I'm glad to have Vlasic and Braun back for just those reasons. I'd rather have a third pair the coach trusts with 15-ish minutes a night so that Karlsson and Burns are both still good for 28 minutes a night in May/JuneI know Burns' conditioning is crazy and he can probably play as many minutes as you want to throw at him but I do worry with EK because of his previous injuries. As long as they can both keep playing at the same high level I'd rather them on the ice much more than Vlasic.
Vlasic and Braun on the ice at morning skate, not sure if I'm happy or sad...
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I'm just shocked he's even skating. I thought for sure his ACL was dunzo.I don't think Braun can play this game regardless. If he's on the IR, he has to miss three games or seven days.