Lets say we magically we get all the Defense back, Has Clague's play bounced Bryson/Fitzgerald to getting reps in the press box while Joki and Lyubushkin round out the 6?
Ever since the Detroit game where Fitzgerald played more than 19 minutes, he’s played fewer than 10 minutes in the next three games. They leaned hard on the top four on the road (not a surprise) but it will be interesting to see how much he plays against Arizona, a weaker team and at home. That should mean the minutes normalize, but penalties and game situations will determine that. It’ll be a “nice” problem for them to have, especially since Pilut will need waivers now to go down should that be the move. Lord knows Rochester desperately needs some of these guys back. Oskari Laaksonen is hurt there now. Priskie and Tischke are out too and they have four defensemen on PTOs. It’s unreal.
Lets say we magically we get all the Defense back, Has Clague's play bounced Bryson/Fitzgerald to getting reps in the press box while Joki and Lyubushkin round out the 6?
Ever since the Detroit game where Fitzgerald played more than 19 minutes, he’s played fewer than 10 minutes in the next three games. They leaned hard on the top four on the road (not a surprise) but it will be interesting to see how much he plays against Arizona, a weaker team and at home. That should mean the minutes normalize, but penalties and game situations will determine that. It’ll be a “nice” problem for them to have, especially since Pilut will need waivers now to go down should that be the move. Lord knows Rochester desperately needs some of these guys back. Oskari Laaksonen is hurt there now. Priskie and Tischke are out too and they have four defensemen on PTOs. It’s unreal.
Yiiiiiiikes.
Hopefully this is the excising of the last vestiges of the great defenseman curse of '06.
Great one today. Always nice to read your measured and balanced analysis of things.