I was trying to stay onside and Eric Belanger was coming across the middle and we seemed to collide,'' said Marchant, before catching a lift back to the hotel and then the airport. From the tape they said he tried to get out of the way. The strength is not what it was. I can tell. If it would have been up to me I would have stayed.
Every knee sprain is different.
Some are longer than others and some are shorter than others. I would get up every day and my shoulder would ache. Marchant had seven goals and 20 assists in 48 games this year. Rem Murray will take Marchant's place on the line with Ethan Moreau and Mike Grier. Sergei Zholtok, who had been a healthy scratch in seven of Edmonton's last 12 games and hasn't scored a goal for the Oilers since being traded here in early December, comes out of the press box against Anaheim.