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Friday, September 21, 2007
Groin sidelines Lehtonen
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some injury news out of Duluth — Kari Lehtonen’s groin issues are back. He’s missed practiced this week and won’t play on Saturday in the home exhibition opener. He’ll practice with the non-game group on Saturday to test it out, so there’s a chance the injury isn’t too serious.
He wasn’t available after practice, but I’m scheduled to chat with him this afternoon to get an update on his progress. We’ll get a good feel for how serious the injury is after he practices on Saturday. If he steps on the ice and after five minutes can’t go anymore, then it’s bad. If he’s just having some soreness he can work through, then the news isn’t so severe. I’ll keep you posted on what I hear.
Slava Kozlov, who missed practice on Thursday, was back at it today. Hartley assured me that he’s just pacing Kozzie, so there’s nothing to report about him. Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s game against St. Louis:
26 - 16 - 18
17 - 12 - 53
50 - 44 - 38
23 - 11 - 43
77 - 28
41 - 22
47 - 5
1
33
I’ll edit those numbers into names this afternoon when I have time, right now you’ll need your decoder rosters. Also, Hartley expects Keith Tkachuk to make the trip for the game, that should be fun.
So how concerned are you about Kari?
