NICK TARNASKY RUMORS

David Clarkson vs Nick Tarnasky from the New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers game. Tarnasky should still be in the minors-TO For more great hockey fights click here

Nick Tarnasky vs Colton Orr from the Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs game. Colton Orr is the man-TO For more hockey fights click here

Called up from minors, players battle hard to stick around A day after being a healthy scratch, Panthers forward Nick Tarnasky was one of the first players on the ice at Wednesday's practice at Incredible Ice, and one of the last ones off it.

Winger will make season debut Sunday against Bruins Nick Tarnasky will make his season debut Sunday afternoon after nearly three and a half months of "painful" waiting.

Injured winger headed to Rochester for conditioning stint The Florida Panthers sent down injured winger Nick Tarnasky to AHL Rochester on Sunday for a conditioning stint, the next step toward him playing for the first time this season.

LINE COMBINATIONS (projected - still haven't gotten lines from this morning's practice)Talbot-Crosby-GuerinDupuis-Malkin-FedotenkoCooke-Staal-BourqueRupp-Adams-GodardGonchar-OrpikEaton-EngellandSkoula-LovejoyFleuryFlorida injury / line info Nick Tarnasky (orbital bone) - IRDavid Booth (concussion) Cory Stillman (left knee)Gregory Campbell (undisclosed upper-body injury) - missed Saturday's game

About 20 minutes after Nick Tarnasky finished the Florida Panthers 2008-09 season with an empty-net goal, six workers with iron battering rams began pummeling the BankAtlantic Center's ice sheet into small chunks.

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