Dallas Stars Place Brad Lukowich on Re-Entry Waivers

by Brad Gardner on Mar 21, 2011 12:20 PM CDT in Dallas Stars News

According to multiple sources the Dallas Stars placed veteran defenseman Brad Lukowich on re-entry waivers and will recall him when he clears tomorrow. His age and NHL experience necessitate re-entry waivers but any other club claiming him couldn't use him on their roster, just like Brandon Segal last week, so he will clear.

Lukowich is a veteran of over 600 NHL games and has played with the Stars, Lightning, New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks. He played 13 games with the Canucks last season and has not played in a Dallas Stars uniform (regular season) since the disastrous season of 2001-2002. He played 8 games in the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoff run.

The 34 year old has played 67 games with the Texas Stars this season, accruing 4 goals, 23 assists and 59 PIM.

This means that Nicklas Grossman or Karlis Skrastins (and most likely both) will miss one or more games with their injuries suffered on Saturday night against Philadelphia. Skrastins has a laceration on his thigh from a skate blade, received many stitches and is concerned about damage to the muscle.

Grossman twisted his knee and his injury has nothing to do with the hip injury that caused him to miss 11 games recently.

Neither has been placed on IR yet (that we know of) so it is not known at this time if the Lukowich call up is one of only four the Stars get after the trade deadline. They have already used one on Brandon Segal.

The only good news out of any of this is that Mark Fistric will be in the lineup on Wednesday to squish some Ducks, and Loui Eriksson skated again today in a light, optional practice. More about his status will be known if he can go through the full practice tomorrow.

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Thank god

Lukosandwich is goood

by T Bouldin on Mar 21, 2011 12:35 PM CDT reply actions

Awesome!

It’s been a while since I’ve seen him play — but i feel MUCH better about bringing him up than Fortunus/Larsen/Ludwig at this point in the season.

Especially considering it’s two stay at home defenseman who are injured.

And on the plus side, we have two guys from the ’99 team again… big gulps, eh?

by rev0lver19 on Mar 21, 2011 12:45 PM CDT reply actions

Speaking of those 4 call ups...

Heika seems to think that the Stars have already used two of them. One of Segal, and the other on Vincour. I thought that rule only applied to call ups after the trade deadline—and Vincour came up to the big club before that. Is he wrong, or is there something I’m missing?

by WingnutInStarsCountry on Mar 21, 2011 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

All the call-ups and waiver rules give me a headache.

We need a flowchart or something.

by Sugaa on Mar 21, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I asked Mike about it at the game on Saturday

and he seemed sure about it, but Vincour played his first game on Feb 9th and hasn’t missed a game since, so… I don’t know. I can’t think of anyone else they’ve called up or why that would count against them.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 21, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Good for him.

Always liked Lukowich, but gained a whole new respect watching him on the Texas Stars. He’s such a leader and mentor to those guys. You always see him skating around talking to teammates and standing at the door when the team leaves the ice to give everyone a “good job”…win or lose. Nothing would make me happier than to see him have a positive impact during his call-up.

by GoStarsGo on Mar 21, 2011 1:33 PM CDT reply actions

+1

Nice Comments Bro. ;)

by k9mike on Mar 21, 2011 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds like Skrastins isn't as bad as we thought

So I imagine he will not be put on IR, and without both of them on IR it’s not emergency conditions.

They shouldn’t need (knock on wood) to make many more callups anyway. They have a lot of forwards available at this point and three healthy scratches when everyone gets healthy.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 21, 2011 1:36 PM CDT reply actions

MRI for Grossman

Dosen’t sound nice?

What...just...happened?

by RealDealNeal on Mar 21, 2011 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

Sounds scary as hell

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 21, 2011 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Not only for this season but for next as well if it's the worst kind of knee news

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 21, 2011 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Not good... Bad news...

Well… Lukowich… Why not…

by Henri Muroke on Mar 21, 2011 3:33 PM CDT reply actions

Yikes...

I like Lukowich/Fistric over Skrastins, but the fact that Grossman may be out scares me. He’s the shutdown defenseman that this team needs so bad.

If the Stars can overcome this they deserve a playoff spot for sure.

by coolcolin09 on Mar 21, 2011 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

The Feb swan was due to all the forward injuries

I hope we can deal better with blue line ones, but very scared since that is our weakest link.

by 1paniolo on Mar 21, 2011 8:25 PM CDT reply actions

Heika has an article spelling out the Call Up status today.

It is on this Blog, so I think outside the pay wall … Here

Basically, Vincour was sent down on paper so he could be on the Texas Stars clear day roster, then brought back up using one. Segal was the 2nd out of the four call-ups allowed.

Lukowich is an emergency call-up since we only have 5 D-men. When Skratch or Grossman gets healthy he will need to be sent down or use the 3rd call-up on him. Shouldn’t be a big deal as you even with only one left since you are always allowed emergency call-ups for injuries that you don’t have roster people for … ie goalkeeper.

by 1paniolo on Mar 22, 2011 9:51 AM CDT reply actions