Staal and Fedotenko

Looks like we get both Staal and Fedotenko back tonight. Awesome. Newbury was sent to the Whale already, so that replacement is obvious. On D? I'm thinking Eminger, who got less than 9 minutes in the last game and less than 11 in the previous one, sits out. That's the right move, especially given how Gilroy's been playing lately. Top 6 D-men are Staal, Girardi, Sauer, McDonagh, McCabe, and Gilroy - I like this a lot.

As for the lines? Well, here's what Torts should do:

Dubinsky - Anisimov - Callahan
Wolski - Stepan - Zuccarello
Fedotenko - Christensen - Prospal
Avery - Boyle - Prust

And then he should leave those lines together all game long, and he should given them all good ice time. Here's what he's going to do, I'm betting:

Dubinsky - Anisimov - Callahan
Wolski - Stepan - Zuccarello
Prospal - Christensen - Boyle (three centers)
Fedotenko - Avery - Prust (zero centers)

With those third and fourth lines getting mixed and matched throughout the first period, decreasing ice time dramatically in the second, and ending up mixing everything up and rotating only two lines throughout the third, looking something like:

Dubinsky - Stepan - Callahan
Wolski - Christensen - Prospal
(Everyone else is on the bench)

I guess only time will tell. Better with Staal and Fedotenko than without them, certainly. Let's go Rangers!