First, the Lethbridge Hurricanes have filled their final overage opening by acquiring goaltender Linden Rowat from the Regina Pats for a conditional 2010 5th round bantam pick. I think it's a great move for the Hurricanes; combined with the acquisition of Mike Reddington a few days ago, these two moves should help shore up the Hurricanes' dreadful goals-against numbers this year.
The 'Canes now have four goalies in camp though so two of them are going to be going elsewhere in the next couple days, I would think. Rowat is clearly going to be the starter so look for the team to pick one of the other three who they think could be next year's starter and keep him as the backup, and the other two get reassigned. Michael Tadjdeh and Ville Kolpanen have played all the games so far and their numbers are horrendous, there's no nice way to describe 5.77/.833 and 7.49/.800. Brandon Anderson hasn't seen the ice yet this season due to injury. So we'll see who they keep.
Next bit of news, the Calgary Hitmen got a very pleasant surprise today when the Washington Capitals assigned overage forward Joel Broda back to the WHL. Broda was the WHL's only 50-goal scorer last year and getting a sniper of that calibre back is a big boost for any team.
And third bit, the New York Rangers have once again assigned overage import defenceman Tomas Kundratek to the Medicine Hat Tigers. As long as Kundratek reports, the Tigers will now have five overagers, so two guys gotta go somewhere.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they deal away or simply release Tadjdeh. I think they would keep Anderson, but his injury clouds things a bit. Kolpanen will stick around until Anderson is back, and as to which one of them sticks is up in the air. They have high hopes for both of them in the future.
Just heard that Tadjdeh is not on the road trip and has been sent home. So he's either going to be traded or released.
He will be released. I can't see him being added to another dub teams roster.
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