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Morning Skate News
Posted by:
Ben Wright on
October 3, 2008 at
12:12PM EST
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Not much to report from the morning skate aside from the lines. I talked to
Joey Crabb and Brett Sterling who are going to be line mates for the evening
(with Eric Perrin in between them). Both of them are happy with how camp has
gone (obviously, since they're still here) and Sterling said it's a big
advantage to come in knowing the systems that Anderson is trying to put in
place. It's been a bit of a role reversal since last year he was the rookie
trying to learn everything. Now he's helping the vets. Crabb and Sterling didn't
play together in Chicago but they were teammates for four years at Colorado
College back in the day and they spent plenty of time playing together there.
Hopefully they can make something happen tonight.
Here are your lines, though there could be a change or two to the lineup
after warm-ups. Jason Williams and/or Grant Stevenson may be inserted into the
lineup if someone is too banged up to play.
Forwards
Kovalchuk- White- Thorburn
Kozlov- Little- Armstrong
Sterling- Perrin- Crabb
Stuart- Slater- Hoffman
Defense
Hainsey- Havelid
Exelby- Bogosian
Valabik- Enstrom
Goalies
Hedberg
Pavelec
Games with Nashville tend to get messy so it's no surprise that Hoffman and
Valabik are in the lineup. No word on who is suiting up for the Predators. They
have a tendency to not share that kind of thing before games. They haven't
arrived yet and didn't skate this morning so there was no chance to snoop
around.
(32) Comments
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Posted by: h on October 3, 2008 12:23PM EST
oh no....poor Bogo.....hopefully X won't bring him down like he did Kulda the other night.
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Posted by: Marcus on October 3, 2008 12:37PM EST
top line... spewwww! nonono, repeat of 07-08... White and Thorburn playing with Kovalchuk??? NO!
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Posted by: Barry on October 3, 2008 1:04PM EST
Why in the world is Toby on the 3rd line??? That makes absolutely no sense. Why is XLB on the 2nd line??? That makes absolutely no sense. I support John Anderson all the way, but I really hope he doesn't have this love fest for XLB and ends up putting misplaced faith in him. Hopefully he'll eventually see that XLBs game has left the country. I was really hoping to see Williams and Schneider tonight oh well. Should be fun none the less to finally be at a hockey game for the first time in 6 months!!! OMG this summer has sucked. lol
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Posted by: Barry on October 3, 2008 1:04PM EST
Why in the world is Toby on the 3rd line??? That makes absolutely no sense. Why is XLB on the 2nd line??? That makes absolutely no sense. I support John Anderson all the way, but I really hope he doesn't have this love fest for XLB and ends up putting misplaced faith in him. Hopefully he'll eventually see that XLBs game has left the country. I was really hoping to see Williams and Schneider tonight oh well. Should be fun none the less to finally be at a hockey game for the first time in 6 months!!! OMG this summer has sucked. lol
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Posted by: Barry on October 3, 2008 1:06PM EST
Oops. Sorry for double posts. I seem to have this issue where my posts don't show up and don't seem to get posted.
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Posted by: JW on October 3, 2008 1:06PM EST
White- Thorburn????
WHY??? WHY??? I had some hope, some hope, where are EC and JW on that line? They should be building chemistry!
Oh will it ever get better....
Sorry had to be a bit more melodramatic today.
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Posted by: Barry on October 3, 2008 1:09PM EST
My only guess is White and Thornburn are ahead of the other guys on the depth chart who's playing tonight. I think the Kovy-EC-Williams line is pretty much set though. Don't think we have anything to worry about.
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Posted by: Ben Wright on October 3, 2008 1:12PM EST
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Posted by: The Other J.B. on October 3, 2008 2:01PM EST
Ben,
Do you know if Moose and Opie are splitting time or is Pavs solely serving as a backup?
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Posted by: Ben Wright on October 3, 2008 2:30PM EST
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Posted by: "The Fake" Ben on October 3, 2008 4:39PM EST
The lines are the way they are because it is preseason. And I know that it is not going to be this way all season but at the end of the year Thorbun did a pretty good job with Kovy last year. If anything it will be fun to watch or listen to and see how Thorbun steps up and maybe even White.
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Posted by: murlow on October 3, 2008 4:46PM EST
I hope they play well. I am sure all lineups are up for grabs for at least the next two games. Hopefully, we will see more permanent lineup matches going into Oct 10 to start the regular season and see how they play out together for awhile. Lots goin on that's for sure. Can't wait for the 10th.
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Posted by: PW on October 3, 2008 5:51PM EST
Wake up guys. White was the big center brought in to play with Kovy. Remember Niko? DW is adding his imput to the lines.
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Posted by: thunder on October 3, 2008 6:12PM EST
Thorburn is a great fit for kovalchuk.
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Posted by: sanova on October 3, 2008 6:45PM EST
Can't wait to see how Scneider fits in. Also, it will be good to see Koslov back on the ice. I hope he excels this year. No radio on tonight's game....too bad. Will we get updates?
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Posted by: SyN DracuL on October 3, 2008 6:48PM EST
Ben, will this game be on radio or tv?
i can't seem to find if it is or not.
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Posted by: Ben Wright on October 3, 2008 6:53PM EST
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Posted by: swegs on October 3, 2008 7:00PM EST
heres the preds radio but i dont know if its going to work last time i tryed to listen to it online it was blacked out. anyhoo http://1045thezone.com/Article.asp?id=579117
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Posted by: Robbie on October 3, 2008 7:05PM EST
Who's the PA guy tonight?
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Posted by: swegs on October 3, 2008 7:32PM EST
ok well im listening to it now and its working so if you dont mind listening to the preds radio guys go to the link in my post above.
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Posted by: Robbie on October 3, 2008 7:36PM EST
To: SWEGS
Thanks, man! You're awesome.
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Posted by: swegs on October 3, 2008 7:40PM EST
well i try to contain my awesomness but its just so dang hard :]
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Posted by: theratio on October 3, 2008 7:43PM EST
1-0 NASH already?! wow... 26 seconds in...
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Posted by: Larry on October 3, 2008 7:45PM EST
man i wish i was there i miss MOOOOOOOOSE!
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Posted by: theratio on October 3, 2008 7:50PM EST
2-0. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol
PK needs some serious work. I know I know, it's only preseason, but it still makes me nervous.
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Posted by: theratio on October 3, 2008 8:09PM EST
2-2. White and Crabb wooooahhh
!!
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Posted by: Robbie on October 3, 2008 8:11PM EST
3-2 WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! A shorty!
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Posted by: theratio on October 3, 2008 8:14PM EST
Hey Robbie:
HIGH FIVE!!!
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Posted by: Robbie on October 3, 2008 8:17PM EST
4-2 like the way this is going!
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Posted by: Robbie on October 3, 2008 8:18PM EST
^5
I'll be there tomorrow night!
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Posted by: Anonymous on October 3, 2008 10:23PM EST
That was one bad period. What happened?
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Posted by: aroha on October 3, 2008 11:11PM EST
WTH? Blew a 4-2 lead with 4 unanswered goals? What happened? And NHL.com game summary has a L next to Nashville's goalie and a W next to Pavs.
Oh...just saw Pavs played the 3rd period...the one we gave up the 4 goals in. Interesting.
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