- If you're holding onto Jean-Sebastien Giguere thinking he's going to get traded to the Detroit Red Wings, think again. There are a lot of rumors floating around about Giggy getting dealt to Detroit, but unless Brian Rafalski is part of that deal, its simply not possible due to the salary cap. Detroit's front office has also come out and said that they are not interested in Giguere and are happy with what they have in Chris Osgood and Jimmy Howard. However, I do believe that Giguere will get traded at some point this season and be the starter. Jonas Hiller is out playing him right now, putting Giguere on the bench and a $6 mil player can't sit on the bench all season.
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- The Caps gained one Alexander and lost another. Alexander Ovechkin made his return Tuesday night against the Rangers and scored a goal, while Alexander Semin was placed on IR with a injured wrist. Its been a bad year for injuries and its only November.
- Habs winger Brian Gionta will be out of the lineup indefinitely with a broken foot. Its a tough loss for the Montreal and a tough loss for Scott Gomez owners too that were hoping these two would recreate some of their magic from NJ.
- Finally some good news for the Bruins, they'll get their top line center Marc Savard back in the lineup in the very near future. Possibly as early as tonight.
- Now that he's no longer wasting away on the third line, Alex Tanguay is making a big impact for the Lightning. He has 3 goals and 5 assists in 7 games this month and is fitting in nicely next to Steve Stamkos and Martin St Louis.
- Sticking with Tampa Bay, they have an interesting goalie controversy on their hands now. Mike Smith was expected to be the starter, but came out of the gates slow and Antero Niittymaki came in and played fantastic. Smith has just recently started playing well and it'll be interesting to see if coach Tocchet sticks with Nitty or goes back to the guy with the better track record, Smitty.
- Colorado goalie Craig Anderson slumped for a bit earlier this month, but had a strong performance against the Flames on Tuesday night. No one will consider Anderson an elite goalie, but nobody considers Tim Thomas to be an elite goalie either but I'll take the numbers he's put up over the last couple years in a heartbeat.
- Devin Setoguchi is out again with a lower body injury. This lower body injury is said to be different from the one he suffered earlier.
Posted
Nov 19 2009, 06:00 AM
by
Nick Fruscello