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Oreskovic, Stralman Recalled

by on March 8, 2009 in Uncategorized - 9 Comments

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It looks as though Phil Oreskovic will make his NHL debut tomorrow night vs. Ottawa as the Leafs attempt to cope with an injury-riddled blue-line. Anton Stralman will also feature with Tomas Kaberle, Mike Van Ryn, Jonas Frogren and waiver pick-up Erik Reitz all sidelined. Reitz and Kaberle should be back in action within a week whereas Van Ryn’s season may well be over after he sustained a wince-inducing knee injury last night against the Oilers. Just when we thought we were done with one freakishly injury prone defenseman, it looks like VR will be eliciting the frustration of Carlo Colaiacovo’s tenure as a very skilled defenseman who simply cannot stay off the shelf. The timeline on Frogren isn’t yet known, but Wilson suggested after last night’s loss that “he will be a while” recovering from his lower body injury.

Check out Garrett Bauman’s “Getting To Know You” profile of Phil Oreskovic here.

I have a feeling last night’s tilt was a preview of what’s to come for the remainder of the ’08/’09 campaign, with lots of shots and hard work undone by an inability to generate a finishing product. And that’s by no means surprising  with two of the Leafs’ best offensive producers this season now donning Sabres and Rangers uniforms respectively. Hopefully Nik Hagman’s imminent return will provide the line-up with a bit of an offensive stimulus.

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  • hockey_guru

    wooooo…. let the slide begin!! I never thought I’d see phil play for the Leafs… I watched him play a bit for the Owen Sound Attack… he likes to mix it up a fair amount.

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  • daniel marois

    No doubt that point streak by the Leafs picking up at least a point in 8 games has killed their chances of a top-5 pick. It’s HIGHLY unlikely Burke will give up the farm just to move into a top-5 position. However, the price with the Islanders was really the Leafs second round pick so perhaps Burke can dangle the two picks we have in the second round.

    Did anyone notice the Isles have 4 picks in the second round this year? Do you think they might be enticed to move down in the draft and acquire an additional 2 second round picks (to make it a unprecendeted 6 picks!??). No doubt, Kaberle or Kubina would have to be moved to get that done.

    I noticed Colorado and Atlanta are winning today, with Phoenix possibly coming out with a victory this afternoon. It is a long shot, but I noticed from the Caps game and the OIlers game that offence may be a problem since Antro and Moore have been moved. Hopefully this just means that Toronto will fail to pick up any points for the rest of the season as most of the teams they are facing (outside of Ottawa and Tampa Bay) for the rest of the season are in a playoff race and will not take the Leafs lightly.

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  • Blair

    Every thing has been going tank nation’s way the last 24 hours. The Leafs lost, added a couple more injuries, Ottawa, Atlanta, and the Islanders all won. It’s never good to see someone get injured, but I’m almost glad to see it happen because it has forced Burke to call up players when he’d rather be competitive. I don’t know about anyone else, but in a season where you expect to lose, you hope to see mini-victories in player development and half the reason I even tune in to the games anymore is to see the recent call up in action – not to see the latest over-the-hill player that no one else wanted (ie. Hamilton). I’m looking forward to seeing what Phil brings to the table and I’m also interested in seeing whether they will give Stralman top pair minutes now that Kaberle and VR are shelved.

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  • Roacho

    I’m happy Oreskovic is getting a chance. He’s a big mean dman and derserves a shot to see what he can do at the NHL level.

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  • CarltontheBear

    @daniel marios
    How is our chance of a top 5 pick dead? We’re 5 points up on Ottawa who has the 5th pick with two more games played, with 16 games left.

    Also, nice to see Oreskovic get a chance with the Leafs, a big mean Dman might be just what Burke is looking for.

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  • Lance

    It’ll be interesting to see if Phil’s really as tough and slow as I’ve heard. Hoping for entertainment one way or another.
    Stralman getting the shot to prove himself only makes sense now, but I don’t think that he’d get teh shot if it weren’t for injuries. His production and confidence are up in the AHL. Let’s see how he does – hopefully it’s positive for him.

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  • JMAC

    Let’s hope he lives up to the Hal Gill comparison….honestly, I miss that huge space eater. Our PK has not been the same since he left.

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  • Leafs57

    So do these two call ups count towards the 4 we had left after the trade deadline…..if so, you can bet Phil will be up the rest of the year.

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  • crayn

    I think they are on injury recall, and thus don’t count.

    Reitz and Kaberle coming back would mean they are immediately sent back down.

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