlueJackets are rounding into form, going 8-2 in their last ten and rookie defenceman Jani Pitkanen is starting to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow rookies Henrik Zetterberg, Michael Ryder and Rafi Torres when the media talks Calder Trophy, the award given to the best newcomer to the HFNHL.
-- Dispatch
Despite an improvement in form, Calgary continues to have trouble re-signing players. Add defenceman Toni Lydman to the collection that already includes Jason Williams, PJ Axelsson & Scott Thornton. Calgary is aggressively trying to move RFA Lydman prior to the trade deadline.
-- Okotoks Weekender
Joe Sakic and Alexei Kovalev are not the only potential UFA's that Chicago is intent on signing. Dryden Lewis says that the team will still have money under the cap during free agency to add another player or two.
-- Suburban Chicago News
Peter Forsberg credits defenseman Ed Jovanovski and Scott Niedermeyer for his high plus-minus. "Can you tell me if there are a better one-two combination in the entire league than those two defenseman" the Swede commented prior to the 3-3 tie with the Rangers. Ironically, both defensemen were -1 in the game.
-- SF Gate
Jussi Markkanen's behind the scenes campaign to Wings management, including threats to return to the Finish Elite League for the remainder of his career, is the reason that Olaf Kolzig is now a member of the Capitals according to Reggie Swingstein, agent for the netminder. "Detroit was in a good position, with three great goaltenders there, but what happened was ridiculous. The Wings made a serious mistake, since Olie is the best of those three goalies. He will be a great success in Washington."
-- Washington Post
Anton Volchenkov has received good news regarding his broken neck. Doctors have confirmed that there is no injury outside of the fracture to the C-3 vertebra and that that pain bothering Volchenkov was an unrelated muscle problem. Volchenkov has been told that he can resume skating in two months.
-- hfnhl.com
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-- Al Dia
Herniated disks. Get to know the phrase. Two high profile HFNHL players have suffered the injury, Ben Clymer of the Preds and now our very own Kyle McLaren. Both players could miss the remainder of the season.
-- Edmonton Sun
There will be many critics of the deal that bought Shane Doan to the Panthers this week, but fans are excited by the push that the Panthers have made to secure a playoff spot
-- Miami Herald
Don't look now but the BlueJackets are rounding into form, going 8-2 in their last ten and rookie defenceman Jani Pitkanen is starting to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow rookies Henrik Zetterberg, Michael Ryder and Rafi Torres when the media talks Calder Trophy, the award given to the best newcomer to the HFNHL.
-- Dispatch
Despite an improvement in form, Calgary continues to have trouble re-signing players. Add defenceman Toni Lydman to the collection that already includes Jason Williams, PJ Axelsson & Scott Thornton. Calgary is aggressively trying to move RFA Lydman prior to the trade deadline.
-- Okotoks Weekender
Joe Sakic and Alexei Kovalev are not the only potential UFA's that Chicago is intent on signing. Dryden Lewis says that the team will still have money under the cap during free agency to add another player or two.
-- Suburban Chicago News
Peter Forsberg credits defenseman Ed Jovanovski and Scott Niedermeyer for his high plus-minus. "Can you tell me if there are a better one-two combination in the entire league than those two defenseman" the Swede commented prior to the 3-3 tie with the Rangers. Ironically, both defensemen were -1 in the game.
-- SF Gate
Jussi Markkanen's behind the scenes campaign to Wings management, including threats to return to the Finish Elite League for the remainder of his career, is the reason that Olaf Kolzig is now a member of the Capitals according to Reggie Swingstein, agent for the netminder. "Detroit was in a good position, with three great goaltenders there, but what happened was ridiculous. The Wings made a serious mistake, since Olie is the best of those three goalies. He will be a great success in Washington."
-- Washington Post
Anton Volchenkov has received good news regarding his broken neck. Doctors have confirmed that there is no injury outside of the fracture to the C-3 vertebra and that that pain bothering Volchenkov was an unrelated muscle problem. Volchenkov has been told that he can resume skating in two months.
-- hfnhl.com
EMAIL your NEWS, RUMOURS and other GOSSIP to [email protected]