TSN Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, and Pierre LeBrun have the
latest on available players on the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres, if
moving Dave Bolland is a possibility for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and
Steven Stamkos Olympics situation.
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Islanders, the thought was he has to be moved. Is a deal imminent? Pierre
LeBrun: Its not imminent but it could happen before the end of the week, of
course we have an Olympic trade freeze Friday at 3pm et. In a perfect world the
Islanders would look to divest themselves of that big salary of Vaneks so they
dont carry it through the Olympics. But that same big cap number is why some of
the contenders – and we know that Los Angeles and Pittsburgh have some interest
in Vanek – cant deal yet as they are right at the cap. So it makes this deal
difficult before the Olympic freeze. To get Vanek, the asking price is three
assets: any combination of a first-round pick, a young player, and a prospect.
Whatever the combination, Islanders GM Garth Snow is trying to get his big haul
here because we know how much he gave up to get Vanek at the start of the
season. Bob McKenzie: The Islanders also have another asset in play in
defenceman Andrew MacDonald. Heres a guy that is going to unrestricted free
agency at the end of the season, hes only making $550,000 right now, but he
leads the NHL in blocked shots. And for the last two seasons hes been the
minutes leader for the Islanders. There has been a lot of interest in this
player. The Islanders could do a deal with him, maybe between $4 million and $5
million a year, which would be a huge increase on what hes currently making, but
the Islanders have lots of young defencemen coming and lots of teams are
calling. MacDonalds name is definitely in play. And is one of Thomas Vaneks
ex-teammates also drawing interest? McKenzie: That would be Steve Ott of the
Buffalo Sabres. We all know that Matt Moulson has been drawing interest, with
upwards of a double digit number of teams inquiring about Moulsons availability
by the deadline. But Ott is attracting that much, if not more attention than
Moulson. Obviously keep an eye on the Sabres, theyre at the bottom of the league
and ready to offload people. In addition to Ott and Moulson there is the
Ryan Miller scenario playing out but also Henrik Tallinder is another guy who
could be moved as well as Drew Stafford and Cody McCormick. Dave Bolland hasnt
played since November 2. Is he still in play? Darren Dreger: Hes an unrestricted
free agent at the end of the year, so Dave Nonis and the Toronto Maple Leafs are
going to have to figure out what option they want to pursue with Bolland. There
are three of them: No. 1 is theyll negotiate relatively soon and find out what
his number would be to avoid free agency. No. 2 is if they dont like the number
at this stage in the season, they wait and use him as their own rental to push
for the playoffs. No. 3, which isnt anywhere near as likely as No.1 but is
certainly an option, is to trade Bolland if you know that a deal isnt likely to
be made. By all accounts, everything is going to plan for Steven Stamkos. His
plan is to play Saturday and then make a decision with Team Canada at that
point. What is Team Canada doing to manage the situation if Stamkos cant go?
Dreger: First of all, there are a couple hurdles Canada has to get by. No. 1:
they want to find out what Wednesdays test results are medically speaking on
Stamkos. Either way, expect Team Canada GM Steve Yzerman to reach out to at
least a couple, as many as four or five, of the replacement players –
Claude Giroux, James Neal, Eric Staal, Martin St. Louis – to put them on
standby. Then you look to Saturday and if Stamkos is able to play against the
Detroit Red Wings, then thats a great sign. Obviously theyll monitor how he
feels post-game, then theyll make the decision as to whether he or somebody else
gets on the Sunday charter flight. LeBrun: And theres a Stamkos-like situation
playing out in Minnesota, obviously not getting as much attention. Mikko Koivu,
the best player on the Finnish Olympic team, may not be able to play. This thing
is going down to the wire. We know one thing, hes not going to play for the Wild
this week. He hasnt played in a month after ankle surgery. Hes still recovering
and skated on Tuesday, having felt better than he has in a couple days. But at
the end of the day, be it Friday or Saturday, Koivu has to get together with
Minnesota team doctors and the Finnish Olympic team to make a call on whether or
not hes fit to play in the Olympics. That would be a gigantic loss for Finland.
