To all those that indicate that Polak sucks/is useless (Moreso in the Preseason thread I guess)... Just try to remember that feeling you had when he got hurt in game 2 of the washington series last year... I don't know about you, but I kind of felt our small chances we had went our the window after that. Polak was playing very solid hockey the last part of the season and into the playoffs, and was our 4th best defender last season IMHO.
IF polak has a full recovery, his skating isn't all that bad... he has a slow first couple of steps, but when he gets going, he's fast.
I'm with you. When he went down it was not good for our chances. That is also due to lack of depth but yes also the fact he was playing very well for us.
There are posters who didn't and won't agree with that though.