Erik Ersberg

Just a few days after the Vancouver Canucks released Brendan Morrison from his pro tryout, the Calgary Flames jumped on Morrison and signed him to a one-year contract worth $750,000.

My take: I have heard rumors that the Flames were interested in him from the get go and as soon as I heard the Flames were looking to add another forward, I knew something was up.

Now that Ilya Kovalchuk has found himself a home for the next two decades, what will the Los Angeles Kings do now?

Although it would have been nice to see Kovalchuk put on a Los Angeles Kings jersey, the world has not come to an end. In fact, Kovy not coming to the west coast can benefit the Kings in more way than one.

The Los Angeles Kings beat division rival Anaheim Ducks 5-4 Tuesday night, and not even including the fact that the Ducks needed two points to keep their playoff hopes alive, there could not have been many other circumstances to make this game any more dramatic.

The next 5 slides will describe just what this is referring to...

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This weekend was all Evgeni Nabokov, as he returned from both illness and the dreaded "lower-body injury" that was just a "tweak" Saturday night and helped the Sharks clinch a playoff spot.

Against the Los Angeles Kings, who are desperately fighting to stay alive for the playoffs, Nabby was dynamite in his first day back. The only goal he gave up in 24 shots was a rebound Wayne Simmonds punched home, and he stopped six of seven shooters in the shootout. He even turned away a two-on-none shorthanded breakaway.