Radulov officially introduced in Russia

Salavat Yulaev introducing Alexander Radulov at a press conference. It looks more and more like Radu will not return to the NHL next season. It will be very hard for the Preds to clinch a playoff berth next year, especially with much improved teams like the Hawks and the Oilers.

Sullivan's comeback still unsure

As per Nashville City Paper:

Predators' GM David Poile has chosen to not be overly pessimistic or overly optimistic about the status of forward Steve Sullivan.

“He has been to the doctor,” Poile said. “He is working with his therapist. There has unfortunately not been a lot of change.”

Sullivan has not played in an NHL game since February of 2007. He is already back in Nashville for the season in order for his children to start school this week.

“He remains guardedly optimistic that he will be in camp and be ready for the season. It is a long shot right now.”

My take: Don't bet on Sullivan's return this season as it's been more than 18 months since he last played an NHL game. However, The Preds would certainly welcome him back in their line-up, especially after the Radulov saga.

Leafs sign Nagy False, Where will McCabe go?

There was a report out tonight that the Leafs had signed Ladislav Nagy on thefan590 this is completley false.

Nagy has not signed and is still a UFA.

And finally I wanted to start a "Where do you think McCabe will go subject"

So please when you answer my blog be creative but not outlandish ok lets keep it in the realm of possibility.

I say he ends up on one of the NY Teams I would expect thats someone like Hunter could be a return from the Islanders and maybe Prucha from the Rangers anyways like I said have fun but keep it real.

The Source

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Canadiens jersey for the Centennial

I know it is a little bit off topic guys, but I just watched a NHL 09 hockey video. In this video, the Montreal Canadiens were playing, and I remarked some patches for the Centennial. Are they official? I don't know...but what do you think?

EDIT: Do not care about the equipment, the video is about Be A Pro, so the user were choosing their helmets and stuff.

Predators sign Chet Pickard

The Nashville Predators signed Chet Pickard, on Monday. The Moncton native was the first goalie drafted this year, at the 18th spot. He signed an entry-level contract, but the details are unknown.

He played for the Tri-City Americans in the WHL this season, having league best record 46-12-4. He had a 2.32GAA and a .918 save percentage.

Kings sign Drew Doughty

The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms on a three-year entry-level contract with defenseman Drew Doughty, the club’s first-round choice (second overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Monday.

Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not announced.

Doughty, 18, played in 58 regular season games this past season for Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and recorded 50 points (13-37=50) and 68 penalty minutes.

Doughty will likely make the team since the Kings are very thin on defence after Johnson, Preissing, Gauthier and Greene.

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Trader Cliff Up To Something!

Since July 1 there have been non stop rumors of a "HOMERUN" trade by Cliff Fletcher and now that Bryan McCabe has seemingly agreed to waive things should heat up. You have to look back on the many trades that Cliff is famous for to really get a feel of what this man is capable of.

Lets look here we have the Doug Gilmour trade and then the very criticized Clark for Sundin trade. This is just the tip of the iceberg what is this man really capable of..............................????

Lets look at some of the rumors that are out there that have been bantered about on the internet and on TV.

Patrick Marleau: Lots of these last year and this summer could this be something that is considered

Jay Bouwmeester: Something we have been working on all summer is the Bouwmeester watch this could still be out there.

Jussi Jokinnen and Jeff Halpern: This rumor still hasn't died but with the current speculation of there being no trade to begin with its hard to see it going down.

There are many options and if Cliff puts the right deal on that table there may be a substantial move in the works. Fletcher is famous for this so lets wait and see.

The Source

McCabe rumors false

I would like to appologize I was searching the net and talking to some people and the Lightning although rumored to be interested are not. The source I got the info from had said the he talked to "ERLENDSON" about this and he said they still did.

So I don't know what to believe that was also a typo about the PK specialist I meant to say PP specialist.

Anyways I do appologize for the mix up.

However there is a list with suspected teams to be on there:

NY Rangers
NY Islanders

Those are the 2 major ones we all know. What do you think the other will be?

The Source

Who's left after 5 weeks

Forwards - last team
Sundin, Mats TOR
Shanahan, Brendan NYR
Sakic, Joe COL
Robitaille, Randy OTT
Nagy, Ladislav LA
Smolinski, Bryan MON
Hamilton, Jeff CAR
Selanne, Teemu ANA
Gelinas, Martin NAS
Forsberg, Peter COL
Perreault, Yanic CHI
Lapointe, Martin OTT
Sanderson, Geoff EDM
Yelle, Stephane CGY

Defensemen - last team
Berard, Bryan NYI
Hedican, Bret CAR
Ozolinsh, Sandis SJ
Carney, Keith MIN
Brisebois, Patrice MON
Malik, Marek NYR
Miller, Aaron VAN
Richardson, Luke OTT
Zhitnik, Alexei ATL
Pratt, Nolan BUF
Dallman, Kevin LA

Goalies - last team
Aubin, Jean-Sebastien ANA
Thibault, Jocelyn BUF