Ales Hemsky RUMORS & NEWS

Slam Sports "Ales Hemsky’s taken some grief in town for not stepping up like he was expected to during the heart of the stretch drive, but he did what he could on one foot. While the Oilers aren’t saying anything yet, it’s suspected Hemsky has been playing with a broken bone in his foot for a month." April 13

The Copper & Blue "Joanne Ireland reports that Hemsky tried to skate but will not be able to play against the Predators. Joanne Ireland @jirelandEJ Hemsky tried to get into skate but is a no-go; Petrell & Eager in ... Peckham in for Potter on back end. #Oilers lines still TBD. As Ireland mentions, Corey..." March 08

Edmonton Journal "Should the Edmonton Oilers trade Ales Hemsky? Yes, say the majority of fans in a Cult of Hockey on-line poll. Fans were asked: “To get a tough-two way forward, who should the Oilers trade?” They had six options: Hemsky, Sam Gagner, Nail Yakupov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall and Jordan..." February 25

Edmonton Sun "For the first time in three years, the Edmonton Oilers winger has been able to put in a full off-season of workouts and is healthy heading into training camp. Yet now that he's back in Edmonton, there may not be a training camp to go to. "It was nice, finally after three seasons I could do..." September 07

Edmonton Journal "Jaromir Jagr was grabbing some dinner with Czech buddy Ales Hemsky on Wednesday night, possibly at a downtown Edmonton restaurant specializing in European cuisine. "I hope he's not traded before then ... he says he's going to pay," said the Philadelphia Flyers winger, laughing, fully cognizant..." February 23

Edmonton Journal "Edmonton Oilers head coach Tom Renney has said many times that if he had any input, winger Ales Hemsky would switch his stick. Hemsky shot back on Saturday. "I don't like his stick either. We have that in common," Hemsky said. "And I don't like his skates." Hemsky admitted he is..." December 18

Edmonton Sun "Ales Hemsky is starting to come to terms with his new role. No longer an automatic selection on the first power play, and not always tapped to hop over the boards when the Edmonton Oilers need a goal, the talented winger has taken a backseat to the team's youth movement. It's a different..." December 14

Edmonton Sun "There are some nights when instead of a three-star selection, there ought to be something entirely the opposite. Wednesday, after the Edmonton Oilers' most putrid performance of the season, with the crowd in a mood to boo, the three worst players on the ice ought to have been forced to skate..." December 09

Edmonton Journal "Slowly and not real surely, Edmonton Oilers winger Ales Hemsky said he's adjusting to life with his surgically repaired right shoulder. He didn't look hesitant on Friday when he drilled Fedor Tyutin of the Columbus Blue Jackets into the end boards, but he said Saturday morning he isn't about to..." December 04

Edmonton Sun "Ales Hemsky must have oil running through his veins — no matter how long he sits, he never gets rusty. After 11 games on the shelf to rest a sore shoulder, Hemsky returned Tuesday in Montreal to play 17:08, assist on the game-winning goal and withstand enough physical punishment to ease his..." November 09

Edmonton Sun "Ales Hemsky is listening to his body. After two separate shoulder surgeries in the last two years, the Edmonton Oilers winger had an alarm bell go off last week in Minnesota. Hemsky wasn't hit or didn't fall awkwardly, he simply started feeling soreness in his right shoulder and decided it..." October 17

Edmonton Journal "We're not sure if Ales Hemsky will need directions to get from the dressing room to the Rexall Place ice surface on Tuesday when the Phoenix Coyotes are in town, but it has been seven months and one left shoulder surgery since we last saw No. 83 in an Edmonton Oilers sweater. Hopefully, Hemsky..." September 27

Edmonton Journal "Ales Hemsky took a twirl with the young prospects at the Edmonton Oilers development camp Tuesday to test his two surgically repaired shoulders. He admits that he was more concerned with how he handled the puck than how No. 1 draft pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins looked. "What number was he? If I..." July 06

Edmonton Sun "It's not often you see a 27-year-old veteran of eight NHL seasons running drills with wide-eyed rookies at a mid-summer development camp -- but Ales Hemsky can't help it, he feels like a kid again. He's also test-driving a surgically repaired right shoulder, but the kid part is definitely..." July 06

Edmonton Sun "The choice between playing hurt or not playing at all was no choice for Ales Hemsky. So he played through the shooting pain of a torn labrum all season before finally succumbing to the injury. "I knew I had it for a little while," said Hemsky, after doctors informed him that he needs..." March 16

Edmonton Journal "The knee-jerk reaction to Ales Hemsky being out three weeks with a rotator-cuff problem in his right shoulder is to say that he has become awfully injury-prone, but it misses the point. Hockey is a violent game. People get hurt, and Hemsky has the puck most of the time. "I don't see him as..." March 04

Edmonton Journal "Ales Hemsky is still here; 490 games, 10 years and eight National Hockey League seasons after the Edmonton Oilers made him the 13th pick in the 2001 entry draft. And that's worth noting, because only three other players from that first round are wearing the same jerseys they modelled on such a..." March 02

Edmonton Sun "San Jose Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi, New Jersey Devils netminder Johan Hedberg and Edmonton Oilers right winger Ales Hemsky have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending Feb. 20. Niemi was named First Star for posting a 3-0-0 record with a stingy 0.98 goals-against average and..." February 22

Edmonton Journal "There's much that is right about how the NHL awards points on goals scored, but the official system has one noteworthy flaw. An example of the problem came on Jordan Eberle's winning goal against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. Early in the third period, with the score tied 1-1, Montreal's..." February 19

Edmonton Journal "Ales Hemsky skated on a leg and a prayer the last time the Edmonton Oilers faced the Montreal Canadiens. The veteran winger willed himself to a goal and two assists in 18-1/2 minutes of work in the Oilers 5-4 overtime rally at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Dec. 1. But Hemsky limped back to..." February 18

Edmonton Journal "Ales Hemsky skated on a leg and a prayer the last time the Edmonton Oilers faced the Montreal Canadiens. The veteran winger willed himself to a goal and two assists in 18-1/2 minutes of work in the Oilers 5-4 overtime rally at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Dec. 1. But Hemsky limped back to..." February 17

Edmonton Sun "Dustin Penner and Ales Hemsky know better than to send out their dry cleaning. And as the trade deadline draws even closer, they'll know better than to buy green bananas. As they near the end of their contracts, both can't help wondering if they're nearing the end of their time in..." February 10

Edmonton Sun "It's now fewer than four weeks to the NHL trade deadline and the compelling question lurking in the background all season soon has to come out from behind the curtains. What do you do with Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner? Or, from another angle, what will Dustin Penner and Ales Hemsky do a..." February 04