Owen Nolan signs with Zurich of Swiss League

[JKidd]

Owen Nolan has not given up on playing in the NHL.

The 38-year-old winger is slated to be on a plane headed to Switzerland on Thursday night. He's joining Zurich of the Swiss League in what he hopes is the first step in bringing him back to the NHL this season.

"I'm still eager to play," Nolan told ESPN.com Wednesday night. "I feel like I still have something in the tank and can help a team."

The plan is for him to play for Zurich for a month and "show that I can still play," Nolan said.

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[Ciccarelli]

Swiss hockey is played on bigger ice-surfaces and with lot's of skating and speed...could be difficult for Nolan to show that he is still good enough.

[ghjkfdhgfd]

id rather have nolan then mietticrapen

[Juha82]

Nolan was powerforward but a bit lazy player in defensive area.
He is old so he left the NHL.

[Jensen]

Originally Posted by Juha82

Nolan was powerforward but a bit lazy player in defensive area.
He is old so he left the NHL.

Please don't comment on a player you know nothing about.

[dumby]

Originally Posted by Juha82

Nolan was powerforward but a bit lazy player in defensive area.
He is old so he left the NHL.

No, not lazy, Always one of the hardest working players, and he drops the gloves. Probably would have been resigned by the Wild but went to San Jose on a Verbal offer that never panned out.

[The Woodsman]

I am really surprised he is not in the NHL this year. The guy is a warrior and still producing.

[Juha82]

Originally Posted by Jensen

Please don't comment on a player you know nothing about.

He was good hitter and goes front of the net but in defensive area he wasnt best.
He has told it actually for Pro hockey magazine that he isnt best in defensive jobs.

[Wild_KO King]

I wish the old Irish goat nothing but the best. I really enjoyed having him wear a Wild sweater, and would have liked to see him here for one more year. He may be getting a little long in the tooth, but he more than proved that he can still contribute when called upon. Hell, he even stepped up and fought Orr when he had to! I think he still has a bit left in the tank, and probably should have landed with an NHL squad this year.

*Dear Wild Management: Is there any way we can ditch the load that is Chuck Kobasew and bring back Nolan for one more year?

Thanks,

KO King

[Jensen]

Originally Posted by dumby

No, not lazy, Always one of the hardest working players, and he drops the gloves. Probably would have been resigned by the Wild but went to San Jose on a Verbal offer that never panned out.

He never went to San Jose on a verbal offer. He wasn't in training camp and management never wanted him back, only the fans.

[Juha82]

I remembered wrong player Nolan in it interview Pro hockey magazine.
Like his teammate sayed; he do all the things on the ice, fights, hits, scores the goals and plays the penalty killing.
So i was wrong actually Jensen.
I just remembered wrong.

Nolan is a player which i respects because he drops the gloves down.

[dave chappelle]

Originally Posted by Juha82

Nolan was powerforward but a bit lazy player in defensive area.
He is old so he left the NHL.

You have never seen this guy play so stfu!

[dumby]

Originally Posted by Jensen

He never went to San Jose on a verbal offer. He wasn't in training camp and management never wanted him back, only the fans.

He lives there, and owns retaurants there, his family is there, and he hoped to be invited to their camp, and like I said probably could have got a 1 year with the Wild, but gambled on the Sharks.

[Perrott26]

Excellent temper, I remember him getting glove punched by Eric Cairns in front of the Islanders goal. He looked at the linesman saw there was no penalty and then landed a beauty sucker glove shot in retaliation. Cairns made him man up and Nolan lost the fight, but that was some funny ****.

[Jensen]

Originally Posted by dumby

He lives there, and owns retaurants there, his family is there, and he hoped to be invited to their camp, and like I said probably could have got a 1 year with the Wild, but gambled on the Sharks.

And somehow that equates to a verbal offer with the Sharks? Nolan participates in the Captain's Skate every year with San Jose, that's nothing new. Nolan wanted to come back to SJ, but management did not want him back. There was no verbal offer, nothing.