Paille and Stafford will sit this one out.
Max and Goose are back in the fold.
Game 5 Lines, in no particular order:
Briere -Connolly -Kotalik
Hecht -Drury -Zubrus
Vanek -Roy -Afinogenov
Mair -Gaustad -Pominville
Lindy Ruff has contemplated his team's bevy of assets, and, he feels like these groupings will give him the best chance to win on Friday night
Personally, I hate that Drew Stafford is the man left standing when the music stops. The NoDak Rookie has been a constant source of inspiration for his teammates, and he has ben playing well.
He's the newbie, and this time, seniority wins out.
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Jaromir Jagr considers himself an expert on the topic of who the best defenders in the NHL are.
Yogs held court with the NY media on Thursday, and he noted that he's not particularly impressed with Buffalo defenders, namely, Captain Chris Drury, who himself earned votes for the Selke Award:
"It's not like they have someone like Bobby [Holik] or [Jay] Pandolfo, who just concentrate on defense and think they are the No. 1 star if they didn't shoot at the net even once," Jagr said. "Playing against guys like that who put all their energy into defense is not easy."
Maybe Buffalo's part time defenders can ask Yogs for his permission to defend him tonight.
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Jagr likes his team's chances of winning in hostile HSBC Arena tonight, a place where his team is winless this season
"It's [so] easy a caveman can do it".
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