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too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise
record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and
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Once Felix Hernandez tweaked his back, the whole game took an odd twist.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run double, Lyle Overbay delivered a tiebreaking
sacrifice fly and the New York Yankees rallied in the seventh inning after King
Felix was forced to make an early exit, beating Seattle 4-3 Tuesday night. "It
was hard luck," Hernandez said. The Mariners ace was in the midst of another top
outing at Yankee Stadium, outpitching CC Sabathia in the first matchup between
the former Cy Young Award winners and taking a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning.
But with a runner on first and one out, Hernandez fielded a soft comebacker by
Curtis Granderson in front of the mound, quickly pivoted and snapped a throw to
second base for a forceout. The swift play, however, came with a price.
Hernandez twice kicked his left leg near the mound, trying to get loose, and
seemed to say "ouch" a few times. Not a significant setback, yet enough to cause
concern. "He was feeling it," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. Wedge and a
trainer visited Hernandez and left him in. Overbay followed with an RBI double
that made it 3-1. After a walk and an inning-ending fly ball, Hernandez was
pulled. "Im going to be fine," said Hernandez, adding hed treat his back with
ice. "Nothing serious." Wedge said Hernandez, whos dealt with a stiff back this
season, wanted to pitch the seventh. "I didnt want to take any chances," Wedge
said. "Under any other circumstances, Im sending him out there. And I wanted to
send him out there." Hernandez allowed one earned run and five hits, and leads
the AL with a 1.53 ERA. "We had some chances off him, but he basically did what
he usually does. He gets people out when they get on. He even gets better,"
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Sabathia, who had won his last eight starts
against Seattle, struck out 10 in 6 1-3 innings while giving up 10 hits. Raul
Ibanez hit a two-run homer for Seattle in his return to Yankee Stadium.
Granderson came off the disabled list and went 0 for 3 with a walk in his season
debut. Down 3-1, the Yankees rallied for three runs in the seventh to win for
the seventh time in eight games. Mariners reliever Yoervis Medina gave up a
leadoff single to Chris Nelson, who went to second on a wild pitch. Charlie
Furbush (0-2) entered with one out and walked Brett Gardner before Cano tied it
with his double off the base of the wall in right-centre.
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was intentionally walked, Granderson walked to load the bases and Overbay hit a
sac fly to centre that put the Yankees ahead. Shawn Kelley (2-0) got two outs in
the seventh. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth to remain perfect in 16 save
chances this season. Granderson broke his right forearm in his first at-bat of
spring training, and the public-address announcer said "Welcome back" when
introducing the starting lineups. Granderson was the first of the injured
Yankees stars to return to the team. Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Alex
Rodriguez still havent played this year. "It was like another opening day.
Nerves coming into it since its the first game of the 2013 season, to be here in
Yankee Stadium since the first time last season, and all those different things
ran through in terms of emotions and excitement," Granderson said. Ibanez got a
nice ovation before the game from fans who remembered his clutch homers last
October for the Yankees -- when he connected this time, the crowd responded with
a mix of boos and calls of "Ra-uuuul." Hernandez was involved in a weird play in
the fourth when he ran over to cover first base on Overbays grounder to the
right side. Hernandez was called for obstruction -- and charged with an error --
when Overbay ran into him near the bag as first baseman Kendrys Morales took the
throw from second baseman Robert Andino for an apparent out. "I was in the
middle," Hernandez said. Wedge said he argued Overbay was already out before the
obstruction occurred. On a groundball, "it doesnt matter if the runner is 89
feet away when he gets obstructed or he is 1 inch away. If he is obstructed
before first base, the ball is dead and he is awarded first base," umpire Hunter
Wendelstedt said. Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third on Kyle Seagers double.
NOTES: The Mariners committed two errors in a game for the first time this
season. C Kelly Shoppach made a wild throw to first, trying to get Nelson when
he struck out and reached on a wild pitch in the third. ... DH Travis Hafner was
out of the Yankees lineup because of a sore right shoulder. Girardi said Hafner
would have an MRI and get a couple days off as a precaution.
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