NHL: Yearbook Update Line Combos
Line Juggling (updated 10.02.07)
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by Iain Morrell
An update on potential line combinations for opening night…
ANAHEIM
Chris Kunitz - Andy McDonald - Corey Perry
Todd Bertuzzi - Ryan Getzlaf - Bobby Ryan
Travis Moen - Todd Marchant - Rob Niedermayer
George Parros - Mark Mowers - Brad May
Sean O'Donnell - Chris Pronger
Francois Beauchemin - Shane Hnidy
Joe DiPenta - Kent Huskins
Max Kondratiev
Ilja Bryzgalov
Jonas Hiller
INJURED: C-Samuel Pahlsson, D-Mathieu Schneider, G-Jean Giguere
SUSPENDED: D-Scott Niedermayer
ATLANTA
Vyacheslav Kozlov - Bobby Holik - Marian Hossa
Ilya Kovalchuk - Todd White - Brett Sterling
Eric Perrin - Bryan Little - Pascal Dupuis
Eric Boulton - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn
Alexei Zhitnik - Niclas Havelid
Garnet Exelby - Ken Klee
Tobias Enstrom - Steve McCarthy
Mark Popovic
Kari Lehtonen
Johan Hedberg
INJURED: F-Brad Larsen
BOSTON
Peter Schaefer - Marc Savard - Glen Murray
Marco Sturm - Patrice Bergeron - Chuck Kobasew
P.J. Axelsson - David Krejci - Phil Kessel
Milan Lucic - Glen Metropolit - Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara - Aaron Ward
Andrew Alberts - Andrew Ference
Mark Stuart - Dennis Wideman
Bobby Allen
Manny Fernandez
Tim Thomas
SPARES: F-Jeremy Reich, F-Brandon Bochenski
BUFFALO
Thomas Vanek - Derek Roy - Maxim Afinogenov
Jochen Hecht - Tim Connolly - Jason Pominville
Dan Paille - Paul Gaustad - Drew Stafford
Mike Ryan - Adam Mair - Andrew Peters
Henrik Tallinder - Brian Campbell
Jaroslav Spacek - Toni Lydman
Dmitri Kalinin - Nathan Paetsch
Ryan Miller
Jocelyn Thibault
INJURED: F-Ales Kotalik, D-Teppo Numminen
CALGARY
Alex Tanguay - Craig Conroy - Jarome Iginla
Kristian Huselius - Daymond Langkow - Matthew Lombardi
Mark Smith - Stephane Yelle - Marcus Nilson
Wayne Primeau - Warren Peters - Eric Godard
Dion Phaneuf - Cory Sarich
Adrian Aucoin - Robyn Regehr
Rhett Warrener - Anders Eriksson
David Hale
Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
INJURED: F- Owen Nolan, F-David Moss
CAROLINA
Ray Whitney - Rod Brind'Amour - Justin Williams
Cory Stillman - Eric Staal - Erik Cole
Andrew Ladd - Matt Cullen - Scott Walker
Trevor Letowski - Jeff Hamilton - Craig Adams
Bret Hedican - Mike Commodore
Niclas Wallin - Tim Gleason
Glen Wesley - Frantisek Kaberle
Dennis Seidenberg
Cam Ward
John Grahame
INJURED: F-Chad LaRose
CHICAGO
Sergei Samsonov - Robert Lang - Martin Havlat
Tuomo Ruutu - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Kane
Patrick Sharp - Yanic Perreault - Jason Williams
Rene Bourque - Kevyn Adams - Martin Lapointe
Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Jim Vandermeer - James Wisniewski
Brent Sopel - Magnus Johansson
Nikolai Khabibulin
Patrick Lalime
INJURED: Andrei Zyuzin
COLORADO
Ryan Smyth - Joe Sakic - Milan Hejduk
Jaroslav Hlinka - Paul Stastny - Andrew Brunette
Wojtek Wolski - Tyler Arnason - Ian Laperriere
Wyatt Smith - Ben Guite - Marek Svatos
