Pre-season news and notes

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3 weeks until camps open

The following is a team-by-team listing of dates and sites for NHL training camps. Included are dates of each team's first on-ice practice and training camp venues.


<TABLE class=statfull><TBODY><TR><TH>Team </TH><TH>Opening Venue</TH><TH>Start Date </TH></TR><TR><TD class=left>Anaheim Ducks</TD><TD class=center>Anaheim Ice - Anaheim, California</TD><TD class=center>September 10</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Atlanta Thrashers</TD><TD class=center>IceForum - Duluth, Georgia</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Boston Bruins</TD><TD class=center>TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, Massachusetts</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Buffalo Sabres</TD><TD class=center>HSBC Arena - Buffalo Sabres</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Calgary Flames</TD><TD class=center>Pengrowth Saddledome - Calgary, Alberta</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Carolina Hurricanes</TD><TD class=center>RBC Arena - Raleigh, North Carolina</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Chicago Blackhawks</TD><TD class=center>United Center - Chicago, Illinois</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Colorado Avalanche</TD><TD class=center>South Suburban Family Sports Center - Centennial, Colorado</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Columbus Blue Jackets</TD><TD class=center>Dispatch Ice Haus - Columbus, Ohio</TD><TD class=center>September 10</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Dallas Stars</TD><TD class=center>Dr. Pepper StarCenter - Frisco, Texas</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Detroit Red Wings</TD><TD class=center>Center Ice Arena - Traverse City, Michigan</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Edmonton Oilers</TD><TD class=center>Rexall Place - Edmonton, Alberta</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Florida Panthers</TD><TD class=center>Bank Atlantic Center - Sunrise, Florida</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Los Angeles Kings</TD><TD class=center>Toyota Sports Center - El Segundo, California</TD><TD class=center>September 10</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Minnesota Wild</TD><TD class=center>Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, Minnesota</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Montreal Canadiens</TD><TD class=center>Sportsplexe 4-Glaces - Pierrefonds, Quebec</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Nashville Predators</TD><TD class=center>Centennial Sportsplex/Sommet Center - Nashville, Tennessee</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>New Jersey Devils</TD><TD class=center>Codey Arena at South Mountain - West Orange, New Jersey</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>New York Islanders</TD><TD class=center>Tim Horton's 4 Ice Center - Moncton, New Brunswick</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>New York Rangers</TD><TD class=center>Training Center - Tarrytown, New York</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Ottawa Senators</TD><TD class=center>Scotiabank Place/Bell SENSplex - Kanata, Ontario</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Philadelphia Flyers</TD><TD class=center>Flyers Skate Zone, Voorhees, New Jersey</TD><TD class=center>September 14</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Phoenix Coyotes</TD><TD class=center>Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, Arizona</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Pittsburgh Penguins</TD><TD class=center>Southpointe ICEOPLEX - Canonsburg, Pennsylvania</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>St. Louis Blues</TD><TD class=center>Scottrade Center - St. Louis, Missouri</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>San Jose Sharks</TD><TD class=center>Sharks Ice at San Jose - San Jose, California</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Tampa Bay Lightning</TD><TD class=center>Ice Sports Forum - Brandon, Florida</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Toronto Maple Leafs</TD><TD class=center>Ricoh Coliseum - Toronto, Ontario</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Vancouver Canucks</TD><TD class=center>Bear Mountain Arena - Victoria, British Columbia</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR><TR><TD class=left>Washington Capitals</TD><TD class=center>Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Arlington, Virginia</TD><TD class=center>September 13</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
A short summer was made even shorter for the defending Stanley Cup champions because of a trip to London, England, to kick off the NHL's 90th season.
Training camps open around the league Thursday and Friday but a few days earlier in southern California. The Anaheim Ducks will hold their medicals Monday and hit the ice Tuesday while the Los Angeles Kings open their camp Monday, the two clubs beating the rest of the league to the ice because of their trip overseas later this month.
The Ducks not only open camp early but without Conn Smythe Trophy winner and captain Scott Niedermayer, who is staying home until he figures out his playing future.
''Obviously there are a lot more distractions at this point on our hockey club this year than there was last year,'' Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle told The Canadian Press. ''We're going to open up three days prior to most clubs.
''We're going to start playing pre-season games right on the 13th (Thursday against Los Angeles). We're going to play seven games in 14 days before we head off to London.''

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The trip is a neat idea by the NHL, which perhaps one day will feel out the rest of Europe for possible expansion. For the two head coaches involved, it means more work, their camps greatly affected as they travel halfway around the world.
''I think it's going to be great and I'm very serious about that,'' insisted Kings head coach Marc Crawford. ''I think this is a great privilege.
''From our standpoint, it's a little bit far to go but, hey, when you're all said and done in this game this will be one of the highlights of it. Going to London and playing the first-ever regular-season game there - you're being a part of something that is going to be special.''
This isn't Crawford's first September across the ocean. His Vancouver Canucks held part of training in Sweden before the 2000-01 season.
''It can be really good,'' Crawford said. ''What I really liked about it that year is that it allowed us to really get our team together.
''And now for us, we'll be away from the 19th to the first (Oct. 1). That's a good amount of time.''
Crawford also likes the fact his team will travel light. Only 25 guys are going to Europe - 14 forwards, eight defencemen and three goalies.
''From that standpoint, I think it'll be good for our group because we'll hopefully come together a little bit quicker,'' he said.
Crawford, though, doesn't have Carlyle's headaches right now. The Ducks open camp just under 14 weeks after sipping champagne from the Cup, and return without their most important player in Niedermayer, not to mention without 48-goal man Teemu Selanne. Life goes on, says Carlyle.
''As coaches, you can't live in the wish world,'' he said. ''You can only deal with what you have.
''We have to move on without them. It's a cruel part of the business. We can't allow these issues to take any focus away from our task at hand.''
The Ducks won't get to ease into the season. A pair of games in London against the rival Kings, Sept. 29-30, sets up a difficult early stretch.
''Then we come back and play Detroit, Columbus and Pittsburgh (on the road) and those are all going to be home openers,'' said Carlyle. ''The reality is, we've been dealt this hand, and we have to accept responsibility.
''But we've got a pretty good hockey club. We feel good about our group.''
 
