Naslund Tries to Spark Rangers

Feb 25, 2009 2:04 PM John Chandler

Thursday night’s slate of games only produced one fight. Who would have thought Markus Naslund would be involved in it?

The cause of the scrap occurred six minutes into last night’s Rangers-Leafs game. Ian White, who ironically has also fought Ilya Kovalchuk this season, took a run at Naslund along the boards. Naslund moved out of the way in time and delivered a gloved punch to White’s face before skating away. White followed him to the front of the Toronto net and the two exchanged some shoves before dropping the gloves. The fight wasn’t much, just some grappling until the linesmen intervened, and New York ended up losing in a shootout.

Even though it was Naslund’s second career bout, it was the first time that he discarded his gloves. Why is that? Well, you’ll have to go all the way back to Naslund’s days with the Penguins to witness his last altercation. He didn’t provide much offense against Randy Cunneyworth.

Laraque expects to be dealt

Despite signing a three-year deal with the Canadiens last summer, Georges Laraque feels that he might be on his way out of town already. Laraque spoke to the media after practice yesterday afternoon and revealed that his lack of playing time could be signaling a change in scenery by the trade deadline.

However Laraque strongly states that despite his premonitions, he’s not going to look for a way out himself. “I never asked for a trade and I won’t,” Laraque told hockeyfights.com.

It’s also interesting to note that another player reportedly experiencing issues with the club as well is Steve Begin, who is in the final year of his contract.

Videos added

Markus Naslund vs Ian White Feb 25, 2009
Markus Naslund vs Randy Cunneyworth Dec 4, 1993
Keith Ballard vs Chuck Kobasew Feb 24, 2009
Jamal Mayers vs Jason Chimera Apr 13, 2006
Jamal Mayers vs Duvie Westcott Apr 13, 2006
Chris McRae vs Tie Domi Mar 3, 1990
Brandon Sugden vs Paul Bissonnette Feb 25, 2009
Brodie Dupont vs Deryk Engelland Feb 25, 2009

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