Scott Hannan - Brett Clark
Karlis Skrastins - John-Michael Liles
Kurt Sauer - Jordan Leopold
Jeff Finger
Peter Budaj
Tyler Weiman
INJURED: F-Brad Richardson, G-Jose Theodore
SPARES: F-Scott Parker
COLUMBUS
Rick Nash - Sergei Fedorov - David Vyborny
Jason Chimera - Jiri Novotny - Nikolai Zherdev
Fredrik Modin- Manny Malhotra - Gilbert Brule
Jody Shelley - Danny Fritsche - Jared Boll
Rostislav Klesla - Duvie Westcott
Jan Hejda - Adam Foote
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen - Kris Russell
Ron Hainsey
Fredrik Norrena
Pascal Leclaire
INJURED: F-Michael Peca
DALLAS
Brenden Morrow - Mike Modano - Antti Miettinen
Niklas Hagman - Jussi Jokinen - Jere Lehtinen
Joel Lundqvist - Jeff Halpern - Loui Eriksson
Steve Ott - Stu Barnes - Brad Winchester
Trevor Daley - Sergei Zubov
Mattias Norstrom - Stephane Robidas
Matt Niskanen - Philippe Boucher
Nolan Baumgartner
Marty Turco
Mike Smith
INJURED: F-Mike Ribeiro, D-Nicklas Grossman
DETROIT
Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Tomas Holmstrom
Jiri Hudler - Henrik Zetterberg - Mikael Samuelsson
Dan Cleary - Valtteri Filppula - Kris Draper
Dallas Drake - Tomas Kopecky - Kirk Maltby
Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski
Niklas Kronwall - Andreas Lilja
Brett Lebda - Chris Chelios
Derek Meech
Dominik Hasek
Chris Osgood
INJURED: D-Kyle Quincey
EDMONTON
Dustin Penner - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky
Raffi Torres - Jarret Stoll - Robert Nilsson
Geoff Sanderson - Andrew Cogliano - Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Ethan Moreau - Sam Gagner - Kyle Brodziak
Joni Pitkanen - Steve Staios
Sheldon Souray - Matt Greene
Dick Tarnstrom - Tom Gilbert
Denis Grebeshkov
Dwayne Roloson
Mathieu Garon
INJURED: F-Fernando Pisani, D-Mathieu Roy
FLORIDA
Richard Zednik- Olli Jokinen - Ville Peltonen
Rostislav Olesz - Stephen Weiss - Nathan Horton
David Booth - Jozef Stumpel - Radek Dvorak
Gregory Campbell - Brett McLean - Rob Globke
Bryan Allen - Jay Bouwmeester
Ruslan Salei - Mike Van Ryn
Branislav Mezei - Cory Murphy
Noah Welch
Tomas Vokoun
Craig Anderson
INJURED: D-Steve Montador
LOS ANGELES
Mike Cammalleri - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Brown
Alexander Frolov - Derek Armstrong - Kyle Calder
Ladislav Nagy - Michal Handzus - John Zeiler
Raitis Ivanans - Brady Murray - Patrick O'Sullivan
Lubomir Visnovsky - Rob Blake
Brad Stuart - Tom Preissing
Jaroslav Modry - Jack Johnson
Kevin Dallman
Jonathan Bernier
Jason LaBarbera
INJURED: F-Scott Thornton
SPARES: F-Brian Willsie
MINNESOTA
Pavol Demitra - Wes Walz - Marian Gaborik
Brian Rolston - Eric Belanger - Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Mark Parrish - Mikko Koivu - Branko Radivojevic
Derek Boogaard - Dominic Moore - Stephane Veilleux
Nick Schultz - Kim Johnsson
Keith Carney - Brent Burns
Martin Skoula - Kurtis Foster
Petteri Nummelin
Niklas Backstrom
Josh Harding
SPARES: F-James Sheppard, F-Matt Foy, D-Erik Reitz
