The Lightning have signed Crombeen to a 2 year contract extension.
Crombeen was set to become a UFA at the end of this season.
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Halak has left tonight's game and has not returned.
Brian Elliott who was recently brought back to the Blues roster has replaced Halak. Depending on how serious Halak's injury is expect Jake Allen to be recalled.
Line Change
Ryan Clowe has been scratched from SJ's game against VAN. Could be a precaution. As of now, no trade has been announced.
There has been a lot of trade speculation surrounding Clowe today so this indicates that there is likely a trade in place for him. We will update if anything released about a possible trade involving Clowe.
Regehr to Kings for a pair of 2nd round draft picks. #tradecentre
Regehr is a great defensive defenseman but he is not very offensive making him irrelevant in fantasy. Two second round picks is great value in return for the Sabres.
Bouwmeester to the Blues for STL's 1st round pick, d-man Mark Cundari and goalie Reto Berra.
Bouwmeester is signed through next season with a $6.6 million cap-hit each season. He has six goals and nine assists in 33 games this season. He has been a solid fantasy commodity throughout the years and should hold more value on a strong Blues defense corp than he did in Calgary. With the addition of Jordan Leopold recently expect Bouwmeester to play with either Alex Pietrangelo or Kevin Shattenkirk.
Goalie Start
Rinne vs. Crawford tonight.
Rinne allowed one goal on 24 shots vs. Colorado on Saturday. He has a tough matchup vs. the best team in the Western Conference. The Blackhawks scored seven vs. a good Red Wings team on Sunday so Rinne will need to be on his game tonight.
Goalie Start
Viktor Fasth does get the start for the Ducks against Dallas.
After a spectacular start to his NHL career Fasth has taken a step back. This will be his first start since March 25th when he allowed four goals on 38 shots in a losing effort vs. the Sharks. He has a fairly tough matchup vs a Stars team who have scored 13 goals in their last three games.
Goalie Start
Lundqvist in net.
Lundqvist's 2.05 GAA and .926 SV% in March did not translate into his record (6-6-1) because of the lack of scoring in New York. Hopefully the Rangers figure out how skilled they are a start scoring so Lundqvist can record some more wins. He starts April with a solid matchup vs. a Jets team who have lost four out of six.
Call up / Send down
Stalock reassigned to Worcester. Greiss activated off of injured reserve. #SJSharks
Stalock returns to the AHL where he is 15-12-3 with a 2.48 GAA and .917 SV% this season.
Call up / Send down
#TBLightning recall Mike Angelidis and send Dana Tyrell to Syracuse.
Tyrell had just three assists in 12 games with the Lightning this season.
Call up / Send down
#TBLightning recall Mike Angelidis and send Dana Tyrell to Syracuse.
Angelidis has 10 goals and 11 assists in 64 games in the AHL this season.
Goalie Start
Jets coach Claude Noel says Pavelec in net tonight vs. the Rangers, same lineup as last game.
Pavelec has won just three out of his last seven starts with a 2.82 GAA and .908 SV%. He has a solid matchup against a Rangers team that can not score lately.
Call up / Send down
#Caps send G Philipp Grubauer back to Hershey of AHL.
Grubauer was called-up to back-up Holtby this weekend because Neuvirth was ill.
Goalie Start
Ondrej Pavelec expected to get the start against the Rangers.
Pavelec is very likely to start tonight after getting last Thursday off. He has won just three out of his last seven starts with a 2.82 GAA and .908 SV%. He has a solid matchup against a Rangers team that can not score.
Call up / Send down
#Blackhawks reassign forward Brandon Bollig to Rockford of the AHL.
Bollig had no points in 17 games with the Blackhawks this season. He will return to the AHL where has nine points in 35 games.
Hearing ANA sends Jay Rosehill back to PHI for Harry Z.
Rosehill is not fantasy relevant.
Hearing ANA sends Jay Rosehill back to PHI for Harry Z.
Zolnierczyk is not fantasy relevant.
Smith skated this morning with Burke but still not ready to return.
Smith will miss his fifth consecutive game tomorrow because of an upper-body injury. The next game Smith could start is Thursday vs. the Red Wings.
SJ trades Handzus to CHI for a 4th round pick.
Chicago was looking to add a center who can win faceoffs to their lineup and it appears they have found it in Handzus. He has one goal one assist in 29 games this season.
Goalie Start
LaBarbera back in net for tomorrow.
LaBarbera has won just once since Smith was hurt with a 3.03 GAA and .916 SV%. He has a tough matchup vs. the Kings.
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