Voros/Brashear Out, Line Changes
As per Steve Zipay, scratched again will be Donald Brashear, with Aaron Voros joining him in the Prucha Box. Coach John Tortorella is playing with the lines tonight against Washington, putting the newly acquired Olli Jokinen between Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky, who is shifting to wing. Erik Christensen will center Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborirk.
It’s good to see that Torts is, at least attempting to, spread the scoring out. A front loaded line of Prospal-Jokinen-Gaborik will always draw the top defensive pairing. By spreading it out, you make other coaches rethink that strategy. Yes, Gaborik will still draw top defensive pairings, but maybe the combination of Dubi-Jokinen-Cally can spark the Rangers offense.
Tags: Aaron Voros, Donald Brashear
Lineup Changes | Dave, 4 Feb 10
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By matt, February 4, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
Avery gets the shaft again…
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By Jordan, February 4, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
Agreed that it’s good to see Torts spreading out the potential offense.
Happy to see Christensen back on the top line. He seems to be able to get the pick to Gaborik creating scoring opportunities.
Would be great if Dubinsky, Jokinen, Callahan clicked. That has the potential to be a great second line.
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By Tom, February 4, 2010 @ 2:45 pm
So who goes to the 4th line, Drury or Avery?
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Jordan Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Drury is on 4th with Boyle and Prust.
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By Bettman's Nightmare, February 4, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
Somebody’s listening to me, yay! Or it’s just a coincidence.
More likely the latter.
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