SUSPENDED: D-Sean Hill
MONTREAL
Chris Higgins - Saku Koivu - Michael Ryder
Andrei Kostitsyn - Tomas Plekanec - Alexei Kovalev
Guillaume Latendresse - Mikhail Grabovski - Bryan Smolinski
Steve Begin - Kyle Chipchura - Tom Kostopoulos
Andrei Markov - Mike Komisarek
Roman Hamrlik - Patrice Brisebois
Francis Bouillon - Mark Streit
Josh Gorges
Cristobal Huet
Carey Price
SPARES: F-Mathieu Dandenault
NASHVILLE
Martin Erat - David Legwand - Alexander Radulov
Vernon Fiddler - Jason Arnott - Jean-Pierre Dumont
Martin Gelinas - Radek Bonk - Jed Ortmeyer
Darcy Hordichuk - Scott Nichol - Jordin Tootoo
Dan Hamhuis - Shea Weber
Ryan Suter - Marek Zidlicky
Greg de Vries - Greg Zanon
Ville Koistinen
Chris Mason
Dan Ellis
INJURED: F-Steve Sullivan
NEW JERSEY
Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Brian Gionta
Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus - Nicklas Bergfors
John Madden - Rod Pelley - Arron Asham
Jay Pandolfo - Sergei Brylin - David Clarkson
Richard Matvichuk - Paul Martin
Vitaly Vishnevski - Andy Greene
Johnny Oduya - Karel Rachunek
Mike Mottau - Sheldon Brookbank
Martin Brodeur
Kevin Weekes
SPARES: F-Mike Rupp
INJURED: F-Cam Janssen, F-Jamie Langenbrunner, D-Colin White
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Ruslan Fedotenko - Mike Comrie - Bill Guerin
Andy Hilbert - Josef Vasicek - Miroslav Satan
Jon Sim - Mike Sillinger - Trent Hunter
Sean Bergenheim - Richard Park - Darryl Bootland
Brendan Witt - Radek Martinek
Andy Sutton - Marc-Andre Bergeron
Chris Campoli - Bruno Gervais
Freddy Meyer - Aaron Johnson
Rick DiPietro
Wade Dubielewicz
INJURED: F- Shawn Bates
SUSPENDED: F-Chris Simon
NEW YORK RANGERS
Martin Straka - Chris Drury - Jaromir Jagr
Sean Avery - Scott Gomez - Brendan Shanahan
Petr Prucha - Brandon Dubinsky - Ryan Callahan
Marcel Hossa - Blair Betts - Colton Orr
Marek Malik - Michal Rozsival
Fedor Tyutin - Daniel Girardi
Paul Mara - Marc Staal
Jason Strudwick
Henrik Lundqvist
Steve Valiquette
SPARES: F-Ryan Hollweg
OTTAWA
Dany Heatley - Jason Spezza - Daniel Alfredsson
Nick Foligno - Mike Fisher - Patrick Eaves
Antoine Vermette - Chris Kelly - Chris Neil
Shean Donovan - Josh Hennessy - Brian McGrattan
Chris Phillips - Anton Volchenkov
Wade Redden - Andrej Meszaros
Christoph Schubert - Joe Corvo
Luke Richardson
Martin Gerber
Brian Elliott
INJURED: G-Ray Emery, F-Dean McAmmond
PHILADELPHIA
Simon Gagne - Daniel Briere - Mike Knuble
Scott Hartnell - Mike Richards - Joffrey Lupul
Ben Eager - Jeff Carter - Sami Kapanen
Jesse Boulerice - Jim Dowd - Riley Cote
Kimmo Timonen - Jason Smith
Braydon Coburn - Derian Hatcher
Randy Jones - Lasse Kukkonen
Nate Guenin
Martin Biron
Antero Niittymaki
INJURED: F-Scottie Upshall, F-R.J. Umberger
PHOENIX
Radim Vrbata - Niko Kapanen - Shane Doan
Daniel Carcillo - Mike York - Steve Reinprecht
Daniel Winnik - Martin Hanzal - Craig Weller
Mathias Tjarnqvist - Peter Mueller - Mike Zigomanis -
Keith Ballard - Ed Jovanovski
