So, first of all, a slight retraction: when Dubinsky was recalled to play against the Thrashers, we apparently sent Parenteau back down to make room for him. So, only two of those extra roster slots were spare fourth-liners (Voros and Christensen, if you believe that game's lineup). The third is now full of: Bobby Sanguinetti! That's right, in a shockingly reasonable move, the Rangers recalled Sanguinetti from the 'Pack today. Effectively, I expect this to be meaningless: Sanguinetti will likely be a healthy scratch tonight, and I can't see why I should expect Heikkinen to get more than 10 minutes (unless we're losing so badly so early that Torts doesn't care). But, hey, we're officially carrying 7 defensemen right now. Woot woot.
For those of you keeping score, the reason we're able to do this is that when we sent Gilroy down for better training, his $1.75 million cap hit went with him. This 23-man roster has a total cap hit of $56,631,666, an astonishing $168,334 under the cap. The official hockey term for that is "cutting it close." When Gilroy comes back, keep those numbers in mind.
I think we have a roster that can beat the Islanders tonight and/or tomorrow night, especially if we remember to use all our players. But we also could have beaten the Thrashers two nights ago. What I do know is that right now, the Rangers, Islanders, and Flyers are all tied in points, with 31 each. That makes the next four days very interesting for us.
7:00 at the Garden, Let's Go Rangers!
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