They often have nowhere to go with the puck because the forwards are not going where they're supposed to be going. One big plus during the recent road trip was the play of Curtis Brown. Curtis played his best hockey of the year during the trip. He was superb in both ends of the rink. One assignment for Curtis tonight will be to try and keep Edmonton's best and most dangerous forward, Doug Weight under control.
Weight is very gifted combining speed and hockey sense.
The Weight line is very dangerous and to win we must keep them off the board. Lindy also told me that Vaclav Varada and Richard Smehlik will not play tonight but he does expect them back for next Wednesday's game against the New York Rangers. Dominik Hasek starts in goal tonight for the Sabres. Ruff also said Dimitri Kalinin will play after sitting the last game in Boston and Brain Campbell will be scratched. Look for Lindy to shuffle his line.