Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:39 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/ click here to return to the en-us http://mudbugsinsider.com/images/logo.gif http://mudbugsinsider.com/ billabre@msn.com http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9659 While negotiations with Joe Thornton are just getting started, GM Doug Wilson and the Sharks are close to signing restricted free agent Devin Setoguchi to a contract that will most likely be a one-year deal. Both sides are optimistic it could happen in the next week. In just his second year in the NHL, Setoguchi scored 31 goals. Last season, he had 20 goals in 70 games, along with five goals in the playoffs. Read Full Article From: sportingnews.com... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:39 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9658 Los Angeles Kings defenceman Matt Greene will be out for about three months after having surgery on his left shoulder. Kings spokesman Mike Kalinowski said Thursday that Greene recently had surgery to fix several minor problems in his shoulder. Greene's recovery likely will keep him out of uniform through the start of the regular season Oct. 9. Read Full Article From: cbc.ca... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:56:46 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9657 Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman expects to learn on Saturday whether his salary cap-squeezed team will be able to keep restricted free agent goaltender Antti Niemi(notes) of Finland. After Bowman and Niemi’s agent, Bill Zito, were unable to reach contract terms for the 26-year-old, the case advanced to an arbitration hearing Thursday in Toronto. Read Full Article From: sports.yahoo.com... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:49:34 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9656 The Quad-City Mallards roster grew by two Thursday with the announced signings of rookie forwards Nick DeCroo and Jason Dolgy. Still missing is the veteran presence the Mallards might need to contend in their first Central Hockey League season. Read Full Article From: qctimes.com... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:56:53 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9655 Ladd avoids arbitration, signs one-year deal with Thrashers Forward Andrew Ladd, a member of the Stanley-Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks who was traded to Atlanta on July 1, has settled on a 1-year, $2.35 million contract with the Thrashers, thus avoiding arbitration. The 24-year-old native of Maple Ridge, B.C. had 17 goals and 21 assists for the Hawks last season, putting up three goals and three assists in the post-season en route to the championship. Read Full Article From: tsn.ca... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:11:56 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9654 Sabres' forward Kennedy awarded one-year deal Buffalo Sabres forward Tim Kennedy was awarded a US$1-million, one-year contract by an arbitrator on Thursday, two days after his hearing was held in Toronto. As a rookie last season, the 24-year-old Kennedy made $635,000 while collecting 26 points in 78 games in a defensive role for Buffalo. Read Full Article From: tsn.ca... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:04:25 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9653 Fans of the Bloomington Prairie Thunder have a lot to talk about these days. A consolidation of leagues, a new GM and player re-signings has sparked mostly positive reaction as the team’s fifth season approaches. For the third time in the franchise’s brief history, the Prairie Thunder will play in a new league. The team was originally a member of the United Hockey League, which became the International Hockey League a year later. Read Full Article From: prohockeynews.com... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:08:20 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9652 The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced Thursday that they have re-signed forward Neil Trimm for the 2010-11 season. Trimm is entering his third professional season and his second with the Bucks. Last season Trimm, a native of Westmeath, Ontario, put up 30 points (14-16=30) in 43 games for the Bucks. Trimm picked up six points on the power-play (2-4=6), had two shorthanded assists and two game-winning goals last season while missing 21 games due to injuries. In the 2010 playoffs Trimm had four points (3-1=4) in the Bucks seven-game series loss to Allen. Read Full Article From: laredobucks.net... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:57:42 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9651 Veteran coach Kevin McClelland is tough and old school so he doesn't gush, but he came awfully close when talking about newly signed Matt Hubbauer, a speedy center expected to be an impact player for the Wichita Thunder. McClelland went so far as to call Hubbauer "unbelievable" before adding that he didn't want to go overboard with the praise. Read Full Article From: kansas.com... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:04 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9650 The latest player name to be announced by the Mississippi RiverKings of the Central Hockey League (CHL) will be a familiar one for fans of the team, as the RiverKings today (July 29th, 2010) have announced the signing of goaltender Larry Sterling to the team's roster for the 2010-2011 CHL regular season. Sterling becomes the eighth signed player announcement for the upcoming season roster and the first goaltender announced by the RiverKings. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:22:13 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9649 The Atlanta Thrashers have re-signed restricted free agent forward Ben Eager, according to General Manager Rick Dudley. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Eager, 26, appeared in 60 games with the Chicago Blackhawks last season, earning 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) and a team-leading 120 penalty minutes. He added three points (one goal, two assists) in 18 post-season contests, while capturing the 2010 Stanley Cup Championship. Read Full Article From: thrashers.nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:55:07 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9648 When THN did our “Best of the Decade” issue earlier this year, right winger Darren Haydar was named the American League's top player from the past 10 years. When asked for a comment, Haydar noted he would have preferred not to be eligible — after all, his goal was to be an NHLer. But even after an insane college career at the University of New Hampshire (61 points as a freshman, 76 as a senior) and some amazing AHL campaigns (75 points as a rookie pro with Milwaukee in 2002-03; 122 points for the Chicago Wolves in '06-07, the 5-foot-9, 170-pound Haydar only suited up for 23 NHL games total in several stints with Nashville, Atlanta and Colorado, notching eight points in the process. Read Full Article From: msn.foxsports.