от blueberryjerry » 30 Дек 2016 05:06
Michael Del Zotto will hit the open market on Tuesday. . The Nashville Predators were unable to trade the defenceman ahead of the deadline to qualify restricted free agents and have decided to allow him to become an unrestricted free agent. The Predators acquired the 24-year-old in January from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenceman Kevin Klein. Del Zotto scored three goals and added 13 assists in 67 games with the Predators and Rangers this season. In 317 career NHL games, the left-handed shooting blueliner has scored 27 goals and 126 points. Del Zotto was drafted in the first round - 20th overall - by the Rangers in 2008. . Which is to say, the top of this years draft class is not as dynamic or exciting as the 2013 class of Nate MacKinnon, Sasha Barkov, Jonathan Drouin and Seth Jones and its not as strikingly promising as the highly-anticipated 2015 slate of Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin. . The club announced on Wednesday that Malhotra signed a 25-game professional tryout contract. The 33-year-old suffered a serious eye injury when struck by a puck during a game versus Colorado in March of 2011. . "Opinion: Womens World Cup is the best Soccer of the year," Hanks tweeted to his 8.73 million followers on Friday. "Hey FIFA, they deserve real grass. Put in sod.New York Rangers forward Daniel Carcillo is appealing his 10-game suspension for abuse of an on-ice official. The NHLPA announced on Saturday that Carcillo has asked NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to review the ban handed down after Carcillo applied force to linesman Scott Driscoll in Thursday nights 3-2 overtime lloss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. . Carcillo had 72 hours to appeal the decision. In 8 games this post-season, Carcillo has two goals and 22 minutes in penalties. If the suspension stands, this will be the King City, Ontario natives sixth suspension. ' ' '