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Darren Helm also missed today's practice. He is expected to play tomorrow against Colorado.
Helm has a goal and two points playing primarily on the third line. Unless your league counts hits, he is relatively useless in fantasy hockey.
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Apparently Parise experiment is over. Parise is back at LW. Henrique at C, Kovalchuk at RW.
Parise remains on the top line but has been moved back to the wing. He scored four goals and five points over his first nine games.
Cogliano on left wing with Koivu and Selanne.
Cogliano provides solid, two-way play but only registered a goal and two points over 11 games.
Not that there seemed any doubt, but it is now official: Gabriel Landeskog will spend the rest of the season with the Avalanche.
Landeskog should stick on the second line all season as he continues to wow on the ice.
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I'm not sure, but it looks like Parise could be a center today between Kovalchuk and Palmieri.
Look for Parise to center the second line as coach Pete DeBoer juggles the lines. If Patrick Kane -- a natural center who also converted to wing at the NHL level -- can play a successful pivot for the Blackhawks, Why can't Parise. The Minneapolis, Minnesota scored three goal and four points over his first six games of the season.
Andrew Cogliano, who was tried out in Blake’s spot early in training camp, is expected to grab the veteran’s spot on the second power-play unit.
Look for Cogliano on the second PP unit. WIth 24 career PP, he could do some damage with some talented linemates like Saku Koivu and Bobby Ryan.
The 27-year-old scored his first two goals of the season and anchored a penalty-killing unit that remained perfect as the Devils defeated the Hurricanes 4-2 to earn their first victory of the 2011-12 season.
As a former 45-goal scorer, taking Parise in the second or third round of your draft should prove to be a steal. At this point he's on pace for 82-goals, which is clearly unsustainable, but definitely helps elevate him back into the elite LW options.
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I thought he played well,” McLellan said. “He defended well, and that’s the most important thing. I thought he created some pretty good offensive plays as well in five-on-five situations. He looked much more comfortable on the power play than he did throughout the exhibition season.
Burns was apparently nervous in his first game with the Sharks but still finished with an assist. Look for him to approach career highs in his first season in teal, especially if he develops chemistry with the rest of his linemates.
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The 27-year-old left wing had four preseason games and three weeks of training camp practices to shake off the rust and get used to game speed again. He admits it was a bit of an adjustment coming back after the long layoff.
Parise sounds ready for the regular season following the long layoff. In his last full season he scored 38 goals and 82 points. Look for similar production while manning the top line all season.
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Parise, 27, becomes the ninth captain in Devils’ history. The captaincy had been vacant since Jamie Langenbrunner was traded to Dallas on Jan. 7.
Parise should certainly score more than last years totals where he produced only three goals and six points through 14 games. The Devils hope he remains a big part of their roster and return to the form that saw him score 30+ goals and 80+ points. Look for him to approach those totals, if healthy, over a full season.
With three exhibition games remaining including Wednesday night’s home affair with the Vancouver Canucks, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has essentially made Cogliano his third-line center coming out of training camp.
Cogliano looked more comfortable down the middle over the course of his career. Last year he struggled when moved to the wing but still scored 11 goals and 35 points. He can certainly come near 20 goals over a full season if given the opportunity.
At practice today, No. 92 skated on a line with Paul Stastny and David Jones.
Certainly a good sign for those invested in the 2nd overall pick. Landeskog captained the Kitchener Rangers last season, leading them in goals with 36 and finishing third on the team with 66 points in 53 games. He remains a front-runner for the Calder Memorial Trophy in the preseason.
He’s still just 18, but Landeskog has a man’s body, the demeanor to use it to push opponents off the puck, and the elite skills to create offense. He’s set to play on Colorado’s second line – but easily could jump to the first forward unit – and is a lock to be in the Calder mix all season long.
Last season, the three Calder Trophy finalists scored 30 goals -- which would be a great season for the former Kitchener Ranger. In leagues with deeper rosters, the 18-year-old would definitely make a solid addition to your fantasy roster. The 2011 second overall pick also is a must-have in any dynasty league.
Burns -- the single most significant acquisition of the offseason -- will start camp alongside Marc-Edouard Vlasic, rounding out a top four
Back when the Sharks traded for Burns we argued his lack of value could derive from not playing top-pairing minutes. While we remain highly bullish on the talented Burns, his value will not exponentially rise until he receives those minutes as he essentially upgrades Jason Demers.
Parise said he has had no issues with his knee during his preparation for the upcoming season, though. That preparation included working – as has in past off-seasons – with a power skating coach to improve his stride.
Feel free to draft Parise as the elite left wing he is. In his last full season, Parise netted 38 goals and finished with 82 points. He should be regarded as a third to fourth round pick -- a deep discount from last year's first round price tag.
What I’m hearing on the terms: about $28.75 million total being paid out at a flat $5.75M annually, no front-end loading, no signing bonus.
The Devils and restricted free agent Zach Parise have agreed to a one-year, $6 million contract to avoid Wednesday’s salary arbitration hearing in Toronto.
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that it has signed first-round draft choices Gabriel Landeskog and Duncan Siemens each to three-year, entry-level contracts.
The Ducks and newly-acquired center Andrew Cogliano will avoid arbitration after agreeing Tuesday on a three-year contract worth $7.17 million, according to a report.
Andrew Cogliano traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a 2013 second round pick
What started off as a promising career in Edmonton has ended with a whimper for Cogliano. Inconsistency and erratic ice time plagued the pivot during his time in Edmonton. It remains to be seen how the Ducks will use him, but there is some fantasy potential here in deeper leagues.
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