Project 11 would be Rick Rypien (RIP), mental health. 10:30 starts are just brutal, I imagine the whole pregame routine, everything is off, that's when you are on the ice for practice. Moose don't have any depth right now and the prospects are stuck in the mud. Lambert -3 in this game. JAD came back at least, but he's a whole lot of -s on the Moose. Maybe it's Morrisson, but tough to say this early. No big saves, no game breakers.
Last year AJF was pretty good at keeping up with Lambert when he got the chance. Maybe he's not as hungry this year down the depth chart. I think the Jets/Moose wanted to play Lucius and Chibrikov together, Zhilkin would be the 2nd choice, and neither of them are playing so I imagine that has some impact.
Pfft, the 10:30 start didn't seem to bother the Wolves. That's just excuse making. The team just sucks.
I think any player that gets on to the team has to practice with them first, that's where Scott Arniel makes his assessment. And it's obviously not going to happen now, because there's no roster spots. But once Heinola goes up to the team, I wonder if there wouldn't be a good time to maybe give him a chance to play at a higher level for a period, just practice with the pros on a daily basis, and be on a higher lever team, during some of the home stretch in December. Try to turn the speed level up another notch.
Gotta be the dreaded sophomore jinx. What else could it be?
