scouting combine taking place in Buffalo, where McDavid is among the league's top 120 prospects taking part. NHL Central Scouting has McDavid ranked first on its list of prospects, just ahead of Boston University center Jack Eichel.McDavid is projected to be selected by Edmonton with the first pick in the draft on June 26 in Florida.The 18-year-old center had 44 goals and 72 assists for 120 points in 47 games in his third season with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League. McDavid also was part of the Canadian national team that won the world junior championship in January.Overall, the Toronto-area native has 97 goals, 188 assists for 285 points in 166 career junior games.CCM Vice President of global marketing Sean Williams said signing McDavid was an important step for his company.FOX SPORTS DAILYNHL TEAM EDITIONNHL News To Your Inbox!CHOOSE YOUR TEAM(S)*By clicking "SUBSCRIBE", you have read and agreed to the Fox Sports Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.SUBSCRIBE''To have the best young player who's coming along in a long time decide to partner with us, we think that's a big deal,'' Williams said.And to have McDavid start his career in Edmonton should provide a boost to CCM's already strong presence in Canada.''Our hope is that it helps our global presence,Cleveland jerseys for sale, and I think it will at least help our Canadian presence,'' Williams said. ''But if Connor McDavid excels like we expect him to, I think he could have a broader impact.''McDavid has been using CCM equipment for numerous years, and
stick down you're probably going to get the puck," Edler said.Jordan Eberle, Nail Yakupov, Benoit Pouliot, Taylor Hall and Teddy Purcell scored for the Oilers, who will miss the playoffs for the ninth straight season. Ben Scrivens made 17 saves.Pouliot, who went to the Cup final last season with the New York Rangers, says it's been a tough year with his new team."Last year was a very long, very fun year. This year is a totally different story," said Pouliot, who also had two assists. "Hopefully next year will be different. (Next year) can be totally opposite, we'll see."The Oilers opened the scoring at 9:45 of the first period when Linden Vey turned over the puck in his zone to Derek Roy, who found a wide-open Yakupov.Just 11 seconds later, Eberle took a pass from Pouliot in the slot and wristed in his 24th of the year to double the lead.Vancouver pulled to 2-1 with just over 6 minutes left in the first. In a quick tic-tac-toe passing play, Henrik Sedin dished to Edler, who found Daniel Sedin alone and the Swede scored to hit the 20-goal mark.Bieksa tied it up early in the second with a wraparound goal, but Edmonton restored its lead when Hall buried Pouliot's no-look pass at 3:44.Miller showed his rust when Pouliot fired in a wrist shot with 7:47 remaining in the second. However, Vancouver came right back to pull to 4-3 as Baertschi went five-hole on Scrivens at 8:01 for his first with the Canucks.With 30 seconds left in the second, the Oilers went up
concussion-related injuries was largely rejected Wednesday by a federal judge, allowing the claims to move forward.The plaintiffs have been seeking unspecified financial damages and medical monitoring for neurological disorders. They've argued the league had the knowledge and resources to better prevent head trauma,wholesale football jerseys cheap, failed to properly warn players of such risks and promoted violent play that led to their injuries.U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson wrote in her order that the former players "adequately alleged that the NHL negligently or fraudulently omitted information on an ongoing basis."Attorneys for the NHL have pointed to a pair of primary grounds for dismissal of the lawsuit: pre-emption and statute of limitations. The gist is that the league's collective bargaining agreement with the players should pre-empt the claim, subjecting the dispute to the National Labor Relations Board, and that a tort claim such as this cannot be made past the six-year window for raising them.Nelson declined to address one of the NHL's arguments but dismissed the others,cheap Cleveland jerseys, in her 33-page ruling."While we would have hoped for a different result on this motion, we understand that the case is at a relatively early stage,Wholesale Cleveland Browns jerseys, and there will be ample opportunity for us to establish our defenses as the discovery process progresses," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement.This combination of several lawsuits by more than 200 former NHL players was formally filed last October.
with less of an effort. He faced 54 shots in blanking Chicago on Jan. 6."Defensively, I thought we were sharp," Roy said. "It's nice to give Varly a performance like this. I'm not saying it was an easy shutout, but it's nice for him to have an easier game where we don't give up that many shots and not many scoring chances. I hope we're going to do that all the time from now on."The Predators pulled Mazanec for an extra skater with 2:15 left, and Landeskog scored a minute later to seal the victory.NOTES:MacKinnon had two assists. ... Iginla's goal was the 1,200th point of his career. ... Predators C Mike Ribero was ejected at 6:33 of the third. ... The Avalanche recalled D Stefan Elliott after D Erik Johnson had right knee surgery that will sideline him for 3-to-8 weeks. ... Nashville G Pekka Rinne is expected to miss up to three weeks because of a sprained knee.Detroit Red Wings beat New York Islanders
Outshot, the Detroit Red Wings did the most with what they got.Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist scored power-play goals Saturday and the Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 4-1.The Red Wings won for the seventh time in eight games.Backup goalie Petr Mrazek responded after giving up five goals in a loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday. Detroit overcame five penalties and was outshot by the Islanders 23-19.Mrazek once again subbed for Jimmy Howard, who's been out with a groin injury since Jan. 10."I feel great," Mrazek said. "Tried to bounce back after the game