Hockey Roster Musings, Pre-BG series

I think Moffie gets the 2nd pairing nod against BG, especially since we have to generate offense with Louie out. We get to the Joe or NCAA tourney though, Moffie may be seeing just PP time, especially with Pateryn playing better in terms of staying home on D.

looks like it could be downright deadly.  To either team, unfortunately.  All three have shown good to great offensive potential (to this point, it's been mostly just that), but all three of them have also had games where defensively they aren't so good.  Matching up against LSSU's third line shouldn't be too much trouble for them, but that's my immediate concern with that line-up.    One change might be to switch Sparks and Glendening, or maybe even Moffatt and Glendening.  That puts a little more pop into the second line and shores up the defense of the third line some.  But it also necesiitates the changing of another line, rather than just keeping the second line intact, which could be a negative.  And I think Red really likes being able to put out the second line and feel like it can shut down anybody/everybody, which would be les true with either change.  Obviously, Red knows what he's doing, we'll see how everything ends up working out.

As for defense, I still want to see Merrill paired with Burlon, though at this point it's probably not going to happen this season.  I really like Bennet and Pateryn together.   But if you do put Burlon and Merrill together you're left with Langlais and either Clare or Moffie and I don't love either pairing, so what you have if probably what I would do.

said 3-6 weeks. Meaning he could be back as early as the CCHA championship at the Joe, or as late as the Frozen Four.