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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
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Weird. It shows the suspension happened 11/25/2013(!), then lifted 3 days later??? I thought maybe it was a typo, and should have been 01/25/2013-01/28/2013, but Kolanos shows up on the roster against Charlotte on the 26th (no points, -1, 2 shots on goal).
Seems like a data issue - maybe it occurred years ago, but they entered the year wrong, so it now shows up at the top of the list?
EDIT: Just took a look at some news articles around that time - no mention of a suspension. Kolanos was a healthy scratch for the last half of November, 2012, but only because he was not earning his time. This article was from November 29th, 2012, one day after the suspension date (if the year was off by one):
http://www.abbynews.com/sports/heat/news/181472581.html
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Kolanos, the Heat's scoring leader last season, has been a healthy scratch for eight of the team's 18 games this year. It's partially a product of the team's veteran logjam – the Heat have six players with more than 320 games of pro experience, and can only dress five.
But it's telling that forwards Ben Walter and Quintin Laing, and blueliners Steve McCarthy, Joe Piskula and Joe Callahan have gotten into the lineup more often than Kolanos.
Quizzed about the choice, Ward didn't mince words.
"If you're not going to take care of the things that you need to do to play hard for our organization, then you're not going to play," he said. "It's a tough thing right now – we have six vets, and I think the five other guys are (playing) way harder, and they give us a better chance on a night-to-night basis."
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