Well, the NHL’s Wheel of Justice has been spun again.
This time the man at the center of the wheel is Brandon Prust.
The league has suspended Prust for one game for his elbow on Anton Volchenkov.
TSN notes that the hit is similar to the hit Hagelin had on Alfredsson which received a 3 game suspension.
So the league’s pull-a-number-out-of-a-hat-in-order-to-determine-suspension-length continues.
Add two more names to list of Rangers players that have been injured this season.
Both Dan Girardi and Brandon Prust did not finish yesterday’s game against Atlanta.
Girardi was injured during his fight with Thrashers captain Andrew Ladd after a borderline dirty hit on Marc Staal. According to Tortorella, Girardi has a pulled rib muscle.
Brandon Prust was hobbled after blocking a Dustin Byfuglien shot from the point. Prust was limping and could barely skate after the play. X-Rays taken on Prust’s foot came back negative and his status as well as Girardi’s are unknown for the Rangers game against the Capitals on Monday night.
The Rangers have recalled defenseman Michael Del Zotto and forward Evgeny Grachev for Monday’s game. They have also sent down forward Dale Weise. Grachev had a hat trick Saturday night for the Whale and Michael Del Zotto has 7 assists since joining the Whale 8 games ago.
It has been confirmed that both Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust will make their Rangers debut tonight. To make room this, both Brashear and Lisin will be scratched. I’m assuming that Lundqvist will be starting in net tonight.
The Rangers and the Calgary Flames agreed to terms on a trade that sends bench-warmer Ales Kotalik and under-producing Chris Higgins to Calgary and bring fighter Brandon Prust and first line center Olli Jokinen to the Blueshirts.
Now, originally this trade looked dead because Ales Kotalik has a limited NTC and was unwilling to go to Calgary. Apparently Kotalik changed his mind and was sent to Calgary.
All I have to say about this trade is what the hell is wrong with Flames GM? Does Sather have some incriminating photos of him? This was a GREAT trade for the Rangers. Jokinen makes $5.25 million a year but is a UFA at the end of the year and Prust makes league minimum and is definitely the toughest player on the Rangers and is second in the league in fighting majors with 18. To say he is better than Brashear is definitely an understatement.
Another great trade by Sather. Sure, he sucks at signing free agents, but you can’t deny the fact that he knows how to make a good trade.
