When in doubt, try new lines

Jane McManus has the word from today’s skate:

Chris Drury-Scott Gomez-Markus Naslund

Fredrik Sjostrom-Nigel Dawes-Lauri Korpikoski

Ryan Callahan-Brandon Dubinsky-Nikolai Zherdev

Colton Orr-Blair Betts-Aaron Voros

I’m sure you remember that Gomes started year with those two flanking him, but little came of it. It seems like one of those desperate “well they’re our three highest profile fowards, so let’s see what happens” kind of things. Sjostrom has been one of the team’s more reliable forwards, although he hasn’t contributed much offensively, so it’s nice to see him get bumped up a bit and presumably see more ice time. Something about that Dubinsky line excites me. You’ve got a  world class talent, an all out hustle guy and a solid two way performer. It just seems like a natural fit, but what do I know.

The Blueshirts are in Jersey tomorrow night, and there’s a chance Steve Avery could be assigned to Hartford by then. Oh joy.