Markus Naslund News

NHL: CHI @ VAN Marcus Naslund is shown in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody Markus Naslund is the last guy who thought he'd be making a comeback.

Martin Rucinsky, shown here with the St. Louis Blues in April 2003, is having a blast playing at a high level with the HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga.

Boyhood pals Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund may be re-uniting on their hometown team of MoDo but they aren't yet pondering an Olympics together, their North American agent said Tuesday.

He was only gone for just over six months, but Markus Naslund is back. The 36-year-old Swede has come out of retirement and is set to join his childhood friend Peter Forsberg, playing for their hometown team of MoDo of the Swedish Elite League .

Markus Naslund's retirement from pro hockey was short-lived. Naslund left the New York Rangers this spring, announcing his 15-year NHL career was done.

Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis was looking into signing former Colorado Avalanche star Peter Forsberg , but said he learned Monday that Forsberg wanted to stay in his home country.

Markus Naslund, left, and Peter Forsberg chat prior to the NHL All-Star Game in 2003.

During a recent Canuck game, one of the officials skated over to the Vancouver bench and suggested to coach Alain Vigneault that he needed to persuade a couple of his players to tone down their verbal taunting of the opposition.

The Tampa Bay Lightning, given an expensive and high-profile makeover after a dismal NHL 2007-08 season, received a negative review Saturday from one of the team's newcomers after a 2-1 opening-night loss to the New York Rangers.

The long goodbye continues for former Ottawa Senators defenceman Wade Redden. There he was out at the Bell Sensplex again yesterday morning, going through informal drills with Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and two university players, getting in as much skating as possible before leaving for the Big Apple on Tuesday and the next chapter in his ...

Twelve games make up the NHL schedule Thursday night, but three in particular caught our eye: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, New York Rangers at Washington, Chicago at Detroit all are rematches of playoff series from last season.

Penguins playoff hero Max Talbot, right, won't be with the team as they look to start the season with a win over goalie Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers on Friday.

Written by Associated Press on Oct 3rd, 2009 and filed under Featured , Sports .

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby watched the Penguins raise their Stanley Cup banner, then got the NHL champions off to a familiar start by scoring their first two goals during a 3-2 victory over the rival New York Rangers on Friday night.

The sting from last season's playoff collapse lasted a little longer for the stunned New York Rangers .

Since the franchise moved from Binghamton to Hartford in 1997, the Wolf Pack have been a resounding success on the ice.

So the Rangers have reconstructed their flanks by essentially trading in Markus Naslund, Nik Antropov, Nikolai Zherdev, Lauri Korpikoski, Fred Sjostrom and Colton Orr for Marian Gaborik, Christopher Higgins, Vinny Prospal, Ales Kotalik, Enver Lisin and Donald Brashear.

Markus Naslund did Sather a favour by announcing his retirement from the NHL, freeing up even more money.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, After taking a trip to Long Island to visit the New York Islanders, we swing back around and hit Broadway to check out where the Blueshirts are headed this year.

Roberto Luongo's cap hit of $5.33 million is much lower than seven other NHL goaltenders.