[united]

Tough break as he was shaking his early season blunders and really rounding into form, showing what we expected when the trade happened. Hopefully it's just a tweak that's good in a couple days. Luckily this probably couldn't have come at a better time in the schedule: Montreal on Friday then five days off.

Hoping we see Andersson on the second pairing on Friday if Hamonic can't go - Andersson has been absolutely dummying the AHL.
Part of the logic is similar to the Bartkowski v. Kulak conundrum: if you have a choice between a guy you know is brutal (Bartkowski) and a guy who could be either brutal, average, or good (Kulak), you have to take the chance on the unproven player. As we've seen with Kulak, he's better than brutal and it's worked out.
With Stone, we know he's a third-pairing defenseman. Maybe Andersson is a third-pairing defenseman...but maybe he's already capable of second-pairing minutes? To me it's worth finding out rather than putting yourself at risk with Stone who needs to be carried on any pairing above 3. Plus, Andersson actually tries to move the puck to tape rather than boards/glass.