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Archives for April 2017

Snapshots: Boedker, Kane, Point

April 18, 2017 at 1:47 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment

Mikkel Boedker will be a healthy scratch again for the San Jose Sharks tonight according to Kevin Kurz of NBC, marking the third time this season. He was put in the press box back in January because of his consistency, and sat out game 3 of this series on Sunday night.

Boedker was signed to a four-year, $16MM deal on July 1st last summer, and hasn’t come close to living up to it at this point. His 26 points were the lowest total he’s registered since 2011-12 when he was just 22, and are almost exactly half of the 51 he recorded last season. He may be an early candidate for a buyout at some point, if he can’t return to the solid 40+ point player he looked like in Arizona. The Sharks have several raises to hand out to their young RFAs over the next few years, and may need an extra couple of million to fit them all in.

  • Evander Kane put up his best season offensively since 2011-12, and with it has regained some of his trade value according to Bill Hoppe of the Buffalo Hockey Beat. There were constant rumors last year about his availability, but now the Sabres could likely get a real asset in trade. That is, unless they want to extend the young power forward, as he has just one season left on his current deal. At just 25-years old, Kane will be talked about a lot this summer and next season should he stay in Buffalo. If they do hold on to him, he would likely be one of the top prizes at next year’s trade deadline, whether the Sabres are involved in a playoff hunt or not.
  • The Tampa Bay Lightning weren’t expecting the breakout of Brayden Point, but as Bryan Burns of NHL.com writes, they’ll take it. His emergence as a top-six center is crucial to the Lightning’s immediate future, due to the exceptionally low cap-hit he’ll cause the next two seasons. For a team that will be hard-pressed to fit in new deals for Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson and Jonathan Drouin even with the great work they did at the trade deadline, Point’s cheap contract will come in handy. He may even make Johnson expendable, and give the Lightning another impressive trade chip this summer.

Buffalo Sabres| RFA| San Jose Sharks| Snapshots| Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point| Evander Kane| Mikkel Boedker| Tyler Johnson

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Alex Iafallo Signs With Los Angeles Kings

April 18, 2017 at 12:33 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 1 Comment

Tuesday: The team has announced the contract, detailing that it is a two-year entry-level deal.

Monday: According to The Buffalo News, NCAA standout Alex Iafallo has signed with the Los Angeles Kings. The 23-year old center has just completed his final season for the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he scored 51 points in 42 games and was named a first-team All-American.

UMD of course lost in the NCAA title game against the University of Denver earlier this month, despite Iafallo’s second period marker that brought them within one goal. Never having scored more than 25 points before this season, Iafallo more than doubled that output and showed he may have a higher ceiling than once thought.

Undrafted out of the USHL, Iafallo is one of the more interesting names to come out of the NCAA ranks this year, and along with teammate Neal Pionk was scouted heavily in the tournament. His offensive outburst paired with an excellent penalty killing ability makes him a potential role player right away at the NHL, though he’ll likely have to prove himself in the AHL to start next season.

Los Angeles Kings| NCAA| Newsstand| Transactions Alex Iafallo

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Snapshots: Sedlak, Alzner, Polak

April 18, 2017 at 12:07 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment

The Columbus Blue Jackets will try a little tinkering to keep them alive in their playoff series against the defending champs. Lukas Sedlak will draw back into the lineup in place of Scott Hartnell, while Matt Calvert, Kyle Quincey and Markus Nutivaara will all play according to a TSN report.

Sedlak will be making his NHL playoff debut after a rookie season that saw him contribute 13 points in 62 games. The 24-year old was a huge part of the Lake Erie (now Cleveland) Monsters’ Calder Cup win last year, with 16 points in 17 AHL playoff games. Perhaps he can provide some of that magic as the Blue Jackets attempt to stave off elimination for one more game.

  • Karl Alzner won’t play in game four of the Capitals-Maple Leafs series according to Chris Johnston of Sportsnet. The pending unrestricted free agent sat out their game three overtime loss and was a noticeable absence. Though Nate Schmidt skated well, Alzner had previously been tasked with shutting down the Auston Matthews line, and without him they had their way with the Capitals. Scoring two goals and dominating possession—shot attempts were an insane 23-5 when William Nylander was on the ice—the Capitals need to find a way to slow down that line even without Alzner in the lineup.
  • Roman Polak will undergo surgery today to repair a broken right leg suffered on Saturday night. While there is no timetable for his return, he’ll likely try to make it back for the start of the 2017-18 season. Where he’ll be playing is still undecided, as he will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st. After an up-and-down season with the Leafs, he’ll be hard pressed to secure the same $2.25MM salary he earned this year.

