Im incredibly busy today with stuff coming from all sides, so just a quick preview before the final of 4 games in a row here*.
(*aside - what a ridiculous schedule).
1.) I didn't watch or listen to the Coyotes game last night, so I can't offer any observations. All I know is what I can glean from the game sheets and that the competition was so pillowy-soft that any results should be viewed with extreme caution anyways. Notables:
- Lombardi has been a 20 minute/night player in both games, getting ample time in all situations. I like, I like.
- Kris Chucko got all of 8 minutes last night and didn't make a dent (aside from taking a penalty). Send the guy down already.
- Cory Sarich has picked up where he left off last regular season, taking 6 minutes in penalties last night. That guy has absolutely got to figure out how to take less minors this year.
- Mikael Backlund has yet to make a mark on the score sheet, although it sounds like it isn't from lack of chances: last night he had a goal called back (Vandermeeer in the crease) and his effort at the empty net hit the post.
2.) Inside the Flames has the potential line-up for tonight already posted:
Bourque-Langkow-Boyd
Bertuzzi-Backlund-Cammalleri
Glencross-Lundmark-Moss
Prust-Conroy-Primeau
Pardy-Phaneuf
Eriksson-Warrener
Sarich-Giordano
Looks like Boyd gets another turn at the top of the rotation and Keenan has decided to put together my NIGHTMARE PAIRING on the back-end (try to guess which one it is! First person to guess wins a hearty golf-clap).
Also notable is the fact that a huge swath of camp invitees still haven't seen game action (Spang, Trembley, Ryder, Seitsonen, Wilson, Cole, Watt, Germyn, Palin, P. Vandermeer). What the point of keeping all these guys around when they clearly aren't in the mix is beyond me. Im particularly surprised that poor old Carsen Germyn hasn't gotten a sniff, if only because he's a training camp vet and a shoe-in to be a main contributor on the farm. Oh well...still 3 games left I suppose (although opportunities tend to narrow for fringe players as pre-season matures).