Nick Boynton - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Jones- Derek Morris
Mikael Tellqvist
David Aebischer
INJURED: F-Josh Gratton
Fredrik Sjostrom
PITTSBURGH
Jordan Staal - Sidney Crosby - Petr Sykora
Ryan Malone - Evgeni Malkin - Mark Recchi
Gary Roberts - Erik Christensen- Colby Armstrong
Jarkko Ruutu - Maxime Talbot - Georges Laraque
Darryl Sydor - Sergei Gonchar
Brooks Orpik - Ryan Whitney
Mark Eaton - Rob Scuderi
Marc-Andre Fleury
Dany Sabourin
ST. LOUIS
Paul Kariya - Doug Weight - Brad Boyes
Martin Rucinsky - Keith Tkachuk - David Perron
Lee Stempniak - Jay McClement - David Backes
Dan Hinote - Jamal Mayers - Matt Walker
Barret Jackman - Erik Johnson
Eric Brewer - Bryce Salvador
Steve Wagner - Christian Backman
Manny Legace
Hannu Toivonen
SPARES: F-Ryan Johnson
INJURED: D-Jay McKee
SAN JOSE
Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Jonathan Cheechoo
Ryane Clowe - Joe Pavelski - Steve Bernier
Milan Michalek - Torrey Mitchell - Devin Setoguchi
Pat Rissmiller - Marcel Goc - Mike Grier
Christian Ehrhoff - Kyle McLaren
Matt Carle - Craig Rivet
Doug Murray - Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Rob Davison
Evgeni Nabokov
Dimitri Patzold
SPARES: F-Curtis Brown, F-Jeremy Roenick
TAMPA BAY
Vaclav Prospal - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis
Jan Hlavac - Brad Richards - Michel Ouellet
Andreas Karlsson - Chris Gratton - Jason Ward
Nick Tarnasky - Craig MacDonald - Andre Roy
Shane O'Brien - Filip Kuba
Paul Ranger - Brad Lukowich
Doug Janik - Mike Lundin
Bryce Lampman
Johan Holmqvist
Marc Denis
INJURED: D-Dan Boyle
TORONTO
Jason Blake - Mats Sundin - Nikolai Antropov
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Matt Stajan - Alexander Steen
John Pohl - Chad Kilger - Darcy Tucker
Boyd Devereaux - Kris Newbury - Bates Battaglia
Tomas Kaberle - Pavel Kubina
Bryan McCabe - Ian White
Hal Gill - Andy Wozniewski
Anton Stralman - Staffan Kronwall
Vesa Toskala
Andrew Raycroft
INJURED: F-Kyle Wellwood, D-Carlo Colaiacovo
SUSPENDED: F-Mark Bell
VANCOUVER
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Mason Raymond
Markus Naslund - Ryan Kesler - Ryan Shannon
Matt Cooke - Brendan Morrison - Taylor Pyatt
Jeff Cowan - Trevor Linden - Alexandre Burrows
Mattias Ohlund - Lukas Krajicek
Willie Mitchell - Kevin Bieksa
Alexander Edler - Aaron Miller
Mike Weaver
Roberto Luongo
Curtis Sanford
INJURED: F-Jannik Hansen, D-Sami Salo
WASHINGTON
Alexander Ovechkin - Viktor Kozlov - Tomas Fleischmann
Alexander Semin - Michael Nylander - Nicklas Backstrom
Matt Pettinger - Boyd Gordon - Chris Clark
Donald Brashear - David Steckel - Brooks Laich
Tom Poti - Brian Pothier
Shaone Morrisonn - Milan Jurcina
Jeff Schultz - Mike Green
John Erskine
Olaf Kolzig
Brent Johnson
INJURED: D-Steve Eminger
SPARES: F-Brian Sutherby, F-Matt Bradley
Yearbook Update (updated 10.01.07)
by Iain Morrell
Updated transactions and revised player point projections for the 2007-08 McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook (published Aug `07).