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 15

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16

Washington at Carolina, 3 p.m.
Nashville at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Florida at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 17

Philadelphia vs. New Jersey, at Trenton, N.J. (Sovereign Bank Arena), 7 p.m.
Atlanta vs. NY Islanders, at North Bay, Ont. (Memorial Gardens), 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 18

Boston vs. NY Islanders, at St. John's, Nfld. (Mile One Stadium), 5:30 p.m.
Ottawa vs. Philadelphia, at London, Ont. (John Labatt Centre), 7 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Calgary vs. Florida, at Saskatoon, Sask. (Credit Union Centre), 9 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19

Montreal vs. NY Islanders, at Moncton, N.B. (Moncton Coliseum), 6 p.m.
Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Toronto, at Winnipeg, Man. (MTS Centre), 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20

Washington at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
New Jersey vs. Boston, at Manchester, N.H. (Verizon Wireless Arena), 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 21

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
NY Islanders at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22

Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Las Vegas, Nev. (MGM Grand), 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 23

Boston vs. Montreal, at Halifax, N.S. (Metro Centre), 3 p.m.
Buffalo at Columbus, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 24

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo vs. Minnesota, at Grand Forks, N.D. (Ralph Engelstad Arena), 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25

Los Angeles vs. Salzburg, at Salzburg, Austria (Eisarena Salzburg), 11:30 a.m.
Chicago at Florida, 12 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26

Los Angeles vs. Farjestad or Davos, at Salzburg, Austria (Eisarena Salzburg), 11:30 a.m. or 2:45 p.m.
NY Islanders vs. New Jersey, at Lowell, Mass. (Paul Tsongas Arena), 7 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27

Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28

NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29

Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
New Jersey vs. NY Islanders at Bridgeport, Conn. (Arena at Harbor Yard), 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 30

NY Islanders at Boston, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Washington, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
 
charvik said:
Sweet!!!

Time to put the spread sheet together for the season!:cheers:
Click to expand...

Here's the spread sheet "beta" for this years "roadfade-system"... I will start a thread when we get closer to opening day.
 
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ana-matt schneider breaks his ankle out at least 4 weeks...

van- roberto loungo takes a puck in the throat during inter-squad game
 
I watched Pittsburgh at Montreal last night. It was surprisingly entertaining with some intensity. Montreal played with only 4 defencemen and won 3-2 in OT, they took the game more seriously than Pittsburgh cause of the home crowd I guess, but their offense was good with lots of speed, Kovalev played great, too bad he wont show up like that every night, when he shows up hes in the top 5 in the NHL. Fleury goaled the whole game and played well too.
 
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LA Kings place goalie Dan Cloutier on waivers....surprise, surprise

they either go with their young goalies or make a pitch for gerber, raycroft, joseph..
 
oops wrong forum.. haha.. sorry guys...
but ya being... from TO i am psyched about this season... and I think the leafs can make it into the playoffs.. but to be honest... they got to blow it up... and start over... this is a mediocre team that is not going anywhere... thats my 2 cents on my home team

and to respond to to buffalo.. i think the kings should sign joseph... he is a vet who can help a young kid out.. and with a decent denfense in front of him... he is still good in my mind
 
The Kings put Cloutier on waivers finally, get rid of that bum hes a cancer to any team I remember the days when he played for my nucks and how much me and my buddies all hated him
 
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Dan Boyle is expected to miss four-to-six weeks after undergoing wrist surgery Sunday.
Boyle got hurt in a freak locker room accident Saturday night after the Lightning's 2-1 preseason loss to Washington. The defenseman was distracted while hanging up his skate. The skate slipped off the hook and hit Boyle in his left wrist, severing three tendons. Boyle, 31, is coming off an impressive regular season in which he played all 82 games, recording 20 goals and 43 assists.
 
The goalie situation in Montreal is interesting. Price, Halak and Huet. Half say let Price play until he earns the number one goalie spot, the other half says until proven otherwise, Huet is the starter and Price must start in Hamilton in the AHL. If Huet cant come out of the gate smoking and carry Montreal into the playoffs, I think theyll trade him before he becomes an unrestricted free agent. As it always is in the land where every promising rookie goalie is expected to be the next Patrick Roy.
 
St. Louis Blues defenceman Jay McKee will be sidelined the next four-to-six weeks due to a fractured bone in his right foot. The injury will not require surgery.
McKee suffered the injury in Wednesday night's 7-0 loss to the Wild in Minnesota. He did not leave the game, logging over 20 minutes of icetime.
The Kingston, Ontario native signed with the Blues as a free agent last season and missed 59 games due to injury.
 
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