Todd Cordell: Hedberg, Devils Shutout Islanders to Snap Four-Game Losing Skid

Go Habs.

Larsson with Stevens on the bench.

The sky is the limit.

Whats the word on Merril and does he have any trade value

Nice to have a regulation win. Those OT losses were getting painful.

Todd Cordell: Hedberg, Devils Shutout Islanders to Snap Four-Game Losing Skid
- Todd.Cordell

Todd, Any chance we see Boucher this year with the big club? He obviously can score but not sure if he can play responsibly enough in his own end. That being said, he can't be any worse than Butler or Matteau

barch (like the rest of our team), is a (frank)ing joke

Hedberg had the game of his life.

Anybody able to give a scouting report on Palmieri?

Rangers just picked him up from the Wild.

Todd, Any chance we see Boucher this year with the big club? He obviously can score but not sure if he can play responsibly enough in his own end. That being said, he can't be any worse than Butler or Matteau
- jtirri

Won't see him in the NHL for a year or two, I don't think.

Whats the word on Merril and does he have any trade value
- blizzzard

yes

Anybody able to give a scouting report on Palmieri?

Rangers just picked him up from the Wild.
- Rags2Riches

I did on the Rangers blog but I'd do it again.

Top six potential very unlikely. He's likely to settle in somewhere where Bernier is right now. Your strong along the boards, not afraid to go to the net power forward that gives you a reliable bottom six shift and you don't have to worry about him. His skating when he was in New Jersey was pretty bad, he fell all over the place, not sure if he's worked on it though. Bernier is really the perfect comparison in my opinion, he's a nice addition to the Rangers and would definitely look well in their system. He's got enough offense to where you can play him in the top six (again similar to Bernier) but his best role is as a third/fourth liner.

I did on the Rangers blog but I'd do it again.

Top six potential very unlikely. He's likely to settle in somewhere where Bernier is right now. Your strong along the boards, not afraid to go to the net power forward that gives you a reliable bottom six shift and you don't have to worry about him. His skating when he was in New Jersey was pretty bad, he fell all over the place, not sure if he's worked on it though. Bernier is really the perfect comparison in my opinion, he's a nice addition to the Rangers and would definitely look well in their system. He's got enough offense to where you can play him in the top six (again similar to Bernier) but his best role is as a third/fourth liner.
- _Zippy_

remember when he was on kovy's line


yeah that was awful

remember when he was on kovy's line


yeah that was awful
- shvingter88

Yeah....Somehow Kovalchuk had such a great run with him.

I don't hate Palmieri, I just hated him as a RW with Kovalchuk. I wouldn't have minded him on the third/fourth line.

Yeah....Somehow Kovalchuk had such a great run with him.

I don't hate Palmieri, I just hated him as a RW with Kovalchuk. I wouldn't have minded him on the third/fourth line.
- _Zippy_

He would skate into everyone

Way to go Moose

He would skate into everyone
- shvingter88

Side note: Rangers called up both JT Miller and Brandon Mashinter. Neither has their first NHL goal, which one scores it on Marty?

Side note: Rangers called up both JT Miller and Brandon Mashinter. Neither has their first NHL goal, which one scores it on Marty?
- _Zippy_

both

Great blog as usual, Todd, although i do have one request. When you list the prospect's stats, could you also mention what league they play in?

Great blog as usual, Todd, although i do have one request. When you list the prospect's stats, could you also mention what league they play in?
- jekstroem

Thank you, and I can do that.

both
- shvingter88

At the same time.

Apparently Setoguchi on the trade block. Might be worth looking at.

Apparently Setoguchi on the trade block. Might be worth looking at.
- rmdevil313

Hmm. I feel the same. Setoguchi for Tallinder seems fair. Eh? As the season presses on I feel like mobility is key in our system. So, I'd like volchenkov to go, but that cap and NTC...

unfortunately, he's a RW. 6 foot, 200 lbs. .. could be moved to the left i guess.. but would he be the answer for Kovy's wing? He'd give us some depth on wing for sure tho... but he's not putting up many numbers in MIN this year, hasn't for a while actually. Produces like a 3rd line winger. Butler-Josefson-Setoguchi? ehhh...

Has anyone seen NHL.com's picture for Nick Palmieri,

LOL anyone notice that if you send Butler, Tallinder, and a pick to the Rangers in NHL 13, they give you Callahan? TAKE NOTE, LOU