Columbus Blue Jackets| Snapshots| Toronto Maple Leafs| Washington Capitals Karl Alzner| Kyle Quincey| Matt Calvert| Roman Polak| Scott Hartnell

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The Future In Detroit: Frans Nielsen & Steve Ott

April 18, 2017 at 11:22 am CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment

When Ansar Khan of MLive caught up with Frans Nielsen for his latest article, the Red Wings center had a very clear message for the direction of the team: they need Steve Ott. No, not necessarily Ott himself, but more players like him that can open up room for their more skilled forwards by making defenders pay while retrieving a puck.

Every time we’d get the puck down in their end, he’d finish checks on their D. At some point, they’re going to be tired of that and they’re going to back off and that’s going to give our skill guys a little more room. They’re going to give up that four or five feet at the blue line and you can come in and hit guys coming in late.

This is a prevailing theory around the league, that less-skilled players create room for their more talented linemates, opening up space for them to create scoring chances. It’s a tactic that has been used to great success in Toronto, where former Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has strapped Zach Hyman to Auston Matthews’ hip for the entire season, despite his disappointing point totals. Detroit’s new bench boss, Jeff Blashill, is a Babcock pupil of sorts and may want to employ the same strategy.

Ignoring for a moment that the Red Wings in fact had the real Ott for much of the season, only to decide that at 25-26-10 they would sell at the deadline, we’ll take a look at possible options for the team this offseason. Assuming that Nielsen is right, and that the team needs some “more mean attitude” and an ability to back up those defenders, here are some of the options they could have for relatively cheap this summer (along with their age at the start of next year and current salary).

Steve Ott, 35, $800K

They could in fact get the real thing back, though Ott will now be 35 and didn’t work out very well for them the first time. The gritty forward is playing just over 12 minutes in the playoffs for Montreal, and has been that in-your-face presence for the club in their series against the New York Rangers. He’ll likely cost around the same amount next year, if he doesn’t decide to hang up his skates.

Chris Kunitz, 38, $3.55MM

Kunitz isn’t exactly the pest Ott is, but he was among the leaders in the NHL in hits once again and would never be called a soft player. He also provides at least a little bit of offensive upside, though he took a step backwards this season with just 29 points. At 38, he wouldn’t cost very much but also could fall off a cliff in effectiveness.

Ryan White, 29, $1MM

White was traded to Minnesota at the deadline along with Martin Hanzal, and though he was an effective grinder down the stretch hasn’t shown up much in the playoffs. White will be an unrestricted free agent again this summer and will cost around the same amount as this season.

Andreas Martinsen, 27, $640K

One of the other Montreal acquisitions at the deadline, Martinsen was playing very little on Colorado even though they were last in the NHL. The move to Montreal gave him a little more icetime, but he’s been relatively ineffective in the postseason. He’ll be lucky to get a one-way deal this summer.

Roman Polak, 31, $2.25MM

Polak just suffered a nasty injury to take him out for the rest of the playoffs, but should return for next season. An unrestricted free agent, he adds some toughness and a mean streak to the back end. While he started out quite poorly for the Maple Leafs, a late season turnaround and strong playoff debut should get him another contract between $1.5-2MM. If the Red Wings decide to upgrade their grit at both ends of the rink, he could be an option.

Brian Boyle, 32, $2MM

Boyle isn’t exactly a grinder as he can contribute offensively at times, but his physical style fits perfectly into a bottom six that wants to be tough to play against. Add in that he’s a dynamo in the faceoff dot, and can kill penalties and he may be exactly what Nielsen wants on the team. His leadership and playoff success might get him a raise this summer, likely between $2.7-3.2MM per season for several years.

Detroit Red Wings| Jeff Blashill| Mike Babcock Andreas Martinsen| Brian Boyle| Chris Kunitz| Frans Nielsen

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Morning Notes: Krueger, Bernier, Coyotes

April 18, 2017 at 9:40 am CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet woke the hockey world up this morning with some news on the Vancouver Canucks head coaching vacancy. When he reached out to Ralph Krueger about the rumored interest, the former Edmonton Oilers head coach replied “I have had some interesting chats these past weeks, but my focus remains fully on the Saints for now.” The Saints of course is referring to the Southampton Football Club with which Krueger holds the chairman role and has since his 2014 exit from hockey.

Krueger of course coached the European team at this fall’s World Cup of Hockey, ushering them all the way to the final game against Team Canada. Kruger held the Edmonton job for just one season before being dismissed, but many around the hockey world believe he could easily step behind an NHL bench once again. His players at the World Cup praised him tremendously, and there have been rumors since his exit that he would eventually make his return to the sport.

