Dave Bolland hasnt played since November 2

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SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Oliver Cooper scored three times and added an assist as the Saint John Sea Dogs halted a nine-game winless streak by defeating the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 4-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Sebastien Auger stopped 46-of-48 shots for Saint John, including 22 saves in the third period to preserve the victory. Mathew Highmore had a goal and an assist for the Sea Dogs (6-11-2), who won on home ice for the first time in six outings, while Olivier LeBlanc chipped in with two assists. Jack Nevins and Alexandre Goulet supplied the offence for the Islanders (10-6-2), who have dropped five straight contests. Eric Brassard made 34 saves in defeat. Saint John went 2 for 7 on the power play while Charlottetown failed to score on three chances with the man advantage. --- ARMADA 3 CATARACTES 2 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Blainville-Boisbriand jumped out to a three-goal lead and held on long enough for their fifth win in a row. Frederic Bergeron, Danick Martel and Samuel Hodhod scored for the Armada (15-1-1), who sit atop the QMJHL standings. Frederick Goudreau and Frank Schumacher scored for the Cataractes (2-15-2), who have dropped three straight games, and Kris Hodge earned an assist on both goals. Samuel Montembeault made 19 saves for Blainville-Boisbriand while Marvin Cupper stopped 15 shots for Shawinigan. --- SCREAMING EAGLES 6 TITAN 2 SYDNEY, N.S. -- Cape Breton led by five goals before Acadie-Bathurst found the back on the net for the first time in the third period. Julien Pelletier, Raphael Corriveau and William Carrier had a goal and an assist each for the Screaming Eagles (9-9-2) while Justin Hache tacked on three assists. Kyle Farrell and Michael Layle added a goal apiece. Patrick Walsh put the Titan (6-11-2) on the board with a power-play goal in the third and Patrik Zdrahal added one more late. Cape Bretons Chase Marchand made 23 saves for the win. Mason MacDonald started in net for Acadie-Bathurst but was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots. Jacob Brennan turned aside 22-of-25 shots in 39 minutes of relief. --- PHOENIX 7 WILDCATS 4 MONCTON, N.B. -- Jean-Francois Plante had a hat trick to lead Sherbrooke to its fourth win in as many outings. Dominic Talbot-Tassi, Simon Desbiens and Tim Wieser each produced a goal and an assist for the Phoenix (8-11-2) and Vincent Deslauriers scored once. Christophe Lalonde scored twice for the Wildcats (8-12-1) while Liam Hynes and Christopher Caissy had the others. Francis Desrosiers stopped 29 shots for Sherbrooke as Graham Hunt gave up six goals on 18 shots for Moncton. --- VOLTIGEURS 6 OLYMPIQUES 3 GATINEAU, Que. -- Jerome Verrier had two goals and two assists and Georgs Golovkovs tacked on three assists as Drummondville doubled up the Olympiques. Guillaume Gauthier, Nikolas Brouillard, Dexter Weber and Cameron Askew also scored for the Voltigeurs (10-6-1) while Askew added an assist for a two-point night. Gatineau (14-6-0) got its only goal from Alex Dostie. Drummondvilles Louis-Philip Guindon only had to stop 17 shots for the victory. Robert Steeves turned back 35 shots for the Olympiques. --- HUSKIES 6 REMPARTS 1 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- Maxime St-Cyr scored once and set up three more as the Huskies toppled Quebec. Liam OBrien had a goal and two assists for Rouyn-Noranda (11-6-2), Dillon Fournier and Mathieu Lemieux each recorded a goal and an assist while Jeremy Lauzon and Marcus Power scored the others. Fabrice Herzog scored the lone goal for the Remparts (9-7-4), who have dropped back-to-back contests. Alexandre Belanger made 22 saves for a Huskies victory. Callum Booth gave up four goals on 24 shots for Quebec and was pulled in relief of Francois Brassard, who stopped six-of-eight shots in relief. --- MOOSEHEADS 4 FOREURS 2 VAL-DOR, Que. -- Backup Kevin Darveau turned away 39 shots as Halifax defeated the Foreurs. Jonathan Drouin and Darcy Ashley had a goal and two assists apiece for the Mooseheads (14-8-0) while Nikolaj Ehlers and Luca Ciampini had the others. Guillaume Gelinas and Samuel Henley scored for Val-dOr (10-9-0) and Anthony Mantha assisted on both, giving him a league-leading 43 points in 17 games. Keven Bouchard stopped 21-of-24 shots for the Foreurs. TSN Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, and Pierre LeBrun have the latest on available players on the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres, if moving Dave Bolland is a possibility