Refer to page 10 in the magazine for the PLAYER PROFILE INDEX
Updates below are listed as: PLAYER, POSITION, PROJECTED POINTS (OLD > REVISED) - NOTES
ANAHEIM
Scott Niedermayer, D, (53 > 30 pts) - suspended
Bobby Ryan, F, (8 > 34 pts)
Teemu Selanne, F, (77 > 55 pts) - unsigned UFA
J.S Giguere, G - hernia, 2-3 wks
Samuel Pahlsson, F - hernia, 2-3 wks
Mathieu Schneider, D - ankle, 3-4 wks
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Joe DiPenta, D .. Bobby Goepfert, G .. Mark Mowers, F
ATLANTA
Tobias Enstrom, D, (7 > 17 pts)
Steve Rucchin, F, (31 > 20 pts) - concussion, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Milan Bartovic, F .. Riley Holzapfel, F .. Jason Krog, F .. Joel Kwiatkowski, D
BOSTON
Phil Kessel, F, (56 > 65 pts)
Stanislav Chistov, F - signed in Europe
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Sean Curry, D .. Zach Hamill, F .. Milan Lucic, F .. Petteri Nokelainen, F .. Nathan Saunders, D .. Brett Skinner, D
BUFFALO
Teppo Numminen, D, (23 > 15 pts) - heart surgery, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Mike Weber, D
CALGARY
Mark Giordano, D, (21 > 0 pts) - signed in Europe
Robyn Regehr, D, (25 > 32 pts)
Andrei Taratukhin, F, (22 > 0 pts) - signed in Europe
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Mark Smith, F
CAROLINA
Chad LaRose, F, knee, 2-3 wks
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Kevyn Adams, F
CHICAGO
Patrick Kane, F, (41 > 48 pts)
Tuomo Ruutu, F, (48 > 54 pts)
Patrick Sharp, F, (34 > 45 pts)
Brent Sopel, D, (26 > 21 pts)
Jonathan Toews, F, (53 > 60 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Karel Pilar, D
COLORADO
Jaroslav Hlinka, F (30 > 42 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Wes O'Neill, D .. Victor Oreskovich, F .. Wyatt Smith, F
COLUMBUS
Kris Beech, F, (> 25 pts)
Gilbert Brule, F, (25 > 35 pts)
Michael Peca, F, (> 35 pts)
Alexander Svitov, F, (25 > 0 pts) - signed in Europe
INJURIES: Fredrik Modin, F - back spasms, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Jakub Voracek, F
DALLAS
Loui Eriksson, F, (28 > 35 pts)
Vadim Khomitski, D, (> 12 pts)
Mike Ribeiro, F, (64 > 58 pts) - ankle, indefinite
DETROIT
Johan Franzen, F, (37 > 43 pts)
Jiri Hudler, F, (39 > 45 pts)
EDMONTON
Kyle Brodziak, F, (> 15 pts)
Andrew Cogliano, F, (> 35 pts)
Dustin Penner, F, (58 > 64 pts) - signed from Ducks
Fernando Pisani, F, (34 > 15 pts) - ulcerative colitis, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Geoff Paukovich, F
FLORIDA
Kamil Kreps, F, (> 16 pts)
Janis Sprukts, F, (13 > 0 pts) - signed in Europe
LOS ANGELES
Kyle Calder, F, (40 > 46 pts)
Anze Kopitar, F, (77 > 86 pts)
Brady Murray, F, (> 14 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Jean-Sebastien Aubin, G .. Drew Bagnall, D .. Jon Klemm, D
MINNESOTA
Eric Belanger, F, (36 > 45 pts)
Dominic Moore, F, (> 25 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Serge Payer, F
MONTREAL
