Well its a good thing we've stock piled a ton of points. This could actually be a blessing in disguise for the team, first time they've had to face an real adversity this year. I have a feeling Sergachev is really gonna step up.So we obviously don't want to rush him back so we should get Hedman back in March (being the 6 week mark)
We'll probably lose a few too many games without him but we really dodged a bullet here
I'm just waiting on Hose to come in to say how Sustr will be important down the stretch.
Exactly. There is a glass half full side to this too. It will inform future decisions. Does Koekkoek have a long-term future with the team (contract this summer)? Is Coburn approaching the Carle/Garrison cliff? How many minutes will Sergachev be able to handle in the playoffs? Also, it opens up an extra roster spot to let some Crunch guys rotate in and see what they can bring before any TDL decisions are made.Of course he is but Koekkoek should be the man benefiting from this. I would move Sergachev-Stralman to the top pair with Sergachev top PP, Koekkoek-Girardi on the second and Coburn/Sustr-Dotchin the bottom. Coburn needs to be the 6/7 with Sustr, he doesn't deserve a regular shift right now and I would put Koekkoek in his PK spot. Koekkoek needs to show what he's got and pick up the offensive slack and let Girardi sit back and babysit him.
Well its a good thing we've stock piled a ton of points. This could actually be a blessing in disguise for the team, first time they've had to face an real adversity this year. I have a feeling Sergachev is really gonna step up.