  • It wasn’t just an overtime winner that thrilled Maple Leafs fans last night, but a goalie switch for the Anaheim Ducks. Jonathan Bernier came on in relief of John Gibson last night, and helped the Ducks claw their way back from a 4-1 deficit. While it’s not clear if that would ever warrant a start from the former Leaf, their fan base would clearly welcome it. The Maple Leafs would receive a draft pick if the Ducks made it to the Finals with Bernier starting more than half the games; a second-rounder if they were to win it all, and a third should they lose in the final series. Gibson allowed four goals on 16 shots, but will likely get back in the net with the Ducks up 3-0 in the series.
  • The Arizona Coyotes are hoping the Minnesota Wild can claw back from their own 3-0 deficit to the St. Louis Blues. When the Coyotes traded Martin Hanzal to Minnesota at the deadline, they agreed to a condition that would see them receive a draft pick based on how many series the Wild win in the playoffs. Should the Wild be eliminated by the Blues, Arizona will get a 2019 fourth-rounder, but if they somehow climb back it could move all the way to the second round with two series victories.

Anaheim Ducks| Minnesota Wild| Ralph Krueger| Toronto Maple Leafs| Utah Mammoth| Vancouver Canucks Elliotte Friedman| John Gibson| Jonathan Bernier| Martin Hanzal| World Cup

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Injury Notes: Marincin, Krug, Vatanen

April 17, 2017 at 9:08 pm CDT | by Seth Lawrence Leave a Comment

Toronto’s defenseman Martin Marincin appears to be injured following a hit from Tom Wilson in the second period of Game 3. He took shifts after the hit but didn’t look particularly well, leaving the game in the third period. Marincin had stepped up in a big way since Roman Polak had gone down with  injury. Luckily for Leafs fans, Nikita Zaitsev is back. But the injury parade of the playoffs continues, with Toronto seemingly unable to ice their full squad. Further updates on Marincin are not available at this time.

  • Anaheim’s Sami Vatanen did not take the ice in Game 3, per Ducks’ beat writer Eric Stephens. Vatanen logs over 21 minutes a night, only trailing behind Cam Fowler and Hampus Lindholm. Vatanen has been depended upon by coach Randy Carlyle taking 55% of his starts in the offensive zone while registering 128 blocks on the season. Since Fowler has been sidelined with a knee injury, Vatanen’s role has only been increased. The injury is apparently upper-body related, though specifics are hard to come by. Anaheim will hope to depend upon 23 year-old Brandon Mantour, 21 year-old Shea Theodore, and the 25 year-old Josh Manson to pick up the slack against a desperate Calgary team.
  • Torey Krug has been seen walking on his own in TD Garden, which is good news for Boston fans. Regaining the services of the defenseman would be a huge boon to a team that is held together by duct tape on the backend. Brandon Carlo is also injuried, although he is progressing. Zdeno Chara is pushing the wrong side of 40 and cannot be expected to carry the load for the team, especially with the other injuries. The 19 year-old Charlie McAvoy is being tasked with top-pairing duties, and despite his talent, is being challenged by quite a difficult first outing into NHL playoff hockey. Krug has no official time-table to return.

Anaheim Ducks| Injury| NHL| Randy Carlyle Brandon Carlo| Cam Fowler| Charlie McAvoy| Hampus Lindholm| Josh Manson| Martin Marincin| Nikita Zaitsev| Roman Polak| Sami Vatanen| Shea Theodore| Tom Wilson| Torey Krug| Zdeno Chara

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Toronto-Washington Defensive Woes – Zaitsev In, Alzner Out

April 17, 2017 at 5:41 pm CDT | by Seth Lawrence Leave a Comment

Washington Capital Karl Alzner has been ruled out for tonight’s game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs due to an upper-body injury, per the Washington Post’s Isabelle Khurshudyan. Meanwhile, Toronto will regain the services of Nikita Zaitsev on their blueline, per Pierre LeBrun.

Toronto was in desperate need of a warm body in their top-four, as Roman Polak’s agonizing injury left a noticeable void. Martin Marincin has performed quite well in Polak and Zaitsev’s absences, but the 25 year-old will now be able to have his time against top competition scaled back. Zaitsev’s addition has been an absolute boon for the team, as his offensive prowess has consistently fed the young forward core quick outlets and opportunities. The Russian has done nothing but impress since the World Cup tournament, and GM Brendan Shanahan should be lauded for his willingness to take a risk on his contract.

