Oilers Recall Stortini; Place Staios on IR

[canuckfan]

The Edmonton Oilers have placed defenceman Steve Staios on the NHL Injured Reserve List and have recalled forward Zack Stortini from the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League.

Staios has been sidelined for the Oilers’ last four games (January 10th to 18th) with the flu and a knee strain.

This will be Stortini’s second recall to the Oilers this season, having previously been recalled on November 20th. The 6’3”, 215-pound native of Elliot Lake, Ontario did not play in the Oilers’ 2-1 win versus the Calgary Flames at Rexall Place on November 21st and was reassigned to Hamilton on November 22nd.

The 21-year-old winger has scored 9-6-15 with 172 PIM and is +1 in 42 games with Hamilton this season. He was 12th on the Bulldogs scoring list and led the AHL in penalty minutes at the time of his recall. Three of his nine goals have been scored on the powerplay.

[Captain Crunch28]

Very good news! I knew this was going to happen!

[TheBoogeyman]

Thats some really good news...

I dont know much about this guy, but have heard hes had some troubles with Godard. I sure hope he can hang with the heavies in the NHL.

[jkidd]

This division just got a whole lot tougher in the past few weeks...

Nucks: add Jeff Cowan (better than what they had)
Flames: bring up Eric Godard
Oilers: bring up Stortini

All thats left is for the Avs to bring someone up or add someone.

Good move, Godard did have a lot of "fun" with Wild players while Boogaard was shelved in the locker room.

[TheBoogeyman]

I wonder if other enforcers have realized that Boogaard ALL BY HIMSELF got 2 tough guys called up...

If all enforcers started playing like Boogaard or Brash, we would have alot of tough guys called up IMO.

Great to hear.

[LAKINGSNUT]

good news! i agree Boogaard had plenty to do with the recent call ups. if more big guys played the same way Derek does, every team, including Detroit, would carry a HW.

[evulmievl]

ive seen stortini alot during his days in the ohl. im sure the competition is tougher in the nhl compared to the ohl, but he dominated in the O. he is a gamer and will go with anyone. if only the wings management would take note.

[rondo]

Godard gave it to him in the pre-season but it looks like they had a scrap in the AHL so it looks like the kid is game. Also saw that Godard scrapped with sugden this year anybody now the outcome?

[Skorka85]

I don't care if he's Matt Barnaby's little brother, at least there's one more willing heavy in the league.

[TheBoogeyman]

6'3 215lbs...aint bad, but I could see that being a problem with the super heavies.

[5 Minute Major]

They are already hyping up a possible Godard - Stortini on TSN. It's the feature artical on TSN right now.
The feature article at TSN right now is about how the Flames called up Godard yesterday, and that the Oilers responded by bringing up Stortini today.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/


For the whole story,
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=192882&hubname=nhl

[Toe2tOe55]

Well lets see if Stortini can do the job to stay up for a while cuz im sick of seein only Greene and Winchester do the work when they have Zack to do it all.

[Bigman]

I have watched Zack Stortini all year in Hamilton and he can fight. He has a rivalry with Eric Godard and hopefully tonight they will both fight. Stortini will stand in front of the net and is hard to move. He is good on the scrambles and that is how he has gotten most of his goals this season. He just may score tonight. Both teams will try and put them both out there against each other as much as possible. Since Stortini is gone, the Bulldogs should call up tough guy Jimmy Bonneau from Cincinnati to fill the void. I hear he can fight and has good size at 6ft3, 220lbs. He is the Canadiens enforcer of the future.

[mongoose]

god i hope so.