Kulich called up, Tage to IR

[Brawndo]

Per AHL Transactions Page and NHL 

[Big Guava]

Guess he won't be back the game after this one

[Taro T]

9 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Per AHL Transactions Page and NHL 

OK, so Krebs goes back to the 4th line.  But does Kulich center the 3rd line?  Know that technically Kulich is a C, but he hasn't played there at the NHL level.  Do they keep Krebs 3rd line C and bump either Quinn or Kulich onto the 4th line with Lafferty at C there?  Does anybody other than the 4 guys that have been seeing time at C besides Thompson have C in his NHL past?  We seem to be looking at a 3C - 9W situation.  (Which doesn't QUITE work.)

Am presuming that Aube-Kubel is the odd man out and not Quinn.  (Not sure if that's a great call, but A-K is the 1st guy to have his butt stapled to the bench when the bench shortens and Quinn is, for now, on the top PP unit.)

[Porous Five Hole]

[Taro T]

3 minutes ago, Big Guava said:

Guess he won't be back the game after this one

Not necessarily, players can be placed on IR retroactively.  So, this just means that he'll necessarily miss the Filly game.  They don't play in LA until Wednesday (9 days after the Habs game) so even getting IR'd if Tage is good to go by then he can be activated.  And Ruff doesn't seem to be happy with Aube-Kubel, so Kulich gets the call-up.

[LGR4GM]

Jordan Greenway may also miss the Philly game. 

[Taro T]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Jordan Greenway may also miss the Philly game. 

And Aube-Kubel is saved from the pressbox once again.

(And they have 4C's dressed if he is playing as the 12th F as Krebs and Lafferty won't be on the same line (at least until Ruff shortens the bench).)

[DarthEbriate]

Greenway out on a defensively challenged team?

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Not necessarily, players can be placed on IR retroactively.  So, this just means that he'll necessarily miss the Filly game.  They don't play in LA until Wednesday (9 days after the Habs game) so even getting IR'd if Tage is good to go by then he can be activated.  And Ruff doesn't seem to be happy with Aube-Kubel, so Kulich gets the call-up.

There must be some reason they choose Tage over UPL. I hope it means he’s back for the next game. But then again, if that’s the case, why not just send Levi down?

[Taro T]

17 minutes ago, shrader said:

There must be some reason they choose Tage over UPL. I hope it means he’s back for the next game. But then again, if that’s the case, why not just send Levi down?

Could be either he's closer to week to week than Lukkonnen is or they figure that if tomorrow morning they find out one or both of them is feeling well enough to play they'd rather it be UPL they get back into the lineup if they can only have 1.

Thought that after the Moe-ray-all game that Ruff said they'd taken UPL out as a precautionary measure - he hadn't felt right the day before but he felt well enough to play so they went with him (implying it could be an illness and not an injury; perhaps am reading too much into Ruff's Monday comments) but decided to pull him for the 3rd; which would also imply that UPL is/was closer to being good to go than Thompson.

[shrader]

31 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Could be either he's closer to week to week than Lukkonnen is or they figure that if tomorrow morning they find out one or both of them is feeling well enough to play they'd rather it be UPL they get back into the lineup if they can only have 1.

Thought that after the Moe-ray-all game that Ruff said they'd taken UPL out as a precautionary measure - he hadn't felt right the day before but he felt well enough to play so they went with him (implying it could be an illness and not an injury; perhaps am reading too much into Ruff's Monday comments) but decided to pull him for the 3rd; which would also imply that UPL is/was closer to being good to go than Thompson.

I’ll be honest, I just want to get a goalie out of here. Carrying 3 is by far my most hated roster decision.