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Monday, October 20, 2008
Sterling might get a chance
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brett Sterling skated with Slava Kozlov and center Erik Christensen today, suggesting he might play on that line when the Thrashers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Sterling is the only healthy Thrashers player who hasn’t appeared in any of the team’s five games.
Colby Armstrong, who has been on that line, is hurt but will make the trip, Thrashers coach John Anderson said.
Anderson is happy with the Ilya Kovalchuk-Todd White-Bryan Little line — who wouldn’t be? — and the Eric Boulton-Jim Slater-Chris Thorburn line but still sees room to experiment with the other two combinations.
The Tampa Bay game should be action-packed. The Lightning are the only team in the NHL that allows more shots per game than the Thrashers (36.6 to 34.6).
