Victor Hedman injured

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by devo22

has earned a spot, although in a bottom six role playing 10 minutes a game ... that's the best he can hope for in Tampa right now, there are simply too many players vying for top 6/top 9 time. Question is now where they fit in Drouin and if that bumps Connolly out of the lineup again. So far, they have mainly used these lines:

Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Valtteri Filppula - Tyler Johnson - Alex Killorn
Nikita Kucherov - Vlad Namestnikov - J.T. Brown
Brenden Morrow - Brian Boyle - Brett Connolly

possible that Connolly (or Morrow) loses a spot, Brown gets bumped down to 4th line and Drouin takes Browns spot on the Russian line (or even Killorns spot on the 2nd line).

At what point is he at risk of being sent down? I suppose they can carry an extra body while Hedman is out...

[devo22]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

At what point is he at risk of being sent down? I suppose they can carry an extra body while Hedman is out...

I doubt they'd expose him to waivers at that point. Plus it's not really an issue right now because they only carry 13 forwards ... the lineup I posted plus Drouin. Will just be interesting who they scratch in favor of Drouin, and IMO Connolly is the number 1 candidate (although Morrow could easily be the odd man too).