There are rumblings out of Boston that Bruins F Milan Lucic, 19, may be freed up to play for Canada’s national junior team. The junior team invitations will go out shortly, with players to report to Calgary on Dec. 10. . . . Lucic, should he play for Canada, would return to the Bruins after the tournament, or so the rumblings have it. . . .
Former NHLer Matthew Barnaby, in a radio interview with the Fan 590 in Toronto: "Kevin Constantine was the best X's and O's coach I ever played for and Kevin Constantine was the worst coach I ever played for." . . .
The Regina Pats have returned C Jordan Weal, 15, to the Vancouver-North West Giants. Weal, the B.C. major midget league’s leading scorer, had one assist in two games with the Pats. He was the 79th pick in the 2007 bantam draft. . . .
The Kelowna Rockets have dealt F James Kerr, 17, to the Portland Winter Hawks for conditional 2009 fourth-round draft pick. Kerr, 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, is the son of former NHLer Alan Kerr, who is the vice-president, GM and head coach of the BCHL’s Alberni Valley Bulldogs. James, who is leaning towards the NCAA route, plays for the Bulldogs and has 19 points, including four goals, and 29 penalty minutes in 31 games. . . . James, who is from Penticton, B.C., played junior B for the Summerland Sting, a team operated by Okanagan Hockey Schools, an organization of which his father is vice-president. The folks from OHS also own the Bulldogs.
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