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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Still working at it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Thrashers sometimes go without a pre-game skate on the morning before the second game of a back-to-back. That wasn’t the case today. They had an optional skate.
An unofficial roll call:
Johan Hedberg, Niclas Havelid, Tobias Enstrom, Boris Valabik, Zach Bogosian, Rich Peverley, Chris Thorburn, Marty Reasoner, Colby Armstrong, Ilya Kovalchuk, Erik Christensen, Eric Perrin, Joey Crabb.
Kari Lehtonen gets a third consecutive start tonight after playing great in last night’s victory over Montreal.
The word on Jim Slater’s shoulder, from John Anderson: Bruised, day-to-day.
The Flyers have had the Thrashers’ number, with a 12-game winning streak in the series and a 27-3-3-1 series record overall.
Danny Briere, who originally planned to return from a groin injury tonight, won’t play and is headed back to the doctor, the Philadelphia Daily News says.
Meanwhile, the Flyers have another interesting personnel situation involving their 18-year-old defenseman. Lucas Sbisa has been a healthy scratch three consecutive games and four of the last five. Sending him back to Lethbridge helps the Flyers stay under the salary cap once they re-activate Briere.
