Forsberg was taken with the 188th pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He had a 2.04 GAA and .933 save percentage in 33 games in Allsvenskan, which is Sweden's second-highest league.
Report: Columbus inks Anton Forsberg
Anton Forsberg | CLM
(May 24, 2013 2:38 PM EDT)
Anton Forsberg has reportedly inked a three-year, entry-level deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Source:
Aaron Portzline on Twitter
Tortorella praises McDonagh's PP efforts
Ryan McDonagh | NYR
(May 24, 2013 2:13 PM EDT)
Rangers coach John Tortorella was very happy with Ryan McDonagh's performance with the man advantage on Thursday.
McDonagh has averaged just 0:42 minutes of power-play ice time in the postseason, but logged 3:32 minutes with the man advantage on Thursday. "I think he helped us on the power play," Tortorella said. "It's me, I screwed that up not using him early enough and I should have." Sounds like McDonagh will also get plenty of power-play ice time on Saturday.
Source:
Dan Rosen on Twitter
Curtis McElhinney signs one-way deal with CBJ
Curtis McElhinney | CLM
(May 24, 2013 1:57 PM EDT)
Curtis McElhinney has agreed to a one-year, one-way deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
It looks like McElhinney will get a chance to serve as the Blue Jackets' backup next season. He had a 2.32 GAA and .923 save percentage in 49 AHL games in 2012-13. The deal is reportedly worth $600,000.
Source:
Aaron Portzline on Twitter
Report: KHL team is pursuing Sergei Bobrovsky
Sergei Bobrovsky | CLM
(May 24, 2013 1:31 PM EDT)
SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League is reportedly willing to pay big money to sign Sergei Bobrovsky.
Bobrovsky is scheduled to become a restricted free agent this summer. Although it's unlikely that Saint Petersburg will succeed in its goal of inking Bobrovsky, this should give the goaltender more leverage when he's negotiating with the Columbus Blue Jackets. It's worth adding that Bobrovsky played for Saint Petersburg during the lockout and had a 1.94 GAA and .932 save percentage in 24 KHL games.
Source:
Slava Malamud on Twitter
Lacroix won't be Lightning assistant in 13-14
Jon Cooper | TB
(May 24, 2013 1:27 PM EDT)
Tampa Bay assistant coach Dan Lacroix will not serve in that role for the 2013-14 campaign.
Lacroix was brought in with former head coach Guy Boucher. Lacroix's contract will expire in June, but he might end up staying within the organization in some other capacity.
Source:
St. Petersburg Times
Richards will likely be scratched again Sat.
Brad Richards | NYR
(May 24, 2013 1:00 PM EDT)
Based on the New York Rangers' morning skate, it looks like Brad Richards will probably be a healthy scratch again on Saturday.
Richards skated with the scratches rather than participate in the Rangers' main practice. Something could still change, but it looks like the Rangers will go with the same lineup that won them Game 4.
Source:
Katie Strang on Twitter
Preds fire longtime athletic trainer Redmond
Barry Trotz | NAS
(May 24, 2013 12:36 PM EDT)
Athletic trainer Dan Redmond has been fired by the Nashville Predators.
Redmond had been with the Predators since their 1998-99 inaugural season. Before that he had worked with coach Barry Trotz for five campaigns with the AHL Portland Pirates. Nashville also recently fired associate coach Peter Horachek and replaced him with Phil Housley.
Source:
The Nashville Tennessean
Ilari Melart signs a one-year deal with CBJ
Ilari Melart | CLM
(May 24, 2013 12:31 PM EDT)
Ilari Melart has agreed to a one-year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but it is an entry-level contract. Melart had 18 points and 80 penalty minutes in 50 SM-liiga games last season. He's 24 and hasn't played professionally in North America before.
Source:
Bluejackets.nhl.com
NHL Awards will be revealed during SCF
Gary Bettman | CLG
(May 24, 2013 12:26 PM EDT)
The 2013 NHL Award winners will be announced on during the Stanley Cup finals.
Usually they're revealed in Las Vegas during an award show, but with the conclusion of the playoffs pushed back due to the lockout, this year will be different. The awards show will run from 7-8 p.m. ET on the day of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. It will be for the Ted Lindsay Award along with the Vezina, Hart, Calder, Norris trophies. The day before that, the NHL will present the other awards at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Source:
NHL.com
Couture: Our 'power play was brutal'
Logan Couture | SJ
(May 24, 2013 11:11 AM EDT)
Logan Couture hated the way the Sharks played with the man advantage on Thursday.
"The power play was brutal," Couture said. "Passes weren't on, guys weren't shooting pucks, breakout was off, timing was off. There's 25 things that were wrong." The Sharks went 0-for-3 on the power play and suffered a 3-0 loss. They have to win Game 6 on Sunday to force a Game 7.
Source:
San Francisco Chronicle