Per our friends at the Dispatch, Raffi Torres will have arthroscopic surgery in Minnesota to clear out what doctors believe is scar tissue in his bum knee. They think this is causing his pain, and inferentially the feeling of instability he has experienced. Down time depends upon what they find, but estimate now is 2 [...]

Legein’s Return — Sources appear unanimous that Stefan Legein will return to the CBJ fold, likely reporting to Syracuse in January. TSN.ca reports:Legein has been skating for the last few weeks with the St. Catharines Falcons of the Golden Horseshoe Junior League and on Monday will begin working out with the Brampton Battalion of the [...]

This win was not elegant, but was poetic in its own bizarre way. By winning a game where they did not score the first goal (first time this season for that), were not clicking on all cylinders, and had to once again come from behind twice, they solidified the lessons learned over the past week. [...]

Mason vs. OvechkinFrom our position behind the Jacket’s attack twice goal, we got a great view of some of Mason’s best plays during the second period, many of them involving some ferocious line drives from Ovechkin’s stick. Some things we noticed: Mason has a way of moving and getting square in a way that is [...]

With Ovechkin and Company coming to town, we need to play smart hockey in our own zone — not giving up the odd man rushes and keeping things spread to the outside. Let Mason take care of the shots from outside by creating lanes for him to see. We have shown we can shut down [...]

This was a win, or at least an OTL, that slipped squarely through the pads of Pascal Leclaire. While he made a good save now and again, he was often a half step slow, looking behind him, and gave up two awful goals. No excuse for the game winner for an NHL starting goalie. Overall, [...]

Per Arace in Puck-Rakers — Dorsett broke his finger in the fight with Carcillo in Period 1 and was placed on IR immediately after the game. Kris Russell has been recalled from ‘Cuse — maybe some help on the point in the PP. We need to stay out of fights — Boll, Torres and now [...]