Mike Fisher injury looms over training camp; Blue, White & Silver teams announced
by Dirk Hoag on Sep 16, 2011 3:59 PM EDT
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PrintThe enthusiasm behind the opening of Nashville Predators training camp becomes a little bit muted this afternoon with an update via Josh Cooper that Mike Fisher's shoulder is recovering slowly from his summer surgery, with an uncertain timetable for his return. That appears to be confirmed by the team, as well, given the release of the Blue, White & Silver team rosters for training camp, which include Fisher under an "Injured" heading.
Follow after the jump for a breakdown of the three squads!
Yesterday we published the training camp schedule & roster, so just remember that you'll get your first chance to catch the team in action this weekend, from 10:00 - 2:20 at Centennial Sportsplex.
| TEAM BLUE | ||||||||
| POS. | NO. | PLAYER | Height | Weight | Shoots | Place of Birth | Birthdate | 2010-11 Team |
| D | 2 | Teemu Laakso | 6-1 | 215 | R | Tuusula, Finland | 8/27/87 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| RW | 10 | Martin Erat | 6-0 | 201 | L | Trebic, Czech Rep. | 8/29/81 | Nashville (NHL) |
| C/RW | 15 | Craig Smith | 6-1 | 197 | R | Madison, Wis. | 9/5/89 | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) |
| C | 16 | Cal O`Reilly | 6-0 | 188 | L | Toronto, Ont. | 9/30/86 | Nashville (NHL) |
| C | 17 | Chris Mueller | 5-10 | 180 | R | West Seneca, N.Y. | 3/6/86 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| D | 20 | Ryan Suter | 6-1 | 198 | L | Madison, Wis. | 1/21/85 | Nashville (NHL) |
| C/RW | 33 | Colin Wilson | 6-1 | 210 | L | Greenwich, Conn. | 10/20/89 | Nashville (NHL) |
| LW | 48 | Josh Shalla | 6-1 | 202 | L | Whitby, Ont. | 9/25/91 | Saginaw (OHL) |
| D | 53 | Jeffrey Foss | 6-2 | 205 | R | Fargo, N.D. | 12/12/88 | R.P.I. (ECAC)/Milwaukee (AHL) |
| C | 55 | Michael Latta | 6-0 | 209 | R | Kitchener, Ont. | 5/25/91 | Guelph (OHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) |
| RW | 58 | Juuso Puustinen | 6-2 | 187 | R | Kuopio, Finland | 4/5/88 | HPK (Finland) |
| LW | 61 | David Elsner | 6-0 | 184 | R | Landshut, Germany | 3/22/92 | Landshut (Ger.-2)/Landshut Jr. (Ger.-Jr.)/ERC Ingolstadt (Ger.) |
| C/RW | 62 | Mark Van Guilder | 6-2 | 205 | R | Roseville, Minn. | 1/17/84 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Cincinnati (ECHL) |
| D | 64 | Victor Bartley | 6-0 | 203 | L | Maple Ridge, B.C. | 2/17/88 | Rogle (Sweden-2) |
| D | 83 | Scott Valentine | 6-2 | 201 | L | Ottawa, Ont. | 5/2/91 | Oshawa (OHL) |
| TEAM WHITE | ||||||||
| POS. | NO. | PLAYER | Height | Weight | Shoots | Place of Birth | Birthdate | 2010-11 Team |
| C | 5 | Blake Geoffrion | 6-1 | 190 | L | Plantation, Fla. | 2/3/88 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| D | 7 | Jonathon Blum | 6-1 | 190 | R | Long Beach, Calif. | 1/30/89 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| C | 11 | David Legwand | 6-2 | 204 | L | Detroit, Mich. | 8/17/80 | Nashville (NHL) |
| RW | 18 | Niclas Bergfors | 5-10 | 194 | R | Sodertalje, Sweden | 3/7/87 | Florida (NHL)/Atlanta (NHL) |
| RW | 22 | Jordin Tootoo | 5-9 | 199 | R | Churchill, Man. | 2/2/83 | Nashville (NHL) |
| RW | 24 | Matt Halischuk | 6-0 | 185 | R | Toronto, Ont. | 6/1/88 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| C/RW | 28 | Kyle Wilson | 6-0 | 201 | L | Oakville, Ont. | 12/15/84 | Columbus (NHL)/Springfield (AHL) |
| D | 38 | Jack Hillen | 5-10 | 190 | L | Minnetonka, Minn. | 1/24/86 | NY Islanders (NHL) |
| D | 42 | Mattias Ekholm | 6-4 | 204 | L | Borlange, Sweden | 5/24/90 | Brynas (Sweden) |
| D | 54 | Charles-Olivier Roussel | 6-1 | 201 | R | St. Eustache, Que. | 9/13/91 | Montreal (QMJHL) |
| LW | 60 | Brent Andrews | 6-2 | 200 | L | Hunter River, P.E.I. | 1/19/93 | Halifax (QMJHL) |
| LW | 65 | Ryan Thang | 6-0 | 194 | R | Chicago, Ill. | 5/11/87 | Milwaukee (AHL) |
| LW | 67 | Robert Slaney | 6-2 | 203 | L | Upper Island Cove, Nfld | 10/13/88 | Reading (ECHL)/Toronto (AHL) |
| LW | 74 | Sergei Kostitsyn | 6-0 | 207 | L | Novopolotsk, Belarus | 3/20/87 | Nashville (NHL) |
| D | 75 | Taylor Aronson | 6-1 | 205 | R | Placentia, Calif. | 12/30/91 | Portland (WHL) |
| D | 89 | Tyler Sloan | 6-4 | 214 | L | Calgary, Alta. | 3/15/81 | Washington (NHL)/Hershey (AHL) |
| TEAM SILVER | ||||||||
