Latest on Carey Price, Zach Parise, Erik Karlsson, Jonathan Huberdeau, Pascal Dupuis and more in your NHL morning coffee headline.
Hockey Hall of Fame inductions.
NHL.com: Check out the Hockey Hall of Fame induction speeches of Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger, Sergei Fedorov, Phil Housley, Peter Karmanos, Jr., Angela Ruggiero and Bill Hay.
ESPN.COM: Pierre LeBrun lists Eric Lindros, Dave Andreychuk, Jeremy Roenick, Mark Recchi, Sergei Zubov, Pierre Turgeon, Alex Mogilny and Theo Fleury among possible inductees for next year’s HHoF class.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: I definitely believe Lindros and Roenick should be inducted next season. A strong case can be made for the others on LeBrun’s list.
Notable NHL Headlines.
Coyotes winger Mikkel Boedker scores in overtime against the Ducks.
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC: Mikkel Boedker scored in overtime to give the Arizona Coyotes a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in last night’s only NHL game. Coyotes rookie Max Domi sniped his first two-goal game of his NHL career while fellow rookie Anthony Duclair also scored to snap a seven-game pointless streak.
NHL.COM: Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane, Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin and Montreal Canadiens goaltender Mike Condon are your NHL three stars of the week.
OTTAWA SUN: Senators captain Erik Karlsson has yet to score his first goal of this season. He does has 12 assists in 14 games.
MIAMI HERALD: Florida Panthers winger Jonathan Huberdeau is also mired in an early-season scoring slump.
CSNPHILLY.COM: Despite the stellar play of backup Michal Neuvirth, Steve Mason remains the Philadelphia Flyers’ starting goalie.
TRIBLIVE.COM: Winger Pascal Dupuis returned to Pittsburgh Penguins practice after missing two games over symptoms he feared could be related to a blood clot. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case. Dupuis missed most of last season because of a blood clot in his chest.
TSN: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman maintains there’s no timetable for the league to reach a decision on future Olympic participation or expansion.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: NHL general managers will meet today to discuss three-on-three play in overtime plus coach’s challenges for goaltender interference and offside plays.
NHL Injury Report.
MONTREAL GAZETTE: Canadiens goaltender Carey Price (lower-body injury) is in the United States for a medical evaluation of his current condition.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: No word on the severity of Price’s condition, which has sparked speculation of a torn muscle. Canadiens coach Michel Therrien initially said they didn’t expect the injury to be serious, projecting Price’s return in a week. That was over a week ago. Fortunately for the Habs, backup Mike Condon was stellar in Price’s absence last week, earning the NHL’s third star of the week.
TWINCITIES.COM: The Minnesota Wild will be without left wing Zach Parise (knee injury) for at least another five games.
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE: Lightning winger Ondrej Palat (lower-body injury) is expected to miss between three-to-five weeks.
Other Notable Hockey News.
HOKEJ.CZ: Former NHL defenseman Martin Skoula has announced his retirement. The 36-year-old Skoula played 10 seasons in the NHL, netting 196 points in 776 NHL games. He won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001. He spent four seasons in the KHL and played 10 games last season with the Czech club Liberec. (Stick tap to Alexander Wirdzek).
NEWSDAY: If New York Islanders fans have $500.00, they can afford to buy a pair of seats from the Nassau Coliseum.
TSN: One day after the Flint Firebirds players quit in protest over the firing of their coaches, the team has rehired the coaches and the players ended their holdout.
Zubov had a pretty incredible career really some where over 1000 games easily over 700 points 2 cups first of the Russians with his name on the cup…no brainer really.
Lindros is a borderline case to me and I would lean towards NO. He was a dominating player but for too short of a time. If he didn’t get injured I believe he surely would have gotten in but he did get hurt. I guess when you play junior hockey and you 5 inches taller than everyone else it’s ok to skate with your head down. I don’t have a problem with him getting in but all of sudden every hockey writer is acting like it’s a no brainer. He came into the league in a era where guys were still scoring 60 and 70 goals and he didn’t even finish his career with 375 goals. Yes, it was due to injuries but that is part of the game.
Roenick is a no brainer. If you look at numbers alone Mogilny may get there but you would never get me to vote for him. A guy that half assed it most nights isn’t the definition of a HOFer to me. He had two really strong years that padded his goal numbers.
Eh not sure you could be right about Mogilny but its kind of tough to say, even when he 2as at his best he made it look very easy, kind effortless. Sometimes its tough with that type of player to tell if he is loafing around the ice or if thats just the type of talent he has, Kovalev would be another example, Lary Murphy another.
I don’t doubt his skill level, just his effort. I have to double check but I believe about a quarter of his goal total came from 2 seasons.
Yeah Shticky, he had 473 goals and 131 of those came in 2 seasons.
These debates over past players and hall of famers are always fun because really no one is right or wrong in them I guess justlets us geezers sound off about back in the day lol.
Anyway ya I understand what you are saying but over 1000 points in 990 games and 8 seasons over 30 goals is pretty elite company. Id put him in before Lindross.
My picks for next year hall of fame
1)Dave Andreychuk, 600 plus goals, Stanley Cup
2)Mark Ricche, 1,500 plus points, 3 Stanley Cups
3)Chris Osgood, 400 plus wins, 3 Stanley Cups. One of the most underrated goalies.
Eric Lindros does not belong, he never won a championship and his career was way too short