Martin Brodeur will make his long awaited return to the ice tonight at the Rock against the Colorado Avalanche and hopefully he will jump start the Devils after three less than dazzling efforts in the road trip before his return.
Paul Martin is expected to return for the Colorado game as well.
The Devils returned Scott Clemmensen and Anssi Salmela to Lowell to make space for the two returning players.
Clemmensen did more than his fair share of keeping the Devils afloat in the absence of Brodeur and I am sure some of you are wondering why Clemmensen was returned to Lowell instead of Kevin Weekes.
The answer is this-Clemmensen was brought up under the emergency recall rule when Brodeur was injured,so in order for the Devils to keep Clemmensen on the roster,he would have to clear through waivers,which he clearly would not.
So,in order to possibly deal Clemmensen before the deadline,he had to be sent down to Lowell.
I believe that after the deadline,he could return to the Devils without having to pass through waivers.
So even though sending Clemmensen to the minors instead of Weekes seems unfair (and it probably is),it had to be done that way and was the best thing for the Devils and Clemmensen as well.
If the Devils attempted to send him through waivers,he would likely end up with a non playoff team and by doing this is this manner,he will probably be on a playoff roster somewhere....
Bullpen Notes
The NFL Free Agent period begins tonight at 12:01 AM.
The names that I hear for the Browns are less than inspiring unless you don't mind former Ravens coming aboard (Which I do).
Jason Brown will break the bank elsewhere,but I would like to see former Wisconsin Badger (and Ryan favorite) Jim Leonhard join the team and Bart Scott would be a huge addition to the weak linebacking corps.
Signing Scott might enable Cleveland to wait until Round two to grab a linebacker and use their top pick at another position.
The Washington Nationals fired Jose Rijo today as special assistant and closed down one of their two academies in the Dominican Republic.
Not sure that was a great long term idea,but it was a move that is needed in the short term to clear out any fraud issues...
Until tomorrow with the Brodeur return!
Photo Credit
Brodeur:MSNBC.com
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