Yeah, all those folks talking about forward depth. Shirokov sent back a second time, Desbien seeing more games than Hodgson got to, Rome having to move up, and Grabner playing on the second line.

I think AV wants to see a more defensive third line, and since Shirokov doesn’t have a place in the first or second line, we get Bliznak instead. Good to see Bernier working out this way, though.

By the way, Rome could possibly be put on the third line and Glass on the fourth, but at this point, who’s counting? All I can see is a larger disparity of the TOI between players than what we saw at the start of the year (And hey, what was our record then as well?)

Yeah I think Hordichuk comes back in.

Time On Ice

Shirok looked improved to me this time around … but still not fully reaqdy. He cut his errors in half, at least … just a little further to go. He also needs to adjust his style in the offensive zone cuz opponents are too often catching him against the boards and using their superior size to strip him of the puck.

Mind you, that’s a lot to conclude after only seeing him play in one game, really.