Thursday, January 15, 2009

Peltonen Skates, Murphy Waits

Despite breaking a bone in his foot last week against Atlanta, Ville Peltonen was back on the ice today skating with the team and, better still, will play tomorrow night when the Philadelphia Flyers come in to take on the Cats at the BankAtlantic Center.

Tomas Vokoun will get the start for the Panthers and Kamil Kreps, who was a possibility to play if Peltonen could not, will be out of the lineup again and may not be ready to go yet, anyway.

As for Cory Murphy, there's nothing new. He's still with the Panthers. He hasn't been reassigned to the Amerks, nor has a trade been announced.

Rochester could use him badly, and if he's a healthy scratch tomorrow night, I have to imagine some people up north are going to be a little bit unhappy with the Panthers.

According to Democrat & Chronicle writer Kevin Oklobzija, Mike Caruso was on crutches today after blocking a shot with his shin Wednesday night against Binghamton, while Franklin MacDonald was back in Nova Scotia due to a death in the family.

As for the offense; Stefan Meyer, Riley Emmerson, Neil Clark, Dan Collins and Jacob Micflikier are all suffering from various injuries, a few of which will see players likely out for a number of weeks.

As for Panthers' injury news beyond Kreps, there is nothing of significance. Rostislav Olesz skated on the 8th and came off the ice in pain, saying, "The only thing I know is that I don't know anything," and since an MRI came back negative, "That's the frustrating part. We just don't know what's wrong with it."

The only news on Bryan Allen is that he's working out again, but according to Pete DeBoer, he's still "months" away. He's not skating, and there's no timetable at this point for a return. So basically, if he comes back this season, that's great. Just don't count on it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The people up north are already unhappy with the Panthers. other than lucking out with Brodeur, they haven't done squat so far this season. oh I'm sure there's some confusion about our frustration considering how we are loaded with "prospects".

now Murphy is waived and sits in FLA. yes we sure could use him and the way he played here was a great boost for the team. but we're all discovering that this is one sad organization and if there is a choice between the smart move and the dumb move, they will select the dumb move.

good god only two years left on this affiliation. it sucks already and we're only in halfway through season one.