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Originally Posted by devo22
I don't think that the Heat have a problem with the veteran rule ... you can use six vets with 260+ games and one more with 320+ games. The only players on the Heat who fall in that category are Laing, Walter, Kolanos, Wilson, Desbiens and Jessiman, so I think they can all play at the same time. Piskula will fall in that category next year, but ahead of this season, he had "just" 258 games. Other vets like PL³ and Henry also don't have 260 games yet.
I have no doubt he'll get invited. At least give him an AHL deal with the possibility of an NHL deal later, couldn't hurt given the way he has played for Abby.
Good news on Howse getting the goal and the SO winner. @ Pierre, how is he playing in general at the moment?
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Unfortunately, I haven't been able to watch him play for the last couple of weeks, but when I did I was surprised at how physical he can play. When we drafted him, I figured him to be a one-dimensional offensive sniper, but that isn't the case. He backchecks well, not the best on the team, but he's sufficient at it. He also loves to hit and play extremely physical. Frankly, I'm glad he can do more things than just score because it means he's not simply a body floating around out there when he's in a scoring slump. He can contribute in more ways than one.
I may be going to the game tomorrow, so I'll let everyone know then how he looks after getting rid of those goose eggs on his stat line.
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Originally Posted by mennoknight
Mr. McGuire - re: the Lanny thing - have the Heat made an official announcement for this game yet? I want to make sure I book the next day off work if it's really happening on the Thursday, and not the Friday night. Do you have a link? I can't seem to find anything on the team's site.
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I don't believe the Heat have made it official in the sense that they've released a article or link to the event. I just heard Ryan Pinder say he will be there on Thursday, March 29th vs. the Chicago Wolves on his pre-game show the other day. I can probably confirm it by tomorrow.
I'm pretty sure they were purposefully planning it for the Thursday game to fill the seats because EVERYONE will be going to the Friday game ($2 beer, $1 hot dogs, and well... it's a Friday with the Canucks affiliate in town).