Rick Stephens

as they do in the regular season and get so many rush chances as they have been.

So take it for what it's worth.

There's one person's opinion, pretty informed person, but there's his opinion about whether the Canadiens system and lineup roster is built for the playoffs.

Well, we expect that Josh Anderson is going to be back.

He's listed as day-to-day, so you can pencil him in that Josh Anderson will be available.

Kirby Dock, the projection on his injury is that he'll be back in two to four weeks.

That timeline says he'll be back for the playoffs.

So when you're putting your lineups together,

You've got to expect and barring any other injuries that that Kirby you can include Kirby Doc in your plans.

Well, Michael Hage is playing on the number one seed, the top-ranked team in the league, University of Michigan.

He's expected to go far in the Frozen Four.

The regionals will take place the end of March, mid-April for the Frozen Four semifinal.

So he might be tied up for a while, but could be available for the last game of the season and the playoffs.

Where do you want to play, Michael Hage?

age tons of talent um and but no experience in the nhl um to ease him in on the third line and then some second power play duty um to try him out on that second line um where do you put him but he will be an option probably for marty st louis what about florian jacki

Well, we talked about Florian Xhaka on a bit of a goal streak these days.

And, of course, the extra benefit with Florian Xhaka is that grip that you might need for the playoffs.

Might he be worth a late-season call-up so that you don't throw him in the playoffs, that he's able to play a little bit towards the end of the season?

Well, and I named the top line as my three stars of the week.

So you may be surprised for me to say, yeah, I'd vote for that line to be broken up.