Avery sprained his right knee in practice yesterday. I tell you this so I can tell you not to worry about it. It's reportedly the kind of thing where he'll be out for a few games - he will miss the rest of the preseason and maybe not be in game condition for opening day - but he should be back soon after. So, no Sean for a bit = boo.
Meanwhile, Torts is doing with Dubinsky exactly what he should be doing - making him go through all the grueling conditioning he did with everyone else a week ago. He might be ready to play a preseason game by Thursday (I imagine Torts will want to get him into one of our two remaining games, a home-and-home Thursday and Sunday against the Caps), but there was no way he was gonna play last night. This is good, this is what I want him to be doing with Dubi right now.
So, here's who we played last night against the Red Wings:
Higgins - Prospal - Gaborik
Kotalik - Drury - Lisin
Voros - Anisimov - Callahan
Grachev - Boyle - Parenteau
Semenov - Gilroy
Del Zotto - Girardi
Redden - Sanguinetti
Lundqvist
Valiquette
Yeah, that's right. Marian Gaborik. (Is it funny (sad) to anyone else that Gaborik is going to be the most game-ready of our theoretical first line as of opening night?) Word is he was very good. He played 19:38, which actually is a good sign. Larry Brooks even said he "displayed flashes of brilliance." Ooooooooh.
We won 4-2. Torts said he thought we played a great first period and a terrible second period, then found a way to grind out a win through the third. That sounds...eerily familiar. But fine, it's preseason. Our goals came from Prospal, Lisin, and Callahan, plus Anisimov in an empty net.
Finally, New York Rangers Blog is right in thinking ESPN's "the albatross twins" is a term with some sticking power.
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