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Injury Situation Worsens - Capitals Insider
I think Petter would look great sitting next to Tarik next game. Actually, I really think the Clymer-Motzko-Pettinger line would look great in Chocolate town. (I know that isn't going to happen...) Pothier is a problem. I think he's going to be out for awhile. Yes, he hasn't been the greatest D out there, but the guy is reasonably good and a rare thing, somewhat balanced. Not all offense, not ...
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01-07-08 Inside NHL Boxscores - Weekend edition
Sportsfrog.com — ... Rangers. Considering they are 1-2 in overtimes this year, and 11-2 in shootouts, that means in games decided in regulation time, the Oilers are 6-17 in 60 minute contests. The Hurricanes are struggling. They are 1-3-1 in their last 5 and have a ton of injuries. Through their first 42 games, they have lost 111 man-games to injury. Mikko Koivu's leg is finally improving. How do you bruise your spinal cord? Caps captain Chris Clark is finally practicing again. Teemu Selanne is close to making a ...

Tuesday Roundup
Japers' Rink — What a mixed bag of injury news yesterday brought. The good news was that Alex Semin , Brent Johnson and Chris Clark all skated . The unsurprising bad news was that Tom Poti and Brian Pothier did not. The surprising bad news was that neither did Michael Nylander , and Matt Pettinger had to leave practice early (though both Nyls and Petty are expected to play Wednesday night , despite the former's shoulder injury allegedly being "worse than the team is letting on"). Oh, and Ben Clymer is on re-entry waivers, which I guess ...

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