Larry Brooks at the New York Post reports..."Tom Renney implied that Petr Prucha would make his first appearance of the playoffs here this afternoon in Game 2 against the Penguins, and though the coach did not say whom he would replace, it's likely Colton Orr will be the healthy scratch after getting 5:48 of ice in his first tournament game on Friday.
In that case, there's a good chance Prucha will skate on the right side with Scott Gomez and Sean Avery while Brendan Shanahan, who has struggled since the first two games of the Devils' series, moves to the unit with Blair Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom."
...not sure I trust Brooks, but I'd endorse the move. I think Prucha's speed would work well with Gomez.
...while Shanahan has struggled the only problem I have with him on the fourth line is that you're taking his leadership off the ice. In Game 2 of the first round when the Devils started to get physical, Shanahan was the first one in every scrum showing the rest of the team that we weren't going to be pushed around. That could be missed.
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