Canucks Manny Maholtra has been cleared to practice, after suffering a severe eye injury. On March 16th, the veteran center got struck in the eye with a puck, had to have 2 surgeries to save his vision. If he returns for the finals, he’d wear a full shield. He would likely start off with the 4th line, with getting key ice time on the penalty kill and key face off situations.
The team whose players win’s the Conn Smythe this year has a smaller price to pay. The winner of the award gets a 1.3 million dollar bonus, because each team is up against the cap this year, that bonus would count against next year’s salary cap. That occurred that year to the Chicago Blackhawks when Duncan Keith won playoff MVP.
After winning game seven on Friday night and advancing to the Stanley Cup finals, the Boston Bruins 2nd round 2011 draft pick now belongs to the Toronto Maple Leafs. A clause in the Tomas Kaberle trade had the Bruins sending the pick to the Leafs if the Bruins got to the finals, or re-signed Kaberle. This now gives Toronto 12 draft picks this year, four in the first 2 rounds.
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