Reply With QuoteHe may play one game but I would be absolutely shocked if he played 2 or more, thus throwing away a year of his entry deal. Its a good chance for him to train at the NHL level and experience a big playoff push.
Not an april fool\'s joke - Filatov recalled!
I cant believe no one has began this thread yet but Filatov has been recalled per the columbusdispatch.com. Howson hasn\'t guaranteed he\'ll get playing time though.
9 team keeper league - p, pp, +/-, wins, shutouts
(*)Keep 6 F, 2 D, 1 G each year plus anyone (^)24 and under
F: Malkin^, Thornton*, E. Staal^, Zetterberg*, Backstrom^, Kopitar^, Morrow*, B. Richards*, Huselius*, Jus. Williams*, Cheechoo, Filatov^
D: Gonchar*, Phaneuf*, Ryan Whitney, Erik Karlsson^
G: Backstrom* and Khabibulin
Bench: Varlamov^, Wolski^, Stafford, Grabovski, T. Ruutu, Coburn^,
Not an april fool\'s joke - Filatov recalled!
He may play one game but I would be absolutely shocked if he played 2 or more, thus throwing away a year of his entry deal. Its a good chance for him to train at the NHL level and experience a big playoff push.
20 team h2h (multi-cat) dynasty league, 1st season
C: Getzlaf, MacKinnon, Eakin, Backlund, Schroeder, Bjugstad, Miller, Gaustad
LW: M Foligno, Wilson, Tatar, Bailey, Palat
RW: Ovechkin, Voracek, Frattin, Coyle, Clutterbuck
D: Barrie, Del Zotto, Brodin, Vatanen, Gudas, Donovan, Murphy, Hamonic, Grossmann, Michalek
G: Pavelec, Schneider, Enroth
Not an april fool\'s joke - Filatov recalled!
From the Puck Rakers blog (C-bus Dispatch guys):
A lot of comments by the brass in Columbus are saying that he\'s up there to develop chemistry with the already tight-knit group of players, to soak in the playoff atmosphere.How crowded is the Blue Jackets\' plush, expansive dressing room these days? All 28 stalls were occupied yesterday, so rookie left winger Nikita Filatov sat on a folding chair in the middle of the room.
And he was beaming. Filatov, who speaks very good English, was delighted to be back in the NHL. He took part in the Blue Jackets\' one-hour practice and said it won\'t take him long to get up to speed in the NHL.
Filatov skated on a line with Kristian Huselius -- yowza, was that fun to watch -- but that\'s only because captain Rick Nash took a maintenance day. So did center Manny Malhotra. Filatov looked very good, and he was chumming around with lots of veterans yesterday.
Like goavsgo, I would be surprised if he plays more than one game during the rest of the regular season. It would be insane to throw away a whole contract year for a couple of games now.
Edit: Also, I\'ve been reading the Syracuse Crunch blog ( http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/ ) and the Crunch fans are VERY angry that Filatov was taken from the team just because he\'s a crucial part of Syracuse\'s team right now. He\'s been playing great lately since coming back from sickness.
GO WINGS!
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