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For all the talk of Subban getting scratched on Friday, the rotation of scratches continues as both Greg Stewart and Shawn Belle are in the pressbox for this one amongst several others. As for Rochester...14 healthy scratches??? How on earth is that possible?

Derek seems to agree with you there..."That was like nails on a chalkboard." Glad I only caught the last 30 seconds (or about 6 words).

From listening to part of the broadcast yesterday, I honestly didn't get the sense that a message was being sent.

For the record, the healthy scratch wasn't a benching, just resting some players as the Dogs are in a 3 games in 3 nights stretch...all road games too.

Markov played 20:25, probably a little more than I'd have preferred but still better than the 24 minutes I was afraid he'd get. Glad to see the PP have a solid game as they surpass the 20% success mark, much better than this time back in November. For the record, Gill led the team with 22:47 in TOI...that I don't like, he's much better suited to play around 16-18. Halak with 40 saves for the shutout, let the inevitable trade rumblings start again (it's been a whole 2 days without a rumour, we're due for one). 3 Stars: 1) Halak 2) Markov 3) Bergeron

Bulldogs win 4-1, Sanford with the victory between the pipes. Pouliot: 3 shots, no points or PIMS. Scoring Summary: Carle [5] (Henry, Desharnais), 5:09 2nd Desharnais [11] (Subban, Benoit), 10:38 (PP) 2nd Subban [6] (Weber, Stevenson), 12:42 (PP) 2nd White [4] (Subban), 15:09 3rd

Should work now. Also, the site that was reporting that Laraque won't play has retracted their story, looks like he's in after all. Oh well.

Reports suggest Laraque is a no-go tonight meaning that... a) Hamrlik will play and the Habs will dress 8 defencemen b) Gionta will play out of nowhere (Apparently Wednesday is the target for his return) c) Someone's going to get called up, but boy are they taking their time figuring out who (could be Pouliot I suppose...) d) They're going with 17 skaters

Hamilton Bulldogs vs Hartford Wolf Pack Saturday, December 19, 2009 Puck drops at 7:00 PM ET Listen to the game live at www.talk820.com Former Hab prospect Corey Locke is the Pack's leading scorer with 12-26-38 in 31 games. He also has a 6 point lead for most points in the entire AHL. Ex-Hab d-man Mathieu Dandenault has played 16 games on his tryout with the club, but hasn't played yet in December; I wouldn't expect to hear his name tonight.

Don't forget that I'm an HW original, joined the forum the 2nd day it was created, when one of its main uses was for information/tasks about building the original HW back in 2003.

Not too shabby for a free agent pickup, that's for sure. Wonder who gets the nod for today's game...

Bulldogs win, Desjardins with his 4th shutout in the last 5 games.

Desharnais scores, 3-0 Hamilton! Career high 5 game goal scoring streak for him. Desharnais (Trotter, Glumac) 14:09 ---------------------- Maxwell scores, 4-0 on a bit of an iffy goal by the sounds of it. Maxwell (unassisted) 14:30 (Pouliot was on the ice for this one at least).

Trunev has made Team Russia officially. http://www.russianprospects.com/public/art...?article_id=685 With him and Kristo, there will be at least 2 Habs to follow this WJC. Both Joonas Nattinen and Petteri Simila were both on Team Finland's preliminary roster too. (How did this thread turn into a WJC one again?)

See the post above yours, it's not just for trades. However, recalls in the event of injuries are permitted.

Nope, here's the actual quote from the CBA: Essentially, you can call a player up, but you can't send him down (unless it's to comply with LTIR, which in theory could apply with Markov coming back tomorrow). Anyone know of a good site that actually allows copy/pasting of the CBA? (Printscreening/uploading sucks and the actual copy I have is copy-protected...) I know the NHLFA site has it, but they were missing articles and even this one was incomplete.

There's injuries still, Spacek is playing hurt, so is Moen (so I was told a couple weeks ago at least). Mara is quoted as saying he's not 100% but rushed himself back as it was in the best interest of the team (bit of a shot at poor Weber at the same time too). Don't worry, Colin, the doctors will still have work to do; it's nice to see that you're taking an interest in their well-being though during the holiday season.

Without scanning through the CBA to find the exact answer, I would suspect he can return as a result of the fact he's on a conditioning stint, a max of 2 weeks in duration. For the record, emergency moves can still be made; teams aren't forced to dress less than 20 if injuries hit during this time. The freeze is in place essentially so that there isn't unnecessary player movement with the Christmas holidays forthcoming. Guys like Weber/Pyatt go down as there won't be a need for them at the moment, but if someone goes down tomorrow, they'd be able to come back.

Probably a good sign that both Tom Pyatt and Yannick Weber were sent down this morning. http://twitter.com/habsworld_net/status/6800950785 My guess is that Hamrlik will be ready for tomorrow and the team will dress 7/11 again. Also on the injury front, Benoit Pouliot will play tonight for Hamilton, see the Bulldogs GDT for his linemates.

Hamilton Bulldogs vs Adirondack Phantoms Friday, December 18, 2009 Puck drops at 7:30 PM ET Listen to the game live at www.talk820.com Lineup Notes: Pouliot will play alongside Darche and Desharnais Both Tom Pyatt and Yannick Weber are expected in the lineup

Just saw a report of that as well. Amended the Habs lineup (and quickly made a correction on the Twitter page), added a link to tonight's game stats as well.

HW Preview Projected Montreal (15-17-3) Lineup: Cammalleri - Plekanec - A.Kostitsyn S.Kostitsyn - Gomez - Lapierre Moen - Metropolit - D'Agostini Pacioretty - Pyatt - Laraque Spacek - Mara Gill - Gorges Bergeron - O'Byrne Price Notable Injuries: Gionta, Hamrlik, Markov, Pouliot Projected Minnesota (16-14-3) Lineup: Brunette - Koivu - Miettinen Latendresse - Brodziak - Havlat Kobasew - Belanger - Clutterbuck Boogaard - Sheppard - Earl Schultz - Johnsson Zanon - Zidlicky Scott - Hnidy Backstrom Notable Injuries: Bouchard, Burns, Nolan, Sykora (Andrew Ebbett is questionable) Puck drop is at 7:00 tonight. TV: TSN, RDS, FSN (US) Radio: CJAD, CKAC Game Statistics

Hamilton comes close to tying it but fall 3-2.

Darche brings the Bulldogs within a goal, 2:12 to go in regulation! Darche [8] (Stewart, Wyman) 17:48 - why is Darche playing with Stewart??

The self-implosion continues, 3-1 Admirals.