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Broad Street Hockey: Philadelphia Flyers 2009 Free Agency Cheat Sheet
Habs Eyes On The Prize: 2009 NHL Free Agency / Teams by Cap Space / Unsigned UFA's and RFA's
Sports Page Atlanta: Training Camp Preview: Position Battles Among AHL Veterans
On the Forecheck: Predators comeback falls short as Nashville loses 5-4 in Atlanta
Canes Country: Canes Top Thrashers For First Preseason Win, 4-3
Philadelphia Flyers 2009 Free Agency Cheat Sheet
Broad Street Hockey —
... indicate that they may not be done making a big splash in the market, but the Pronger deal on Friday night speaks to the contrary. Regardless, some work still has to be done, so here's a quick rundown of what to expect from the Flyers come the start of July. This is part of an SBN hockey-wide series.
Pending Unrestricted Free Agents
Mike Knuble, Andrew Alberts, Martin Biron, Antero Niittymaki, Josh Gratton, Boyd Kane, Lasse Kukkonen, Scott Munroe, ...
2009 NHL Free Agency / Teams by Cap Space / Unsigned UFA's and RFA's
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... Penguins: $3.137 (19)
UFA: Mike Zigomanis C 28, James Connor L 26.
RFA: Paul Bissonnette R 24, Tim Wallace R 24, Ben Lovejoy D 25, John Curry G 25.
28 - Calgary Flames: $3.053 (19)
UFA: Todd Bertuzzi R 34, Andre Roy R 34, Rhett Warrener D 33.
RFA: Dustin Boyd C 22.
29 - Philadelphia Flyers: $2.125 (20)
UFA: Josh Gratton L 26, Boyd Kane L 31, Andrew Alberts D 28, Lasse ...
Training Camp Preview: Position Battles Among AHL Veterans
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Tim Stapleton
26
4
70
.25
1.06
-3
+15
Josh Gratton
26
19
21
.07
.33 ...
ThrashersTraining Camp Job Battles Narrow
Sports Page Atlanta —
... have NHL jobs: Kovalchuk, Kozlov, White, Antropov, Peverley, Little, Armstrong and Reasoner. So what does that leave?
Forwards: 4 starting spots and 1 or 2 bench slots.
Incumbents:
Jim Slater
Eric Boulton
Chris Thorburn
Challengers:
Maxim Afinogenov
Evander Kane
Joey Crabb
Dan Fritsche
Josh Gratton
Jason Krog
Spencer Machacek ...
Predators comeback falls short as Nashville loses 5-4 in Atlanta
On the Forecheck —
... Thanks to two goals by Josh Gratton (yes, that Josh Gratton who had a short stint with the Preds), the Atlanta Thrashers beat Nashville by a score of 5-4 tonight, ending the Predators' unbeaten streak during this pre-season. The announced attendance was a mere 5,017 at Phillips Arena. At one point midway through the third period the Preds trailed 5-2, but the team fought back to make a game of it before the end. (Game summary)
Martin Erat scored twice for the Preds, his last coming with 1:40 left in ...
Thrashers - Nashville Home Game Analysis
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Forward Ice Time
20:39 Ilya Kovalchuk
17:04 Bryan Little
16:45 Evander Kane
16:04 Nik Antropov
15:03 Rich Peverley
13:38 Chris Thorburn
13:24 Jim Slater
12:05 Joey Crabb
12:00 Dan Fritsche
11:40 Maxim Afinogenov
11:27 Tim Stapleton
08:37 Josh Gratton
The Predators brought their 2nd line, but left ...
Canes Top Thrashers For First Preseason Win, 4-3
Canes Country —
... dropped the gloves with Josh Gratton in the first period and both combatants delivered heavy blows until Gratton dropped "Tommy K" with a stinging right hand. The Carolina forward was dazed and confused as he wobbled to the bench with help from Pete Friesen. He was later cleared to go back into the game and apparently argued with the coaching staff about it, (face to face), but Maurice said he stuck to his guns and would not let him back in. ...
Thrashers Make Roster Cuts - Mini Review
Sports Page Atlanta —
... into the net and I think he felt he had a chance on it but the deflection off his back was just bad luck. A good game overall, especially in the first period where the Thrashers were in their defensive zone for most of the period.
Speaking of, the shot count was at only 1 SOG in the first period when I counted 3. Not that that's much better but the Thrashers really didn't seem to show up till after the 29th minute...
Josh Gratton's fight was amazing! Tom Kostopoulos and him started ...
Analyzing the Battles for Roster Spots
Sports Page Atlanta —
... have some competition this year in the form of pro-tryout Josh Gratton. As a "checking-line" winger, the Thrashers need a skater who can hit, fore- and back-check against the opposition's top lines, and drop the gloves on occasion. ...
Thrashers Faceoff Event Tonight
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Sometimes we also players who won NHL jobs in Training Camp change their number. But Evander Kane already wears a low number (9) and so does Popovic (3). Valabik switched from 48 to 5 in pre-season. That leaves just Josh Gratton as a potential number switcher, but he wore 24 which is a solid hockey number. The Russian-speaking new comers (Antropov, Kubina, Afinogenov) have all worn high numbers during their careers and I expect that to continue despite Don Waddell's preference for number 40. ...