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:34:55 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9647 The Washington Capitals have acquired left wing D.J. King from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for prospect Stefan Della Rovere, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. King, 26, is a 6’3”, 230-pound veteran of 101 NHL games. The Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, native has posted nine points (four goals, five assists) and 185 penalty minutes in his time with the Blues. Read Full Article From: capitals.nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:28:10 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9646 The Senators appear to be giving Pascal Leclaire every chance to take the No. 1 role in Ottawa's crease this season after hiring Rick Wamsley as goaltending coach on Wednesday. Wamsley, a 51-year-old native of Simcoe, Ont., joins the organization after spending the past four years with St. Louis, most recently as the interim coach of the Blues' American Hockey League affiliate in Peoria. Read Full Article From: cbc.ca... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:22:31 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9645 The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) today announced that defensemen Jake Obermeyer and Kyle Radke have signed with the team for the 2010-11 season. Obermeyer, 25, joins the Killer Bees after playing his rookie pro season as a member of the Amarillo Gorillas (CHL) last season. “Coach Brooks called me right after I heard the Gorillas would not be playing this year,” Obermeyer explained. Read Full Article From: centralhockeyleague.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:12:23 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9644 The Ducks have signed defenseman Cam Fowler to a three-year entry-level contract. Per club policy, no terms of the deal were disclosed. Fowler was selected by the Ducks in the first round (12th overall) of this year's NHL Entry Draft. Fowler, 18 (12/6/91), collected 8-47=55 points with a +38 rating and 14 penalty minutes (PIM) in 55 games with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2009-10. Read Full Article From: ducks.nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:08:36 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9643 Antti Niemi's future in Chicago remains in question as the clock ticks down to his scheduled arbitration hearing. The fact that the Blackhawks and Niemi still haven't hammered out a deal to keep the Stanley Cup-winning goalie in the Windy City likely means the two sides will meet before an arbitrator Thursday morning in a Toronto hotel conference room, where Niemi will be awarded a contract that the team can choose to accept or reject. The two sides reportedly exchanged their respective briefs and filed them to the arbitrator on Tuesday, per CBA rules. Read Full Article From: nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:59:07 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9642 The Chicago Blackhawks have re-signed left wing Bryan Bickell to a three-year contract and right wing Jack Skille to a one-year contract. Bickell, 23, posted career-bests with three goals and four points in a career-high 16 regular-season games with the Blackhawks during the 2009-10 season. Overall, the Bowmanville, Ontario, native has notched five goals, six points and nine penalty minutes in 23 career regular-season tilts with the Blackhawks over parts of three seasons (2006-07; 2007-08 and 2009-10). Read Full Article From: blackhawks.nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:21:33 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9641 The Colorado Eagles announced today that they have signed goaltender Tim Boron, bringing back a member of their last championship team. Boron was the winning goalie in the President's Cup-clinching Game 6 victory in 2007. Since leaving the Eagles after that season, the netminder has split time among four teams in the ECHL and CHL. Read Full Article From: coloradoeagles.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:14:45 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9640 The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed defenseman Anton Stralman to a one-year contract, General Manager Scott Howson announced July 28. As is club policy, terms were not disclosed. Stralman, who turns 24 on August 1, tallied six goals and 28 assists for 34 points with 37 penalty minutes in 73 games with the Blue Jackets last season, leading club defensemen in assists and points and ranking second in goals and time on ice (20:29). Read Full Article From: bluejackets.nhl.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:57:45 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9639 The back-and-forth war of words between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins saw the latter toss down the latest gauntlet on Tuesday as Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot lit into Washington’s star winger Alexander Ovechkin. During what was supposed to be a promotional event in Pittsburgh for the 2011 NHL Winter Classic between the Pens and Caps at Heinz Field on New Year’s Day, Talbot said he was glad Ovechkin “wasn’t here.” Read Full Article From: montrealgazette.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:32:32 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9638 Question: Who was the last Maple Leaf to hoist the Stanley Cup? Answer: Kris Versteeg. Okay, so he wasn’t a Maple Leaf when he won the Cup. But Versteeg had already been traded to the Leafs by the Chicago Blackhawks before he got to spend his day, July 3, in Lethbridge, Alta., with the chalice. Read Full Article From: thestar.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:25:40 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9637 Rapid City Rush head coach Joe Ferras and general manager Tim Hill have no problem with 16 of the 18 Central Hockey League teams qualifying for the playoff run to the championship. The more the merrier, they say. Read Full Article From: rapidcityjournal.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:16:33 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9635 Frank Anzalone isn't putting the whole band back together, but three more returning Quad-City Mallards could help supply the club the nucleus it lacked while starting over at the Double-A level a year ago. The Mallards on Wednesday announced the returns of veteran defenseman Ryan Palmer and second-year players Brandon Marino, a right winger, and Shane Lovdahl, also a defenseman. Read Full Article From: qctimes.com... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:02:27 -0400 http://mudbugsinsider.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9634 The Washington Capitals and forward Tomas Fleischmann have come to terms on a one-year contract agreement, the club announced on Tuesday. Financial terms were not released. The restricted free agent earned $725,000 US last season and had filed for salary arbitration, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Read Full Article From: cbc.ca... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:31:32 -0400