Washington was shocked by a double-overtime winner from the hands of Kasperi Kapanen in Game 2. As they try to re-assert their dominance in the series, this is certainly not news Caps fans were hoping for. The twenty-eight year-old hasn’t missed a game for the Capitals since 2010, with a remarkable iron-man streak to his credit. The defenseman logged over twenty minutes a night on the top pair. The nifty-skating Nate Schmidt will take his place on the blueline. He played 53 games this season before returns from injury and the addition of Kevin Shattenkirk sent him to the press box. The 24 year-old already has 10 playoff games to his credit, and his advanced stats were quite good, with  a 53.1 Corsi For %. By contrast, Alzner posted a 46.3, his worst showing in the department since 2013.

Toronto hopes the energy of their rabid fanbase will help flip this series’ script as they play Washington at home in Game 3.

Injury| Toronto Maple Leafs| Washington Capitals Karl Alzner| Nikita Zaitsev

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Neal Pionk And The College Standout Situation

April 17, 2017 at 5:10 pm CDT | by Seth Lawrence Leave a Comment

Minnesota-Duluth’s defenseman Neal Pionk has decided to leave his college and pursue a pro hockey contract, per Elliotte Friedman. Colleague Gavin Lee wrote a wonderful piece about the small but hard-nosed defenseman late in this February, which is definitely worth a re-read. The 5’11” defenseman was named USHL defenseman of the year in 2014-15, and potted 7 goals and 27 assists in 42 games to go with his +24 rating this past season. His teammate Alex Iafello signed with the Los Angeles Kings just earlier this afternoon.

Undrafted college talents are all the rage in the modern NHL, and with their relative success at the NHL level, it’s easy to see why. Anyone who watched Jake Guentzel’s hat trick last night may be interested to know that his linemate, Conor Sheary, went undrafted and nearly unsigned out of college. He never had spectacular numbers, and his small stature forced him to sign a PTO with a depleted Wilkes-Barre squad to even get a shot. He posted only 9 goals in 34 games for UMass-Amherst in his senior year before a solid showing of 11 points in 15 games in the Calder Cup Playoffs in 2013-14. Now, he’s playing with Sidney Crosby on the top line of a Cup contender, with a Stanley Cup ring on his mantle at home. It’s easy to see how prospects can get overlooked. Martin St. Louis is always cited as the go-to example for players with extreme success despite going undrafted. With his 1033 career points, lots of teams were certainly kicking themselves that they didn’t take a flyer on the winger. The likely future hall-of-famer gave defensive squads fits with his knack for staying on his feet and making plays. His creativity in playmaking made him an asset right up until the day he retired. So why did so many scouts miss out on him?

Scouting is an imperfect science, as any team official will tell you. At 17 years old, it can be near-impossible to project how mid-level talents will look in 3 years, let alone 7 or 8. For goalies and defensemen this problem is seemingly amplified. Goalies don’t normally hit their stride until their mid-to-late twenties. There are the obvious exceptions, such as John Gibson or Matt Murray, but years of minor league seasoning and perfecting technical aspects of their games can derail seemingly surefire careers. Malcolm Subban is such a case, where he has struggled mightily to convert his Junior dominance into even 20 wins at the AHL level. There is a reason that only two goalies have ever gone first overall – Rick DiPietro who is now out of the league and Marc-Andre Fleury who in hindsight was probably not worthy of the pick in a deep draft.

Defensemen have a particularly tough path in front of them, too. There is a need for physical maturation to make an impact in shutting down top NHL talent. Skating agility and speed need to be upped. The hits are harder, the forecheckers are faster, and players are far better at finding gaps in coverage. While a young forward can sometimes get by with fourth-line duty until the holes in his game are patched, defensemen can be exposed on any single play. The breakouts are more difficult, the pretty passes don’t work quite as well, and you have a second less to make that pivotal decision at the blue line to pinch or retreat. How every teenager deals with these challenges to mold their game varies wildly. The older the defenseman, the easier it is to tell how they are adapting.

So why not take a chance on a 21 or 22 year old defenseman who has shown flashes of brilliance? Late bloomers are in bloom this spring, and Pionk will certainly not be the only collegiate talent to catch the eye of teams looking to restock the cupboards.

