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Glue Or Stitches?

by Paul on 11/02/09 at 01:27 PM ET
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from Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,

The Thrashers forward had been hit with a stick during an early season game against Ottawa, opening a gash in his left eyebrow.

Armstrong had one question for the team’s trainer.

“Can you glue it?” he asked.

In some cases, glue can be used to close cuts that once would have required stitches. Depending on the location and depth of the cut, hockey players are often opting for a more elementary form of treatment.

“I didn’t want to have stitches because I really don’t like needles that much,” Armstrong said. “I saved myself a bunch of pain and anxiety.”

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Pavelec Goes Old-School

by Paul on 11/01/09 at 12:21 AM ET
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My face would have been buried in my catching glove, but not Pavelec.

from Chris Stevenson of the Ottawa Sun,

“I was scared a little bit. I felt like Jacques Plante 50 years ago,” said Pavelec, a 22-year-old from the Czech Republic who’s getting a shot with oft-injured Kari Lehtonen on the shelf again. Kovalev took the shot on a wraparound after Pavelec had had his mask knocked off in a scrum late in the second period. “I can tell you now it was not fun. A little scary, but it wasn’t a hard shot. I don’t think (Kovalev) could see (he had lost his mask). It wasn’t his fault. There was no blood.”

“I softened my hands,” said Kovalev, who saw the netminder was bare-faced.

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Kovalchuk Out Wtih Broken Foot

by Paul on 10/26/09 at 04:24 PM ET
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via Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,

Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk has a broken bone in his right foot and is expected to miss four weeks, the team announced Monday.

Kovalchuk underwent a CT scan on Monday morning to confirm the diagnosis.

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How Kovalchuk Got Injured

by Paul on 10/25/09 at 09:31 AM ET
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Ilya Kovalchuk will undergo tests on Monday to determine the severity of his injury.

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Ilya Kovalchuk Injures Foot/Ankle?

by Paul on 10/24/09 at 09:11 PM ET
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Reports are circulating that Ilya Kovalchuk hurt his foot after taking a puck off of it, but as P.J. Stock pointed out on HNIC, it looked like he tweaked his knee or ankle on an innocent play in the corner.

He left in the first period and will not return.

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Ovechkin Fined For Slew-Foot On Peverley

by Paul on 10/23/09 at 05:36 PM ET
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from NHL.com,

NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, has confirmed media reports that Capitals’ right wing Alex Ovechkin has been fined but will not be suspended for his slew foot of Atlanta’s Rich Peverley in the final minute of Washington’s 5-4 road victory on Thursday night. Ovechkin was whistled for a two-minute tripping penalty.

The fine comes one day after Anaheim’s Evgeni Artyukhin was suspended three games by the League for slew-footing defenseman Matt Niskanen of the Dallas Stars, though no penalty was called on the play. The Ducks’ right wing, who loses $34,756.11 in salary, will miss Saturday’s game against Columbus, Monday’s game against Toronto, and an Oct. 30 contest against Vancouver.

“It is unfair to draw any parallels [about the two slew-foot incidents] other than the players that [Ovechkin and Artyukhin] tripped both fell down,” Campbell told NHL.com

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added 5:58pm, Video of the incident…

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Lehtonen Experiencing Pain During Rehab

by Paul on 10/23/09 at 04:20 PM ET
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from Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Jounral-Constitution,

Goaltender Kari Lehtonen is no closer to returning to the Thrashers than he was soon after offseason back surgery.

According to Thrashers general manager Don Waddell, Lehtonen again experienced pain in his legs while rehabbing from July surgery to repair a herniated disc. He recently received another epidural injection to reduce inflammation, and he has stopped skating.

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Bad Goal Of The Night

by Paul on 10/22/09 at 11:00 PM ET
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Thrashers goaltender Ondrej Pavelec would like to have this one back.

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Kovalchuk Could Reach The $100M Category

by Paul on 10/21/09 at 06:22 PM ET
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from Elliotte Friedman of CBC,

According to sources, Atlanta is going to offer him the chance to become the NHL’s second $100 million man. (Alexander Ovechkin was the first.) Under the CBA, the maximum per-year salary he could receive is $11.36 million per season, so it would have to me a minimum nine-year deal. (Thrashers GM Don Waddell would not comment. Same goes for agent Jay Grossman.)

First thing you should know: Other GMs would do the same thing if they were in Waddell’s chair. The comment you hear both inside and outside the organization is the same: “We/They cannot afford to lose him.”

For Atlanta, it goes beyond Kovalchuk’s on-ice performance, which has come a long way since former coach Curt Fraser benched him in Toronto to send the loudest possible message.

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Is There A Difference Between Getting Your ‘Bell Rung’ & A Possible Concussion?

by Paul on 10/21/09 at 09:48 AM ET
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Many people questioned Marc-Andre Bergeron playing the full game after this hit last night.

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