Granlund needed the time off. He was looking pretty lost at both ends of the rink the last week or so. Almost all young players need to have time off occasionally to get their head straight and watch the game from up top.
Jones has been average, but not terrible. I'm guessing that Hartley wants him to be skating harder and using his size as much as possible…be aggressive. That's what this team needs out of Jones, and if he's not doing that he doesn't add much to the lineup.
Raymond had 2 games off to "think about what he's done", or hasn't done as the case may be. Hopefully his conditioning is up to par now because he was looking oddly slow for those 10 games back. I don't care if he adds offense right away, but I want to see him back using his speed again. If he can't do that, he's a little like Jones in that he doesn't add much to the lineup.
I was almost hoping McGrattan makes it into the lineup this game, but that's wishful thinking. I hope he gets at least another game or two before the Flames cut ties, which is all but a certainty at this point.
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