Clifford (upper-body) will not play on Tuesday.
Clifford will be held out of the lineup on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury. With Clifford out and Trevor Lewis still on the mend, the Kings will go with seven defensemen vs. the Blue Jackets.
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Kyle Clifford News
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The Maple Leafs have recalled Rich Clune from Toronto (AHL).
Waiver Move
The Maple Leafs have placed Rich Clune on waivers.
Clune has been a healthy scratch for the last two games and has been placed on waivers with Scott Harrington and eventually Jonathan Bernier coming back from IR.
Signing
The Maple Leafs have signed Rich Clune to an NHL contract.
Clune, 28, signed an AHL contract with the Maple Leafs this summer and registered two goals and three assists in eight games with the Marlies. Signing him to an NHL contract forced the Leafs to make room on the roster for Clune, by placing Mark Arcobello on waivers.
The Kings have signed Kyle Clifford to a five-year, $8 million dollar extension ($1.6M AAV).
Clifford, 24, has recorded 10 points (3G / 7A), 87 shots on goal and 66 PIMS in 57 games with the Kings this season. He is a big, heavy forward who is now signed through the 2019-20 NHL season.
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Clune has cleared waivers and been assigned to Milwaukee (AHL).
Clune, 27, has appeared in one game for the Predators this season. He has even goals and 11 assists with 305 penalty minutes in 120 career NHL games.
Clifford had successful wrist surgery and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Clifford had three goals and five assists (eight points) in 71 regular season games and seven points (1G / 6A) in 24 playoff games. At this point , it is unclear when Clifford sustained the injury, but he will be ready for the 2014-15 season.
Kyle Clifford fined $2756.41 for his kneeing incident on Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on Sunday in Los Angeles.
RNH left the game but did return.
Waiver Move
Waivers: Nashville claimed Richard Clune from Los Angeles.
Clune isn't fantasy relevant.
Line Change
Looks like Clifford is back in.
Look for Clifford to play on the fourth line. He has four goals and 10 points with 99 PIM in 63 games.
Line Change
Kyle Clifford and Davis Drewiske are scheduled to be scratched tonight
Clifford is expected to sit tonight's game out. He has four goals and 10 points with 99 PIM in 63 games.
Line Change
Kyle Clifford will not be suspended for his hit last night on Phoenix’s Gilbert Brule. Clifford, per the instructions of Darryl Sutter, declined to comment on the hit or whether he spoke with any league officials about supplemental discipline.
Expect Clifford to play tonight. The youngster has four goals and 10 points with 97 PIM in 60 games.
Line Change
Clifford-Richards-Penner
Clifford moves up to the second line to start tonight's game. The gritty winger has three goals and nine points through 51 games this season.
Line Change
Clifford, Fraser and Moreau to play together.
Clifford moves down to the fourth line. The Ayr, Ontario scored a goal and three points in 25 games.
Line Change
I think the line that I had together from the beginning of the training camp, with Clifford and Stoll, I was hoping that something good could happen by the end of the camp and that I would see a line that would be playing against the top lines of the opposition. But that might be pushing Cliffy a little bit too fast right now.
Clifford should start the season on the fourth line with the potential to move up in line. In his rookie season he scored seven goals and 14 points rotating between the third and fourth line. Sounds like the former 2nd rounder is experiencing some growing pains; could be in for a sophomore slump.
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Marc-Andre Cliche, Rich Clune and David Meckler all cleared waivers today, so they are now eligible to officially be assigned to Manchester of the AHL.
No immediate fantasy hockey value in the AHL.
Waiver Move
Also, forwards Marc-Andre Clich, Rich Clune and David Meckler will need to clear waivers tomorrow at 9 a.m. before they can be assigned to Manchester.
No immediate fantasy hockey value while playing in the AHL.
The Kings have also signed Marc-Andre Cliche, Rich Clune, David Meckler, Andrew Campbell, Patrick Mullen and Jeff Zatkoff to one-year contracts.