Panthers' Nathan Horton out up to one month

by Donny Rivette on Mar 9, 2009 4:08 PM EDT

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Nathan Horton	57	19	19	38	-4	40	4	1	5	1	109	17.4

A brutal blow to the club, the loss of Horton for any amount of time is on the short side of lousy luck.

Replacing Horts on the top line, center Brett McLean (benched as recently as last week) joins wings Richard Zednik and David Booth. This has the singular ability to ratchet up the tension tomorrow evening against the Penguins and their number one line; keep your eyes on puck drops.

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Brett McLean	64	4	9	13	-13	27	0	0	1	0	89	4.5

Not quite the offensive output of the dude he replaces, but what more can Coach Pete do while not devasting the chemistry of the other three lines?

Poll

Nate's out, Brett's in. What's the result of the newly-constituted Frist Line?

Positive...the new threesome steamrolls the opposition

4 votes

Negative...Shawn Matthias' phone rings before Friday

20 votes

24 votes | Poll has closed

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well…look at the bright side of McCabe being out… Now Boynton and Eminger (and Cullimore) all get to play. No controversy here. Olesz better be ready to fire it up when he comes back (about 1 week left now?)

by mjdivo on Mar 10, 2009 9:30 AM EDT reply actions