Kobasew out 3-4 weeks with lower-body injury.
Kobasew was injured in the first period of Monday's contest. He will likely land on IR so the Penguins can recall another forward.
Chuck Kobasew News
Kobasew (undisclosed) left Monday's game and did not return.
The 31-year-old former Boston Bruin likely won't play against his former team tonight. Kobasew has just two goals in 12 games in his first season as a Penguin.
Penguins have signed LW Chuck Kobasew to a 1-year, $550k contract, team announced.
Kobasew had been with the Penguins on a professional tryout. It looks as if the 31-year-old has cracked the opening night roster on the Pens third line. Kobasew has only 53 points in 200 games in his last four NHL seasons.
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Hejduk to 4th line with McClement and McLeod
Kobasew is a healthy scratch for tonight's tilt. He has seven goals and 13 points through 56 games.
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Kobasew will be in tonight's lineup
Kobasew draws back into the lineup for tonight's game. He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
Kobasew has been skating with the team and might play tonight.
Sounds like Kobasew is an option for tonight's game. He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
Chuck Kobasew, who has miss the past six games with a back injury, is close to returning and will be on the this week's three-game road trip that begins Wednesday in Buffalo.
Expect Kobasew to miss a few more games. He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
Winger Steve Downie (illness) and Chuck Kobasew (back) also didn't practice.
Expect Kobasew to miss a few more games. He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
Chuck Kobasew remains out with a back injury.
He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
Back injury for Chuck Kobasew at practice today. Unclear how bad
Kobasew could help clear a logjam at forward with this recent injury. He has seven goals and 13 points in 54 games.
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STARTERS: COL - Giguere, Johnson, Kobasew, Stastny, Quincey, Jones...
Kobasew is starting the game on the top line. He has seven goals and 12 points through 43 games.
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LINEUP: Kobasew, Quincey inserted into the lineup
Kobasew gets back into the lineup for the first time since December 9th. Even in deeper leagues he has no fantasy hockey value with three goals and six points through 28 games.
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Chuck Kobasew (head injury) will return to the lineup.
Kobasew gets back into the lineup for the first time since December 9th. Even in deeper leagues he has no fantasy hockey value with three goals and six points through 28 games.
Sacco said Kobasew is close to returning to the lineup
Kobasew last played on December 9th due to a suspected concussion. The scoring winger has three goals and six points through his first 28 games with the Avs.
Chuck Kobasew placed on IR (retro to Dec. 9).
Kobasew is eligible to come off IR on December 16th.
But forward Chuck Kobasew is out with a head injury, the result of a hit taken in Saturday's loss at Edmonton.
Kobasew was playing on the fourth line so expect Brandon Yip or TJ Galiardi to move down to his slot. The former three-time 20-goal scorer has three goals and six points in 28 games.
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Kobasew back in lineup
Kobasew has three goals and six points through 25 games with the Avs. Expect him to draw into one of the bottom two lines.
LINEUP: Chuck Kobasew out (leg)
Kobasew will miss tonight's game as the team plans on dressing seven defensemen. In his first year with the Avs, the former 20-goal scorer posted three goals and six points as he was shuffled up and down the lineup.
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A nine-year NHL veteran, Kobasew skated at left wing at practice today with Stastny and Jones, replacing rookie Gabriel Landeskog, who was dropped down to the third line.
The Avs should try Kobasew out in a scoring role as he scored 20 goals before in his career. While with the Minnesota Wild he only managed 18 goals through 105 games leading most to believe he lost that scoring touch. Expect Landeskog to move back onto the top line during the season.
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed free-agent forward Chuck Kobasew to a two-year contract through the 2012-13 season.