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Mikael Samuelsson Talks To NHLPA.com About Triple Gold Club Honor

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Mikeael Samuelsson talks to Ryan Parker of NHLPA.com about the honor of being a Triple Gold Club Member.

To view the video please visit this link.

Ottawa Senators Happy To Have Volchenkov Back

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Toronto Sun February 25, 2010

They’re just glad their boys will be home safe and sound.

GM Bryan Murray and coach Cory Clouston said they would have been happy to see any one of Daniel Alfredsson (Sweden), Anton Volchenkov (Russia), Milan Michalek and Filip Kuba (Czech Republic) win a medal, but neither is upset Jarkko Ruutu (Finland) is the last Senator playing in the Olympics.

With their respective countries eliminated from the Olympics, Alfredsson, Volchenkov, Michalek and Kuba aren’t due back to practice until Sunday or Monday.

To view the Toronto Sun article in its entirety, please visit this link.

Sergei Shirokov Scores 18th of The Season as Moose Beat Aeros

Friday, February 26th, 2010

OSC February 25, 2010

The Manitoba Moose topped the Houston Aeros 3-2 on Thursday night to close-out their four-game regular season series against the club at the Toyota Center. Manitoba finished with an even 2-2-0-0 record against Houston this campaign. Sergei Shirokov, Michael Grabner and Pierre-Cedric Labrie all notched goals for the Moose while Cory Schneider stopped 26 of 28 shots in his 25th victory this season.

To view the OSC article in its entirety, please visit this link.

Alexander Radulov Has Become More Complete and Mature Player In The KHL

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Check out The Fourth Period’s 2-24-2010 piece entitled “Predators holding out hope for Radulov”.

Preadtors GM David Poile told the paper he has spoken to Radulov, who left Nashville to play in the Russian KHL two summers ago.

“I’ve seen him a couple of times and our conversations are fine, but there have been no conversations about the future at all,” Poile said. “That ball is in his court. We’ve well established that if there is going to be an overture about him coming back to Nashville, he’ll be the one to make it. We initiated all the overtures last year, so it’s in his court.”

Radulov has one-year remaining on his KHL contract. Since leaving for Russia, Poile admits he’s become “a more complete player.”

“Radulov has definitely matured as a player,” said TFP Editor-in-Chief David Pagnotta, who saw the 23-year-old in action last month while traveling across the KHL. “He’s still a very potent, offensive athlete, and he’s learned to work hard at both ends of the rink.”

To view The Fourth Periods’ piece in its entirety, please visit this link.

Perttu Lindgren Providing Extra Farm Depth For Stars May Give Way To Trade

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Dallas News.com reported on Mike Heika’s piece that salary concerns and a wealth of options could lead the Dallas Stars to trade center Mike Ribeiro. Among the individuals Heika pointed to as replacements at center, Perttu Lindgren of the AHL’s Texas Stars could be a possibility.

I believe Ribeiro is a reasonably priced second-line center when he is playing well. But with players such as Tom Wandell, Jamie Benn, Aaron Gagnon, Perttu Lindgren, Ondrej Roman and Tomas Vincour as possible centers, maybe the Stars would be willing to take a chance and move Ribeiro for a defenseman.

To see the Dallas News.com piece in its entirety, please visit this link.

Shirokov Scores In Return From Trip To Vancouver

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Manitoba Moose winger Sergei Shirokov connected for his 17th goal of the season in a 4-3 loss to Toronto on Wednesday night. The 2010 AHL All Star was returning from a trip to Vancouver on behalf of the Russian Olympic Federation.

Check out Preds on the Glass interview with Pekka Rinne

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Thanks to Agent Jay Grossman for setting up an interview with Pred’s Goalie Pekka Rinne this afternoon after he signed his new two-year $6.8 million contract.

Pekka was obviously excited and relieved, and ready to get back to work on the ice. It is an interesting, wide-ranging interview that even includes a story about Pekka playing a little pond hockey last week in Finland while on vacation and a preview of his outfit for the Predator’s Gala tonight.

Predators ink Rinne to a two-year, $6.8M deal

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The Nashville Predators have seemingly picked their goaltender going forward.

TSN has confirmed that the club has signed Pekka Rinne to a two-year, $6.8 million contract. The deal will reportedly pay Rinne $2.8 million in 2010-11, and $4 million in 2011-12.

The move keeps Rinne from reaching unrestricted free agency.

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