In other league news, the Lightning have given GM Steve Yzerman a four-year extension — a powerful statement for a Tampa team that recently locked up a playoff spot despite missing Steven Stamkos for most of the year and trading Martin St. Yzerman's done a great job building up that organization, and it all truly starts with his ultra-savvy deal of Cory Conacher to Ottawa for Ben Bishop.
Conacher's since moved on to the Sabres after being surprisingly waived in early March, while Bishop's turned in a season that should have among the Vezina finalists. But that's far from Yzerman's only accomplishment. Indeed, despite his inaugural first-round pick Brett Connolly looking like a possible bust, he's hit paydirt with low-investment assets like Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson , while the Valtteri Filppula signing is looking like a win. Further, Yzerman has been the beneficiary of development by inherited youngsters like Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn.
All in all, he's built one of the NHL's more complete teams, and it's going to be exciting to see what the Lightning do next year with a presumably healthy Stamkos as well as last year's No.
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Injury News for Teams Playing Tuesday. Taylor Hall , LW, EDM — Hall's absolutely lit on five over Edmonton's last four games, scoring two goals and handing out a spectacular seven assists in that span. Going back, all you find is this guy scoring more and more points — we could talk about him having X points in the last Y games and just keep revising the numbers upward. He's finally living up to his No.
Mikko Koivu , C, MIN — It's been an injury-shortened season — as usual — for Koivu, but after struggling initially following his return from an ankle injury, the Finnich centerman has rallied for 14 points 11 of 'em assists in his last 11 contests.
And hey, he's plus-8 in that span, too. By Rachel Cohen. In a limited time seasonal update, the game has introduced a random nod to Ilya Bryzgalov.
On August 8th the Overwatch team at Blizzard Entertainment launched their summer seasonal event for the Summer Games. Zarya has a new voiceline that seems familiar pic. Universe Ilya Bryzgalov himself.
The idea was first pitched on tumblr by user lord-bilingual and was quickly reblogged countless times on the blogging site. James van Riemsdyk has picked up quite a few nicknames during his year NHL career. The name seems to have been formally given to him by Hayes. Traditionally, the nickname is used for players that skate like they have a piano on their back leaning forward noticeably and laboring in their skating.
The nickname itself is truly incredible. If the Flyers ever adopt personalized goal songs, some Billy Joel better fill the arena every time Lindblom puts one in the net. Next 1 of 2 Prev post. Next: Top 3 Current Flyers Nicknames. More FS Atlantic News ».
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