Patrice Brisebois, D, (20 pts) - groin, day-to-day
Tomas Plekanec, F, (57 > 61 pts)
NASHVILLE
Steve Sullivan, F, (74 > 48 pts) - back surgery, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Josh Langfeld, F
NEW JERSEY
Arron Asham, F, (> 20 pts)
Nicklas Bergfors, F, (5 > 18 pts)
Andy Greene, D, (29 > 34 pts)
Jamie Langenbrunner, F, (62 > 44 pts) - hernia, 8-10 wks
Cam Janssen, F - shoulder, indefinite
Kevin Weekes, G - concussion, day-to-day
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Shawn Bates, F, (31 > 21 pts) - groin, indefinite
Bryan Berard, D, (33 pts) - camp invite
Chris Campoli, D, (30 > 20 pts)
Andy Sutton, D, (> 18 pts)
Josef Vasicek, F, (> 32 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Ben Walter, F
NEW YORK RANGERS
Chris Drury, F, (63 > 68 pts)
Brandon Dubinsky, F, (> 19 pts)
Marcel Hossa, F, (22 > 30 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Matt Zaba, G
OTTAWA
Patrick Eaves, F, (46 > 53 pts)
Nick Foligno, F, (> 22 pts)
Dean McAmmond, F, (32 > 25 pts) - concussion
Oleg Saprykin, F, (19 > 0 pts) - signed in Europe
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Justin Mapletoft, F .. Jim O'Brien, F .. Luke Richardson, D .. Ilya Zubov, F
PHILADELPHIA
Sami Kapanen, F, (30 > 37 pts)
Joffrey Lupul, F - sprained wrist, day-to-day
R.J. Umberger, F - broken finger, 1-2 wks
Scottie Upshall, F - fractured wrist, 4-6 wks
PHOENIX
Daniel Carcillo, F, (20 > 30 pts)
Martin Hanzal, F, (27 > 37 pts)
Travis Roche, D, (25 > 18 pts) - sent to minors
Tomas Surovy, F, (29 > 0 pts) - assigned to Europe
Radim Vrbata, F, (52 > 47 pts) - trade with Chicago
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Alex Auld, G
PITTSBURGH
Erik Christensen, F, (34 > 41 pts)
Ryan Malone, F, (33 > 43 pts)
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Mike Weaver, D
ST. LOUIS
Martin Rucinsky, F, (38 > 43 pts)
David Tanabe, D, (22 > 15 pts) - camp invite
Jay McKee, D - fractured foot, 4-6 wks
Jeff Woywitka D - sent to minors
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Alex Brooks, D .. Francois-Pierre Guenette, F .. David Perron, F .. Chris Porter, F
SAN JOSE
Ryane Clowe, F, (53 > 43 pts)
Jeremy Roenick, F, (> 28 pts)
Sandis Ozolinsh, F, (> 15 pts) - camp invite
Devin Setoguchi, F, (19 > 35 pts)
TAMPA BAY
Dan Boyle, D, (59 > 50 pts) - wrist, 4-6 wks
Ryan Craig, F, (33 > 25 pts) - herniated disk, indefinite
Tim Taylor, F - hip, indefinite
TORONTO
Mark Bell, F, (32 > 20 pts) - suspended
Simon Gamache, F, (> 23 pts)
Chad Kilger, F, (19 > 28 pts)
John Pohl, F, (26 > 35 pts)
Kyle Wellwood, F, (60 > 45 pts) - sports hernia, 6-8 wks
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Tony Salmelainen, F
VANCOUVER
Jason Jaffray, F, (35 > 25 pts)
Mason Raymond, F (> 33 pts)
Sami Salo, D, (37 > 30 pts) - wrist, 2-4 wks
Jannik Hansen, F - broken thumb, indefinite
OTHER NEW ARRIVALS - Jozef Balej, F .. Zack FitzGerald, D
WASHINGTON
Nicklas Backstrom, F, (43 > 48 pts)