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Cam Janssen snd Matt Taormina will sit for Devils
Taormina is once again a healthy scratch. The AHL All Star has three assists over his 12 games played.
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Matt Taormina will sit out for Devils today
The rookie has three assists through 12 games. With the Devils blue line fully healthy, he will need to earn his playing time.
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Taormina in.
Taormina draws back into the lineup. He has two assists through eight games.
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Taormina will sit in his place.
The rookie takes a seat with everyone healthy. He has two assists over eight games.
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Taormina in for Urbom tonight.
Taormina gets back into the lineup after getting scratched last night. He has an assist in three games.
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Urbom-Taormina
With Kurtis Foster in the lineup and both Henrik Tallinder and Anton Volchenkov healthy, Taormina becomes a healthy scratch. He registered an assist over three games with a plus-2 rating.
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Taormina-Larsson
The two rookies will be paired together tonight. Taormina already has an assist in two games. Expect him to get a healthy look on the power play as well.
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Bryce Salvador is with Matt Taormina
After only one game, Taormina draws into the top four. The offensive defender has a chance to stick in the lineup as the team could use more pressure from their blue line.
Urbom and Taormina will play.
Taormina made a splash on the Devils last season before suffering a season-ending injury. The offensive defender could earn a look on the power play as well under new coach Pete DeBoer.
Call up / Send down
The Devils have recalled defensemen Matt Taormina and Alex Urbom from Albany fof the AHL.
The offensive defender scored four goals and 12 points over 23 games.
Call up / Send down
Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said defenseman Alex Urbom, goalie Keith Kinkaid and defenseman Matt Taormina have been assigned to Albany (AHL).
No immediate fantasy hockey value in the AHL.
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“This was the first time I skated in four days,” Taormina said. “I woke up yesterday and felt 100 percent, but it was (a day off). So, they wanted me to come out (today) and stretch out everything and give it a test to see how it is and I felt good to practice. I felt good.”
With Mark Fraser on waivers, Taormina may have earned a spot on the team's blue line. Last season, Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to an ankle injury. The offensive-minded defenseman fits into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
Defensemen Bryce Salvador and Matt Taormina were the ice early skating today before the Devils’ practice and remained out there when the rest of the players took the ice about 20 minutes later..
Both players not practicing with the full team indicates they are not ready for game action. Last season, Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to an ankle injury. The offensive-minded defenseman fits into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
DeBoer said defenseman Matt Taormina didn’t skate at all today, but didn’t get more specific on his injury, which he sustained in Wednesday’s controlled scrimmage.
No further news on the extent of his injury but it certainly does not help his chances of making the team. Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to the aforementioned ankle injury. Regardless, the offensive-minded defenseman fit into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
There are 11 forwards and six defensemen on the ice for this practice and the Devils say Matt Taormina has an upper-body injury, so based on that, here is their unofficial lineup tonight.
No further news on the extent of his injury but it certainly does not help his chances of making the team. Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to the aforementioned ankle injury. Regardless, the offensive-minded defenseman fit into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
Taormina was in a similar position a year ago, when he came out of almost nowhere to make the team in camp.
Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to the aforementioned ankle injury. With Adam Larsson and Bryce Salvador expected to make the team, he could start the season in the pressbox or AHL. Regardless, the offensive-minded defenseman fit into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
Lamoriello said Taormina is “100 percent healthy” following ankle surgery in Januaary (he demonstrated that at the prospects camp in July) and has been skating and working out in New Jersey all summer.
Taormina scored three goals to go along with five points in 17 games before missing the rest of the season to the aforementioned ankle injury. With Adam Larsson and Bryce Salvador expected to make the team, he could start the season in the pressbox or AHL. Regardless, the offensive-minded defenseman fit into the team's system and should be a player to watch for in the future.
"I've been skating since the season ended but it was good to get on. It's (his left ankle) holding up. I feel just as good as I did before it happened," Taormina reported.
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