Prepping Up For Shawn's Return

Many reports are that forward Shawn Bates will be playing in the game against the Hurricanes tonight. It seriously has felt like forever since he last played for us, so I hope he will have a great game. I also hope the fans will give him a warm welcome back, and not mistreat him.

My Projected Lines For Tonight:

Goaltenders
39 Rick DiPietro
34 Wade Dubielewicz

Defensemen
32 Brendan Witt - 24 Radek Martinek
25 Andy Sutton - 47 Marc-Andre Bergeron
14 Chris Campoli - 8 Bruno Gervais

Forwards
26 Ruslan Fedotenko - 89 Mike Comrie - 13 Bill Guerin
11 Andy Hilbert - 18 Mike Sillinger - 7 Trent Hunter
20 Sean Bergenheim - 63 Josef Vasicek - 81 Miroslav Satan
12 Chris Simon - 10 Richard Park - 17 Shawn Bates

Scratch: 2 Aaron Johnson


I know Bates is a center, but I'd rather have Park do the face-off duties tonight. Bates should give us some extra boost on the Penalty Kill, too.

Please remember that this is just a rumor, and anything can happen.

But also, it is a very strong possibility, and I feel the comfort of assuming he will play tonight.

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Let's Go Isles!!!