PLAYOFFS: Game 1, B-Sens @ Manchester, April 14th

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Tentative B-Sens Lineup:

Daugavins-Potulny-Keller
Wick-O'Brien-Condra
Greening-Z. Smith-Butler
Dziurzynski-Bass-Grant

D.Smith-Benoit
Borowiecki-Weircoch
Schira - Kinrade

Brust
Lehner

Hale, Locke and Gryba are out. Hale's wife had a child, he'll be back Saturday. Locke is injured, hopes to be back Saturday. Gryba is highly unlikely for the playoffs.

SD's Red Line Report:

Literally this time, the line of Colin Greening, Z.Smith and Bobby Butler has experience at the NHL level - and varying degrees of success. If the 6'3" Greening can continue to exert himself and Z.Smith is his usual truculent way, then the B-Sens will have a LETHAL 3rd line with Bobby Butler flanking them on the right. Manchester's D pairings will have to decide on which they want to cover the most, the Z.Smith line, the O'Brien line or Potulny line - none of which are gonna be very much fun to try to contain.

REMEMBER, Team 1200 is playing this on the radio tonight! So, listen up!

I guess no top 6 minutes for Butler without Locke?

Hope Weircioch can elevate his game to the next level....they're going to miss Gryba

Michallica wrote:I guess no top 6 minutes for Butler without Locke?

Hope Weircioch can elevate his game to the next level....they're going to miss Gryba

I'm not 100% on this, but I've heard KK wants to roll 3 dangerous offensive lines this game, then smash the D with the 4th line. So I'm not sure there really is a top line.

I could be wrong though, I'll wait until the minutes come out after the game (or during I guess).

Where'd Lessard go? No need for him in the playoffs?

Anyone know if there is any broadcast anywhere for this one?

tim1_2 wrote:Where'd Lessard go? No need for him in the playoffs?

That's true...IIRC - and I might not - he wasn't on the clear day roster, so he's now ineligible. So, yeah, not needed.

22_4_ever wrote:Anyone know if there is any broadcast anywhere for this one?

I've asked a few and they all say it's only on AHL Live, which I'm not paying for. But if you find anything else, let me know!

AHL Live PAY ($6.99 per Game) Online Video Streams :

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Diddle, B.Schenn will play for the Monarchs, not the Kings.

SpezDispenser wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Where'd Lessard go? No need for him in the playoffs?

That's true...IIRC - and I might not - he wasn't on the clear day roster, so he's now ineligible. So, yeah, not needed.

That kind of sucks for a guy that played the majority of the season there. He also filled his role for the big club…isn’t it weird that he’s not even eligible for the AHL playoffs?

SpezDispenser wrote:Diddle, B.Schenn will play for the Monarchs, not the Kings.

Probably a good thing as his team in the WHL just got murdered. Schenn isn't anything special at all.

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Diddle, B.Schenn will play for the Monarchs, not the Kings.

Probably a good thing as his team in the WHL just got murdered. Schenn isn't anything special at all.

The Hockey News ranked B. Schenn as the #1 prospect in hockey a couple months ago.

tim1_2 wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Diddle, B.Schenn will play for the Monarchs, not the Kings.

Probably a good thing as his team in the WHL just got murdered. Schenn isn't anything special at all.

The Hockey News ranked B. Schenn as the #1 prospect in hockey a couple months ago.

The Schenn name has a certain cachet, I guess.

tim1_2 wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Diddle, B.Schenn will play for the Monarchs, not the Kings.

Probably a good thing as his team in the WHL just got murdered. Schenn isn't anything special at all.

The Hockey News ranked B. Schenn as the #1 prospect in hockey a couple months ago.

They also had Hodgson and Filatov 1, 2 like 3 years ago. THN is a joke when it comes to ranking prospects.

Schenn is the #1 prospect in the world right now, no question. That doesn't mean he has the most potential though.