Tomas Fleischmann

Forward Tomas Fleischmann practiced with the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday, more than two months after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism in his lungs. The 26-year-old Czechoslovakia native last played January 18 in a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks.

Fleischmann will sit out the rest of the season for precautionary reasons, and will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

The question is: will the Avalanche try to re-sign him?

Oft-injured superstar Peter Forsberg may make a surprise return to the NHL with his old team the Colorado Avalanche. 

Less than a month ago, the 37-year old abandoned a comeback attempt with MODO of the Swedish Elite League, leaving the team the following message, “There will be no comeback.  The foot is not for games.”

Just as the Avalanche started to get some bodies back in the line-up, another one bites the dust.

Thomas Fleischmann, who's been a godsend with 21 points in 22 games since his acquisition from the Washington Capitals, will miss the rest of the season with due to a freakish blood clot.

The last three minutes of the Avalanche's 7-5 win over Chicago gave insight into the difference in the quality of play they've gotten from recent acquisitions Thomas Fleischmann and Matt Hunwick.

It was Fleischmann who, with the Avalanche down 5-4 at the 17:36 mark of the third period, scored the game-tying goal before setting up Matt Duchene for the game-winner exactly one minute later.

In their second trade in as many days, the Colorado Avalanche have traded defenseman Scott Hannan to the Washington Capitals in exchange for forward Thomas Fleischmann.

The Avalanche's acquisition of Matt Hunwick gave them nine NHL defenseman, so it's not a surprise they traded one for a forward.

It's also not a surprise that the defenseman to go was Scott Hannan.

The rumours became a reality this morning as the Washington Capitals traded Tomas Fleischmann to the Colorado Avalanche for Scott Hannan. This deal should help both teams in the short run.

Fleischmann is a player that is struggling this year, scoring only four goals and 10 points in 23 games this year. He is expected to score 20 goals per year. He is a solid forward who can play on the top six.

Two-and-a-half months, countless words and one laptop part later, we're finally finishing the 10 Bold Predictions series.

Ironic that the computer decided to kick the bucket just one team before we finished, eh?

With the Capitals down 4-3 late in Wednesday night's game against the Maple Leafs, Alexander Ovechkin wired a one-timed slap shot toward the Maple Leafs net.  After the puck careened off goaltender Jonas Gustavsson to the side of the net, Ovechkin's countryman Alexander Semin deftly corralled the puck and flipped it over the fallen Toronto netminder to tie the game.  

Key Additions: G Dany Sabourin, RW Brian Willsie, C Matt Hendricks.

Key Subtractions: G Jose Theodore, D Milan Jurcina, D Joe Corvo, LW Alexandre Giroux, C Eric Belanger, D Shaone Morrisonn.

They were absolutely dominant last year, and looked like the can’t miss Stanley Cup winners. But for the Washington Capitals, it was one of the strangest turn of events in NHL history.

As the pre-season begins, I would like to welcome you to this year's first set of NHL Game Recaps. Today, I'll be recapping...

Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning.

Washington overpowers Columbus in 6-2 win

Matt Hendricks scored three goals in a meeting between the Washington Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night, contributing to a final score of 6-2 for the Capitals.