marian kello

As Alex Ovechkin takes the pregame warmup at Madison Square Garden, an hour before scoring in his return game -- a Capitals ' 4-2 win -- Rangers fans in blue and white jerseys stand 10-deep behind the glass. In a rarity for this most vocal of fanbases, hardly anyone makes a sound. They mostly just stand and watch and appreciate.  

Hearts goalkeeper Marian Kello is not expecting to require surgery on a shoulder injury. The Slovakian has not featured for the Jambos since colliding with a post during an SPL meeting with Kilmarnock last month. Kello suffered damage to his shoulder during the incident and a number of injections have since failed to ease the problem.

I have had scans done on the shoulder and saw a specialist towards the end of last week and it is good news   -Marian Kello

 

Hearts goalkeeper Marian Kello will do all he can to avoid surgery on his troublesome shoulder. The Slovakian first picked up the knock in Csaba Laszlo's side's 1-0 win over Kilmarnock last month after clashing with a post. The 27-year-old, who is on loan from Lithuanian outfit FC Kaunas, has been out of action since with Janos Balogh taking his place in the side, but he hopes only to miss a further two weeks.  

We're just like anybody else -- we can't help but pretend to be experts and forecast the future. We've gone down the more well-traveled road, predicting how the conferences will and championship will shape up, but we weren't done there. Here are some more predictions on the verge of the NHL season.  

The NHL season is almost upon us. That means the weather is getting colder, leaves are falling off trees and coaches are ever closer to getting the proverbial axe. Last year, it took only four games for the Chicago Blackhawks to fire Dennis Savard .  

With one play in the first period Monday night, Marian Gaborik showed New York the magnificence he's capable of when healthy. Making his Rangers debut in a 4-2 win over Detroit at Madison Square Garden, Gaborik dazzled with a virtuoso piece of playmaking that led to a power play goal nine minutes into the game. Protecting the puck from Detroit defenseman Brad Stuart over two trips in one sequence behind the Red Wings goal, he backhanded a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Enver Lisin to give the Rangers a 2

He did some really good things in our zone. He did some lousy things in our zone. That's going to take time. But he's going to add a dimension to our team with his creativity.   -John Tortorella

 

TEAM NEWS Mild-mannered defender Marius Zaliukas is set to return to the centre of the Hearts defence for the first time in the league this season after completing his a four-match suspension for blowing his Lithuanian top consistently last season. Goalkeeper Janos Balogh has recovered from a recent illness, but the equally erratic Marian Kello could still retain his place after Tuesday's clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Kilmarnock. David Templeton and Calum Elliot are still missing through injury, reducin  

 

Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo has backed Marius Zaliukas to return from suspension a wiser and more mature player. The Lithuanian international is available for the clash against Celtic on Sunday after completing his four-match league ban. Although he featured in both his side's UEFA Europa League play-off ties against Dinamo Zagreb - he scored Hearts' second goal in the 2-0 victory over the Croatian champions at Tynecastle - he has yet to figure in a domestic match this season due to the suspension.

This is a positive for us   -Csaba Laszlo

 

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