The Predators have acquired Vernon Fiddler from the Devils for a 2017 4th round pick.
Vernon Fiddler News
Injury
Fiddler will miss 3-4 weeks with a lower-body injury.
Fiddler left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and will miss at least three weeks. With Fiddler out, expect Sergey Kalinin to be back in the lineup on Thursday.
Signing
The Devils have signed Vernon Fiddler to a one-year deal worth $1.25 million.
Fiddler, 36, is in the twilight of his NHL career, but is coming off of a decent offensive season for a 4th line centre—he had 12 goals and 10 assists (22 points) in 82 games with the Stars and should be expected to be between 20-30 points again in 2016-17 with the Devils.
Signing
The Stars have re-signed Vernon Fiddler to a two-year deal worth $2.5 million.
Fiddler rejected a contract extension from the Stars a few weeks ago, but the two sides were able to make it work. Fiddler had six goals and 17 assists (23 points) in 76 games. The veteran forward plays a strong two-way game and won 52.2% of his face-offs. He is a good penalty-killer and is more useful for the Stars than your fantasy squad.
Injury
Fiddler (upper body) will be placed on IR retroactive to December 7, so he is eligible to return when he is healthy.
Fiddler will miss his fifth consecutive game tonight. The 33-year-old veteran has a career high of 32 points ('07-'08) and has just eight points in 28 games this season, he is not fantasy relevant.
Injury
Stars center Vernon Fiddler will miss at least this week with the upper body injury he suffered in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Fiddler left Saturday’s game in the first period and did not return. “He’s going to be out with an upper body [injury] for at least this week,” said Stars coach Lindy Ruff. “We’ll see where he is at the end of this week.” With Fiddler out, Ruff will have to shuffle his lines. He put Cody Eakin in Fiddler’s spot between Antoine Roussel and Ryan Garbutt during Monday’s practice, a move he made in Saturday’s game as well.
Injury
Vernon Fiddler is day-to-day with a charley horse. Fiddler was injured in the first period of Friday night’s game against Minnesota when he was hooked by Mikko Koivu and crashed into the Minnesota net.
Fiddler didn’t practice Saturday.
Line Change
Vernon Fiddler is fine after getting hit in foot with puck Friday.
Expect Fiddler to center the third line tonight. He has seven goals and 18 points through 54 games.
Line Change
Could see power play line of Dvorak-Fiddler-Ryder.
Expect Fiddler to play more of an offensive role due to the team's injuries. He has exactly one PP over the past three seasons.
Injury
Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said Dowell will give the team an extra center in the lineup in case there are any issues with Vernon Fiddler, who will play tonight but has been dealing with bumps and bruises.
Fiddler will play tonight but there is a chance he doesn't make it through the entire game. The third line center leads all Stars forwards with 33 blocked shots.
Injury
Defenseman Trevor Daley (back) and center Vernon Fiddler (groin) also were injured in the Phoenix game. After the contest, Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said Fiddler was considered day-to-day.
Fiddler is expected to get back into the lineup for tomorrow's game.
The Stars have signed forwards Vernon Fiddler to a three-year, $5.4 million contract and Radek Dvorak to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.