| POS. | NO. | PLAYER | Height | Weight | Shoots | Place of Birth | Birthdate | 2010-11 Team |
| D | 6 | Shea Weber | 6-4 | 232 | R | Sicamous, B.C. | 8/14/85 | Nashville (NHL) |
| D | 8 | Kevin Klein | 6-1 | 200 | R | Kitchener, Ont. | 12/13/84 | Nashville (NHL) |
| C/LW | 13 | Nick Spaling | 6-1 | 198 | L | Palmerston, Ont. | 9/19/88 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| C | 21 | Zack Stortini | 6-4 | 215 | R | Eliot Lake, Ont. | 9/11/85 | Edmonton (NHL)/Oklahoma City (AHL) |
| C | 25 | Jerred Smithson | 6-3 | 209 | R | Vernon, B.C. | 2/4/79 | Nashville (NHL) |
| RW | 27 | Patric Hornqvist | 6-0 | 188 | L | Sollentuna, Sweden | 1/1/87 | Nashville (NHL) |
| RW | 45 | Ryan Flynn | 6-3 | 210 | R | St. Paul, Minn. | 3/22/88 | Milwaukee (AHL) |
| D | 47 | Scott Ford | 6-3 | 216 | R | Fort St. John, B.C. | 12/24/79 | Milwaukee (AHL) |
| D | 49 | Ryan Ellis | 5-10 | 179 | R | Hamilton, Ont. | 1/3/91 | Windsor (OHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) |
| LW | 56 | Taylor Beck | 6-2 | 203 | R | St. Catharines, Ont. | 5/13/91 | Guelph (OHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) |
| LW | 57 | Gabriel Bourque | 5-10 | 192 | L | Rimouski, Que. | 9/23/90 | Milwaukee (AHL) |
| D | 59 | Roman Josi | 6-2 | 198 | L | Bern, Switzerland | 6/1/90 | Milwaukee (AHL) |
| C | 63 | Jani Lajunen | 6-1 | 190 | L | Helsinki, Finland | 6/16/90 | Espoo (Finland) |
| C/RW | 72 | Austin Watson | 6-4 | 193 | R | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 1/13/92 | Peterborough (OHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) |
| C | 73 | Joel Champagne | 6-4 | 214 | L | LaSalle, Que. | 1/24/90 | Quebec (QMJHL) |
| GOALIES | ||||||||
| NO. | GOALTENDER | Height | Weight | Catches | Place of Birth | Birthdate | 2010-11 Team | |
| 30 | Jeremy Smith | 6-0 | 173 | L | Dearborn, Mich. | 4/13/89 | Cincinnati (ECHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) | |
| 35 | Pekka Rinne | 6-5 | 209 | L | Kempele, Finland | 11/3/82 | Nashville (NHL) | |
| 36 | Atte Engren | 6-1 | 186 | L | Rauma, Finland | 2/19/88 | TPS Turku (Finland)/Milwaukee (AHL) | |
| 37 | Chet Pickard | 6-2 | 206 | L | Moncton, N.B. | 11/29/89 | Milwaukee (AHL)/Cincinnati (ECHL) | |
| 39 | Anders Lindback | 6-6 | 203 | L | Gavle, Sweden | 5/3/88 | Nashville (NHL)/Milwaukee (AHL) | |
| INJURED | ||||||||
| POS. | NO. | PLAYER | Height | Weight | Shoots | Place of Birth | Birthdate | 2010-11 Team |
| C | 12 | Mike Fisher | 6-1 | 208 | R | Peterborough, Ont. | 6/5/80 | Ottawa (NHL)/Nashville (NHL) |
| LW | 40 | Brodie Dupont | 6-2 | 210 | L | Russell, Man. | 2/17/87 | Connecticut (AHL) |
| D | 51 | Francis Bouillon | 5-8 | 198 | L | New York, N.Y. | 10/17/75 | Nashville (NHL) |
| C | 79 | Ben Ryan | 5-11 | 193 | R | Detroit, Mich. | 10/16/88 | U. of Notre Dame (CCHA) |
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Just when you start to think:
“Maybe this hellish offseason is finally behind us. Maybe nothing else can go horribly wrong…”
This.
"Get to the Choppa!"
team silver
it’ll be good to have ellis with weber to start. klein and weber could do some hittng if paired together if this wasn’t practice.
O'reilly and Smith
looks like team blue is going to have some heated rivalry for the 2nd scoring line center spot. Would have liked to see those 2 go head to head in a scrimmage.
Keys to the game: GA<GF
I will bet anyone here...
a dozen donuts, that, if Smith stays up, it will be as a winger first, then maybe a center later. Even if Fish is hurt early on. It’ll be where he’s needed, and it’ll be where we need him.
Fisher hurt?
no other options, poile makes a trade……..for someone we have never hurd of!
I'm glad we traded away a $3.5M contract for a dude who doesn't play for a $4.5M contract for a dude that doesn't play.
Seriously though, note that Weber and Ellis are on the same team.
That’s by DESIGN!
The truth is always the right answer....
by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Sep 16, 2011 7:10 PM EDT reply actions
Did I just contradict myself?
That’s just LUCK!!!
:)
The truth is always the right answer....
by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Sep 16, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Huh?
We made a trade? Did it result in us buying anybody else out?
by turd-ferguson on Sep 17, 2011 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
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