Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants is reporting that from everything he saw at this morning’s skate Brandon Dubinsky will make his return tonight against Atlanta.Dubinsky participated in the morning skate wearing his hard cast and a final, official decision will come closer to game time.
Probable line-up:
Christopher Higgins-Brandon Dubinsky-Marian Gaborik
Vinny Prospal-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Artem Anisimov-Ales Kotalik
Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-Enver Lisin
...hope the Rangers aren't forcing Dubinsky back too soon. Having said that, looking forward to Dubi's return.
...what is it going to take to split up Drury and Callahan?
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I agree that Drury and Cally need to be split up. They've produced next to nothing (not that they're doing much on their own). With that being said, Callahan is definitely starting to pick up his game so maybe adding Prospal to the line will add some fire to that second line.
Separating Gaborik from Prospal, the main tandem that worked for most of the season, however...
I hope Torts leaves Dubinsky on the first line and not take him off because he has 1 or 2 bad shifts. Dubinsky, Gaborik and Prospal were playing well together and for no reason he took Duby off the line before he got hurt.Torts needs to look at tape of Dubinsky playing with Jagr.
Dubinsky is by far the best center on this team. He is one of the few players on this team than can carry the puck into the zone. He is one of the better puck distributors on the rangers. And he does great work along the boards. He will create some space for Gaborik.
The only concern is it doesn't seem he is 100% healthy. Why would he be a game time decision if he was?
Dubi will end up on the first line, dropped to 4th line by end of 1st period, then he will be benched the remainder of the game and the next few games will be a healthy scratch because 'his overall game diminished between the opening puck drop and the end of the 1st period'
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