Rick Stephens

He'll be a help on the defensive side and a help on face-offs for sure.

And he'll probably end up on third or fourth line.

We'll see how Marty Tins is going to use him.

He looked, you know, I was worried a little about his foot speed, but he was in the right place at the right time.

He was physical.

He was standing up for teammates.

He was getting close to nine minutes fast.

average ice time when he was in the lineup.

He sat for the healthy scratch the last four games, I believe.

But he did not look out of place at all.

And, you know, if the need comes, I don't think the Canadians would hesitate to recall him later in the season.

So it's a back-to-back.

Then the Canadians go to Pittsburgh and meet the Pens again on Sunday.

We don't know yet.

And like I say, maybe that depends on how Montembeau plays against the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday afternoon.

We'll see how that all works out.

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The amazing thing, and yeah, in 31 games, he has 25 goals, 19 assists, 44 points.