Blue Notes

Straka heads home, his better days were behind him. But he was a player I felt always gave I felt every thing he had on the rink. Two memories I will remember of him most was his standing ovation on a penalty kill this season after blocking numerous shots and the goal he scored late in game 5 against the buffalo sabres which would have made him hero had drury not scored with 7.7 left.

Straka heads home, his better days were behind him. But he was a player I felt always gave I felt every thing he had on the rink. Two memories I will remember of him most was his standing ovation on a penalty kill this season after blocking numerous shots and the goal he scored late in game 5 against the buffalo sabres which would have made him hero had drury not scored with 7.7 left.

good signing. This kid should have seen some time on the big stage last year. His numbers are great.

I don't think Gomez has a NTC.

Gomez has a no trade clause that is limited where he gives the Rangers a list of teams he will not accept a trade to.

Any discussion of trading Gomez is preposterous, the Rangers have no desire to trade him, nor should they.

LIST OF PLAYERS WITH NO TRADE CLAUSES.

ANAHEIM DUCKS
Jean-Sebastien Giguere, G
Todd Marchant, C
Doug Weight, C
ATLANTA THRASHERS
Slava Kozlov, RW BOSTON BRUINS
P.J. Axelsson, RW/LW
Zdeno Chara, D
Marco Sturm, LW
BUFFALO SABRES
None CALGARY FLAMES
Adrian Aucoin, D
Alex Tanguay, LW CAROLINA HURRICANES
Scott Walker, RW
Niclas Wallin, D
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
None COLORADO AVALANCHE
Scott Hannan, D
Milan Hejduk, RW
Ryan Smyth, LW COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Adam Foote, D
Fredrik Modin, LW
DALLAS STARS
Jere Lehtinen, RW/LW
Mike Modano, C
Brendan Morrow, RW
Marty Turco, G
Sergei Zubov, D DETROIT RED WINGS
Pavel Datsyuk, C
Nicklas Lidstrom, D
Brian Rafalski, D EDMONTON OILERS
Sheldon Souray, D
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Tomas Vokoun, G LOS ANGELES KINGS
Rob Blake, D
Michal Handzus,C
Lubomir Visnovsky, D MINNESOTA WILD
Niklas Backstrom, G
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Roman Hamrlik, D
Alexei Kovalev, RW
Saku Koivu, C
Andrei Markov, D
Bryan Smolinski, C NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Jason Arnott, C
Marek Zidlicky, D NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Marty Brodeur, G
Patrik Elias, LW
Jamie Langenbrunner, RW
Colin White, D
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Bill Guerin, RW
Miroslav Satan, RW NEW YORK RANGERS
Chris Drury, C
Scott Gomez, C OTTAWA SENATORS
Chris Phillips, D
Wade Redden, D
Cory Stillman, LW
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Martin Biron, G
Daniel Briere, C
Simon Gagne, LW/RW
Sami Kapanen, RW
Kimmo Timonen, D PHOENIX COYOTES
Shane Doan, RW
Ed Jovanovski, D PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Sergei Gonchar, D
Darryl Sydor, D
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Mike Grier, RW
Joe Thornton, C ST. LOUIS BLUES
Eric Brewer, D
Paul Kariya, LW
Marty Rucinsky, LW
Keith Tkachuk, C/RW TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Dan Boyle, D
Chris Gratton, C
Brad Richards, C
Martin St. Louis, RW
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Tomas Kaberle, D
Pavel Kubina, D
Bryan McCabe, D
Mats Sundin, C
Darcy Tucker, LW/RW VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Roberto Luongo, G
Markus Naslund, LW
Mattias Ohlund, D
Sami Salo, D
Willie Mitchell, D WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Michael Nylander, C

reports that Straka signed in to play in the Czech Republic were premature. His agent refuted the report today.

30 picks into the CHL import draft, and Grachev hasn't been selected, while others ranked much lower (and also the Rangers latest Czech, Kundratek) have. A change in plans perhaps? Have the Rangers decided to keep him in the AHL instead, or is there a contract issue after all?

hes gonna play in the nhl this yr and dominate