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Tomas Plekanec Rolls Andrei Kostitsyn Across the Ice

By Adam GretzDec 2nd 2010 – 4:20PM

One of the more bizarre moments you're likely to see in the NHL this season occurred during Wednesday's Montreal-Edmonton game, which was won by the Oilers in overtime, 4-3. With the Canadiens on a power play, forward Andrei Kostitsyn was injured and struggled to make his way to the bench. Naturally, Tomas Plekanec did...

Patrice Bergeron Signs 3-Year Contract Extension With Bruins

By Adam GretzOct 8th 2010 – 11:41AM

Boston's Patrice Bergeron was well on his way to becoming a fantastic NHL forward until a series of concussions sidetracked his career during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Finally healthy last season, the 25-year-old started to show the promise and ability Bruins fans saw during the first three years of his career with a...

Center of Attention: The Cost of a Free Agent Center This Summer

By Adam GretzJul 19th 2010 – 10:33AM

The biggest transaction in the NHL last week involved a player -- Mikko Koivu -- who wouldn't have been eligible for unrestricted free agency until after the 2010-11 season. On Thursday, the Minnesota Wild inked their captain to a whopping seven-year, $47 million contract extension that sparked the inevitable debate of...

Matthew Lombardi Signs With Nashville

By Adam GretzJul 2nd 2010 – 5:50PM

After a hectic and chaotic start to free agency on Thursday, day two of the signing period had been rather uneventful (at least when compared to all of the action from the previous day) until the Nashville Predators struck a deal with center Matthew Lombardi. According to Darren Pang, it's a three-year deal worth $3.5...

Lee Stempniak: The Free Agent Wildcard

By Adam GretzJun 30th 2010 – 10:46AM

If you're searching for a top-six forward during this year's free agency signing period, your options are going to be seriously limited. What was already a sub-par group was significantly weakened when Montreal signed Tomas Plekanec to a six-year, $30 million deal, and when San Jose found a way to keep its leading...

Tomas Plekanec News From the Web

  • 05/21/12 Ask Matty: Plekanec might make good trade bait for the... Source: Edmonton Journal - Edmonton - AB - Canada Trading Tomas Plekanec in Montreal makes sense because they have David Desharnais and Lars Eller at centre and maybe they could use Plekanec to get a top-10 pick in the NHL entry draft and take a centre with their No. 3 pick.
  • 05/10/12 Rock steady Source: NHL - Montreal Canadiens MONTREAL – Think Tomas Plekanec turned in a disappointing performance in 2011-12?

Background on Tomas Plekanec

Tomas Plekanec (born October 31, 1982) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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