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TORONTO - Anthony Stewart hasnt played an NHL game since the lockout two years ago, but the former first-round draft pick isnt giving up on making a comeback.After a brief stint in the Kontinental Hockey League earlier this season, the 29-year-old forward from Lasalle, Que., is skating with the Ryerson University team to stay in shape until he finds his next opportunity.A lot of guys havent played a game (in the NHL) since and ultimately, thats my goal to get back to the NHL, Stewart said in an interview this week. But having a young family, I have to play, and play in the highest league as possible so, Europe is where my job takes me now.Earlier this season, Stewart recorded a goal and an assist in 12 games for the KHLs Medvescak Zagreb before being released from a tryout.Rather than wait by the phone, hes been skating with the Rams for nearly five weeks.Its a skating game out in Europe and its hard to sit around for a month or two just on the couch, hoping to go back over there and be an impact player, Stewart said before Rams practice. Its great being out here, the guys are great, no one is taking it easy on me and its definitely a good experience.The six-foot-three Stewart was selected 25th overall by the Florida Panthers at the 2003 NHL draft. His last two seasons in the NHL were the best of his six in the league. In 2010-11, Stewart had 14 goals and 25 assists in 80 games with the Atlanta Thrashers. The next season he collected nine goals and 11 assists in 77 games with the Carolina Hurricanes.The next season was marred by the NHL lockout and Stewart has been trying to resurrect his career ever since, playing for pro teams in places like Manchester, N.H., Nottingham, England, and Yekaterinburg, Russia.Well I would say (the lockout had) a great impact because I havent played since, but thats part of the business, said Stewart, whose brother Chis plays for the Buffalo Sabres.Stewart is joined at Rams practices with fellow free agents Matt Pelech, a 2005 first-round draft pick of the Calgary Flames, and Akim Aliu.Pelech split time in 2013-14 between the San Jose Sharks and the AHLs Worcester Sharks. In the AHL, Pelech had 238 penalty minutes in 2012-13 before adding another 73 to his total last year.Aliu spent parts of two seasons with the Calgary Flames and played in 10 games this season with the AHLs Rochester Americans, where he had four points before being released from a tryout.Stewart says that he wont go back to the KHL, but would be open to playing in Switzerland, where he spent time last year, Sweden or Germany.He has recently changed his agent, which has delayed the process of finding another job, but he hopes to have a new place to play within a couple weeks.Im open to maybe going back to the AHL and trying it out again, or wait until next year to try the NHL, Stewart said. Right now Im looking to go back to Europe and well see.Im confident in my game that I still have a lot of game left… a lot of years left, so well see where that goes. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! .com) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quickly found themselves a new offensive coordinator, and one thats quite familiar with the NFC South. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- Adam Tambellini scored three times and set up one more as the Calgary Hitmen won their sixth in a row by crushing the host Lethbridge Hurricanes 8-1 on Saturday in Western Hockey League play. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку!. Five straight losses (and six in the past seven) now dot the schedule – matching their longest skid of the year – after they fell again in New Jersey on Sunday night, topped 3-2 by Cory Schneider and the Devils. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Six years of waiting are finally over for the Dallas defenceman. Daley had a goal and an assist, Kari Lehtonen recorded his fifth shutout of the season, and the Stars clinched their first playoff berth since 2008 with a 3-0 victory against the St. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Lisicki beat South African Chanelle Scheepers by a 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) margin. Next up for the Wimbledon runner-up will be Slovenian Polona Hercog, who outlasted Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.PHILADELPHIA – One year ago at the NHL draft in Newark, the Maple Leafs picked Frederik Gauthier with their first selection, a hulking centre with likely third-line potential and a low offensive ceiling. They swung for a much higher fence with the eighth overall pick on Friday night, landing the "electrifying" William Nylander from Sweden. A speedy, highlight-reel winger, he is the son of longtime NHL centre Michael Nylander and the first European Toronto has drafted in the first round since Jiri Tlusty in 2006. Nylander is also the first draft pick of the Brendan Shanahan era and an injection of homegrown game-breaking ability, long-starved within the Leaf organization. "Hes got high, high-end skill," gushed general manager Dave Nonis, shortly after the pick was made. And that fills a need within the prospect ranks of the organization, considerably deprived over the years. Though hopeful that the likes of Carter Verhaeghe, Connor Brown and Andreas Johnson may eventually make an impact of sorts with the big club, the Leafs simply did not boast a game-breaker with Nylanders ceiling beyond the NHL club (and have not historically). They havent landed many at all from the draft. Vincent Damphousse, picked sixth overall in 1986, was the last homegrown player to register at least 80 points in a season as a Leaf. Toronto has, additionally, sent only two homegrown players to the All-Star game in the past 20 years, neither of whom was a forward (Tomas Kaberle and Felix Potvin). Dealing first round picks – as they did five times from 2003-2011 – certainly didnt help the matter. Nylander may or may not make it, but he, at the very least, represents the kind of high upside, homegrown talent the organization has mostly lacked, especially up front – Nazem Kadri, who scored 20 goals as a 23-year-old last season, was a recent exception. Nonis wouldnt go as far as to say that adding skill was a priority, but labeled it "an area of weakness". "He might be the most skilled player in the draft," said the Leafs GM of Nylander. Nonis saw that skill firsthand at the Under-18 tournament in Finland this past April. Nylander, playing for Sweden, led all players with 16 points in seveen games, notching six goals along the way.dddddddddddd As a teenager, he spent part of last season in Swedens top league, totaling a goal and seven points in 22 games – notable given his age and size (5-foot-11, 169 pounds). "He has NHL speed, NHL hands, an NHL shot right now," Nonis said. "Its whether or not the rest of his game can catch up." Unwilling to pay Dale Tallons price for the first overall pick and rights to draft Aaron Ekblad, Nonis said he actually considered moving down if one of two players – Nylander among them – wasnt there to be had with the eighth pick. Nylander grew up around the NHL, his father totaling 920 NHL games for seven different teams. That kept the younger Nylander in North America until the age of 14 when he moved to Sweden, eventually playing alongside his 40-year-old dad last year (with Rogle in the second-tier league). "I like to score goals and make plays," Nylander said, projecting an aura of confidence and cool, noticeably unfazed by all that surrounded him. A free agent and thus able to come to North America next year if he and the organization so choose, Nylander will audition for the Leafs in the fall. "Hell definitely have a chance to make our team," Nonis said. "[But] I really dont care how skilled you are, its very difficult to make the NHL as an 18-year-old. I think itd be a long shot for him to do that, but hes going to be given that opportunity and if hes good enough to stick and play and contribute then we would keep him. If not, well decide at that point whether its best to keep him over in North America or to have him go back to Sweden to play in the Elite League." Nylander boasts a "VERY high ceiling" according to Mark Seidel, chief scout for North American Central Scouting, but has been trailed by attitude questions, something Nonis brushed aside as outward confidence. Like most draftees, the new Leaf prospect will have to get bigger and stronger before he is likely to make the leap to the NHL, additionally requiring some acclimation to the North American ice surface. "It may take him a month to acclimate, it might take him over a year – I dont know that," said Nonis. "But the skill-set is very high end." ' ' '