NCAA| Prospects Elliotte Friedman| Neal Pionk

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Snapshots: Harpur, Branch, Krejci

April 17, 2017 at 5:06 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment

According to Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia, Ben Harpur will be in the lineup for the Ottawa Senators tonight after playing a few games down the stretch for the team. He’ll be making his NHL playoff debut just a year after spending time in the ECHL, proving how far he has come during that time. With 27 points in 63 AHL games this year, the 6’6″ Harpur has shown he can do more than just defend, but will be relied upon to replace Mark Borowiecki’s physical presence against the Boston Bruins.

Harpur will be an option for the Senators next season as a seventh defenseman, especially if the team does lose one of Borowiecki or Chris Wideman in the expansion draft. With Dion Phanuef still holding his no-movement clause, the Senators are actually at risk of losing a more important defender like Marc Methot or Cody Ceci, but will likely ask the former Maple Leaf to waive it prior to the deadline.

  • The Flint Firebirds have had a roller-coaster few seasons, but will now install Barclay Branch as their GM according to Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News. The team had to have the OHL step in and install George Burnett at the end of last year after a tumultuous season that saw the league ban the Firebirds’ owner Rolf Nilsen from any hockey operations decisions. Burnett will move into a position with the OHL after stabilizing the franchise—Flint finished 32-28-8 and made it to the playoffs in just their second season.
  • The AHL handed out two suspensions today, banning Darren Kramer of the Manitoba Moose for three games and Michael Latta of the Rockford IceHogs for one. Both players will have to serve the suspensions next year, as their seasons have finished without a postseason berth.
  • David Krejci will take the warm up for the Boston Bruins tonight according to Joe Haggerty of CSNNE. The center hasn’t played in the first two games of the playoffs, but “feels much better” and will try to go tonight. The Bruins could use him, as they won just 46% of the faceoffs in their game two loss.

AHL| Boston Bruins| CHL| OHL| Ottawa Senators| Snapshots| Suspensions Ben Harpur| David Krejci| Mark Borowiecki| Michael Latta

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James Neal, Consistency & Free Agency

April 17, 2017 at 4:09 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 2 Comments

If you were to try and name the six players who have scored at least 20 goals in nine consecutive seasons, you may get the first five with ease. Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Phil Kessel and Jeff Carter have all been considered superstars in the league, are perennial all-star candidates and are on the front of the proverbial cereal box in each of their respective NHL cities. The last one, James Neal, doesn’t have that same type of reputation, but perhaps he should.  Neal has never been asked to play for Canada at the Olympics, nor was he a part of the World Cup team that won gold this fall. That hasn’t stopped him from being one of the most consistent goal scorers in the NHL for nearly a decade. "<strong

Starting in 2008-09 as a 21-year old rookie, Neal would score 24 goals for the Dallas Stars and start his improbable streak. Since then he’s scored 215 more regular season goals, including 40 in 2011-12 alongside Evgeni Malkin and stepping up in the absence of an injured Sidney Crosby. That remains his best output, but at 29 he’s still as reliable as ever for the Nashville Predators, and is in the playoffs for the seventh straight season. He hasn’t registered a goal yet in the series against the Chicago Blackhawks, but it’s only a matter of time.

In the middle of the 2012 season, just before the trade deadline, Neal signed a six-year extension with the Penguins that bought out three UFA years and paid him a reasonable $5MM per season. That deal will expire after next season, and Neal is in line for another substantial contract. In fact, Kessel is an interesting comparison for Neal, as the Predators’ winger actually has a better goals-per-game rate than the Pittsburgh sniper, and is just a month older than him. Kessel of course started his career at a younger age, and signed an eight-year, $64MM extension with the Maple Leafs in 2013 that was seen as an albatross just two years later. The Penguins certainly aren’t complaining, but would the Predators if they had to hand out a similar annual value?

Kessel provides more offense on a whole, but Neal’s contributions at both ends of the rink shouldn’t be overlooked. He’s a much better possession player than Kessel in the defensive zone, and provides a more physical game. While $8MM per season does seem a bit out of reach, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him approach $7MM with another good offensive season. That might sound absurd to many, but his 0.71 points-per-game rate over the past nine years puts him right around players like Bobby Ryan, T.J. Oshie, and Jakub Voracek, two of which already make more than that—Ryan makes $7.25MM and Voracek makes $8.25MM—and another who will ride a 30-goal season this year into a contract that approaches it.

For Predators fans, this all likely comes as no surprise, as Neal has been a huge part of that team for several years. But for many fans of the NHL, they might not realize just how effective Neal has been now for nearly a decade in the NHL. That consistency will get paid off next summer, if the Predators don’t decide to extend him before then. For now, he’ll look to help them slay the Blackhawks and move to the second round before focusing on anything else.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images

Free Agency| Nashville Predators James Neal

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