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Westcoastin':
--- Quote from: Jaydc on September 28, 2009, 10:07:19 PM ---Canucks trimmed their roster today...its funny I was looking at the names and i saw matt pope,saw his age,where he was from then i was like hey wait,thats matt!LOL.Old high school friend,even have him on facebook ha ha ha.
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no shit? did you go to DSS?
MontrealCity's Most:
I went to shcool and im boys with Brandon reid who use ot be in that organisation.. if you guys remember.
Mo Z. Dizzle:
I went to high school with Jonathan (Jon) D'Aversa; he signed with the Penguins in 2007.
I think he's in the minor league system or something.
The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES:
NEWS:
CODY HODGSON
Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks President & General Manager Mike Gillis announced that the Canucks have reduced their pre-season roster by one player today. The Canucks now have 28 players on their pre-season roster.
The following player has been assigned to the Brampton Battalion of the OHL:
Cody Hodgson, Centre
PETER FORSBERG
Star center Peter Forsberg will be in Denver on Thursday night for the Avalanche's home opener, but it won't be as a player, reports the Denver Post.
Forsberg, 36, will attend Colorado's home opener for the team's tribute to Joe Sakic, who will have his No.19 retired.
The veteran's been trying to make his way back to the NHL, and he appeared to be in excellent shape.
However, he told Swedish reporters yesterday that he has a stress fracture in his right foot.
"I can hardly walk, but it feels OK when I skate," Forsberg said. "I'm going to let this stress fracture heal, but I am not sure that I am ready for the NHL yet. We will see. I will make a decision the next couple of weeks."
Forsberg was originally hoping to make a decision this week, but he'll know wait until the season starts and his foot heals.
The Post suggests the Avs wouldn't be interested in bringing Forsberg back given their current youth movement.
THEOREN FLEURY
CALGARY - Theoren Fleury's career is ending in the same place it began.
The 41-year-old has decided not to try and pursue a comeback with another NHL team, choosing instead to retire as a member of the Calgary Flames.
"I could not sign with another team," he said. "I retire a Calgary Flame."
The Flames released him from a tryout last week.
Fleury was attempting to return to the NHL after a six-year absence and managed to record four points in four pre-season games with Calgary.
But with 14 forwards on one-way contracts, securing a spot as one of the team's top-six forwards proved too much.
Fleury is second on the Flames' all-time scoring list with 830 points in 791 games. Current captain Jarome Iginla leads with 851 points.
Fleury broke into the NHL in the 1988-89 season and won a Stanley Cup with the Flames.
He later cracked the Canadian men's Olympic squad that won a gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002.
The native of Oxbow, Sask., also had NHL stints with the Colorado, the New York Rangers and Chicago.
Fleury will further explain his decision on Off The Record with Michael Landsberg. OTR can be seen on TSN and TSN HD at 6pm et/3pm pt.
ROBERT LANG
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes signed veteran centre Robert Lang to a one-year contract Tuesday.
Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
"We are very pleased to have signed Robert Lang," Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said in a statement. "He provides another veteran presence for our team and is a proven scorer in the National Hockey League."
Lang had 18 goals and 21 assists in 50 games with the Montreal Canadiens last season while making US$4 million. The 38-year-old native of Teplice, Czech Republic has 252 goals and 422 assists in 925 career games with Los Angeles, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, Detroit, Chicago and Montreal.
Lang was originally drafted by Los Angeles in the seventh round (133rd overall) of the 1990 draft.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV
The Atlanta Thrashers have given Maxim Afinogenov a chance to resurrect his NHL career.
The Thrashers signed Afinogenov, 30, to a deal reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constituion to be worth $800,000 US.
Afinogenov has scored 134 goals and 200 assists in 569 NHL games, with 440 penalty minutes, all with the Sabres. He was selected by Buffalo in the third round of the 1997 draft.
After setting career highs with 51 assists and 73 points in 2005-06, Afinogenov's point production dropped in each of the following three seasons.
Atlanta is hoping the right wing can establish chemistry with the likes of fellow Russians Ilya Kovalchuk and Slava Kozlov.
Jaydc555:
I didnt expect hodgson to stick around.I dont know if it was because of the back injury but he looked out of sync.Its lame that he cant go to the moose but its better that he gets more playing time then canucks keeping him and sticking him on a fourth line.
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