Fitzpatrick'sbeard
03-03-2012, 01:38 PM
Cody Hodgson isn’t quite sure how to feel about returning to the city he was traded from just five days earlier or suiting up against guys he called teammates when the week began.
The 22-year-old hasn’t had much time to process being a key part of a four-player deal that sent him from Vancouver to Buffalo at Monday's trade deadline, with 2009 first-round draft pick Zack Kassian, Buffalo's top prospect, headed the other way.
"It's a different feel," Hodgson said Friday during a media session at the Sabres’ hotel. "It feels weird to be like a guest at home."
"I was as shocked as anybody,"
Kassian says he can already feel that support in Vancouver, which is a good thing since the pro-Hodgson contingent may see anything short of the Hall of Fame as a failure. That the burly 21-year-old has started as a limited-minutes fourth-liner with the Canucks only added to their disdain for the deal, but the force of the nine hits he’s thrown in two games so far should soften their stance against the deal.
"You quickly turn the page once you come to this city and see the fans and the city and where they are in the standings and the chance they have in the playoffs," he said of the NHL-leading Canucks. "Your mind quickly forgets about Buffalo and zones into here."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=620245
wouldn't be surprised to see Kaleta and Kassian to :box: tonight?
The 22-year-old hasn’t had much time to process being a key part of a four-player deal that sent him from Vancouver to Buffalo at Monday's trade deadline, with 2009 first-round draft pick Zack Kassian, Buffalo's top prospect, headed the other way.
"It's a different feel," Hodgson said Friday during a media session at the Sabres’ hotel. "It feels weird to be like a guest at home."
"I was as shocked as anybody,"
Kassian says he can already feel that support in Vancouver, which is a good thing since the pro-Hodgson contingent may see anything short of the Hall of Fame as a failure. That the burly 21-year-old has started as a limited-minutes fourth-liner with the Canucks only added to their disdain for the deal, but the force of the nine hits he’s thrown in two games so far should soften their stance against the deal.
"You quickly turn the page once you come to this city and see the fans and the city and where they are in the standings and the chance they have in the playoffs," he said of the NHL-leading Canucks. "Your mind quickly forgets about Buffalo and zones into here."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=620245
wouldn't be surprised to see Kaleta and Kassian to :box: tonight?