for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Steven Stamkos Olympics situation. From the moment Thomas Vanek turned down a reported $50 million contract offer from the New York Islanders, the thought was he has to be moved. Is a deal imminent? Pierre LeBrun: Its not imminent but it could happen before the end of the week, of course we have an Olympic trade freeze Friday at 3pm et. In a perfect world the Islanders would look to divest themselves of that big salary of Vaneks so they dont carry it through the Olympics. But that same big cap number is why some of the contenders – and we know that Los Angeles and Pittsburgh have some interest in Vanek – cant deal yet as they are right at the cap. So it makes this deal difficult before the Olympic freeze. To get Vanek, the asking price is three assets: any combination of a first-round pick, a young player, and a prospect. Whatever the combination, Islanders GM Garth Snow is trying to get his big haul here because we know how much he gave up to get Vanek at the start of the season. Bob McKenzie: The Islanders also have another asset in play in defenceman Andrew MacDonald. Heres a guy that is going to unrestricted free agency at the end of the season, hes only making $550,000 right now, but he leads the NHL in blocked shots. And for the last two seasons hes been the minutes leader for the Islanders. There has been a lot of interest in this player. The Islanders could do a deal with him, maybe between $4 million and $5 million a year, which would be a huge increase on what hes currently making, but the Islanders have lots of young defencemen coming and lots of teams are calling. MacDonalds name is definitely in play. And is one of Thomas Vaneks ex-teammates also drawing interest? McKenzie: That would be Steve Ott of the Buffalo Sabres. We all know that Matt Moulson has been drawing interest, with upwards of a double digit number of teams inquiring about Moulsons availability by the deadline. But Ott is attracting that much, if not more attention than Moulson. Obviously keep an eye on the Sabres, theyre at the bottom of the league and ready to offload people. In addition to Ott and Moulson there is the Ryan Miller scennario playing out but also Henrik Tallinder is another guy who could be moved as well as Drew Stafford and Cody McCormick.dddddddddddd Dave Bolland hasnt played since November 2. Is he still in play? Darren Dreger: Hes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year, so Dave Nonis and the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to have to figure out what option they want to pursue with Bolland. There are three of them: No. 1 is theyll negotiate relatively soon and find out what his number would be to avoid free agency. No. 2 is if they dont like the number at this stage in the season, they wait and use him as their own rental to push for the playoffs. No. 3, which isnt anywhere near as likely as No.1 but is certainly an option, is to trade Bolland if you know that a deal isnt likely to be made. By all accounts, everything is going to plan for Steven Stamkos. His plan is to play Saturday and then make a decision with Team Canada at that point. What is Team Canada doing to manage the situation if Stamkos cant go? Dreger: First of all, there are a couple hurdles Canada has to get by. No. 1: they want to find out what Wednesdays test results are medically speaking on Stamkos. Either way, expect Team Canada GM Steve Yzerman to reach out to at least a couple, as many as four or five, of the replacement players – Claude Giroux, James Neal, Eric Staal, Martin St. Louis – to put them on standby. Then you look to Saturday and if Stamkos is able to play against the Detroit Red Wings, then thats a great sign. Obviously theyll monitor how he feels post-game, then theyll make the decision as to whether he or somebody else gets on the Sunday charter flight. LeBrun: And theres a Stamkos-like situation playing out in Minnesota, obviously not getting as much attention. Mikko Koivu, the best player on the Finnish Olympic team, may not be able to play. This thing is going down to the wire. We know one thing, hes not going to play for the Wild this week. He hasnt played in a month after ankle surgery. Hes still recovering and skated on Tuesday, having felt better than he has in a couple days. But at the end of the day, be it Friday or Saturday, Koivu has to get together with Minnesota team doctors and the Finnish Olympic team to make a call on whether or not hes fit to play in the Olympics. That would be a gigantic loss for Finland. cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys cheap jerseys cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '