Friday Morning Notes

At home to Tampa Bay last night, the Hurricanes didn't dress Box 30 defenseman, Dennis Seidenberg, thanks to a lower body injury. Seidenberg is listed as out day-to-day with the injury and there isn't any more explicit detail about it, so we can only assume that the injury isn't major and he should be back in the line-up soon.

The soon-to-be dropped Mark Parrish was out of the Stars' line-up again on Thursday night, this time because of the flu. Parrish hasn't shone quite as brightly as when he first arrived on the scene with the Stars, which has left Larry no choice but to drop him in the Draft this week. In 20 games since being picked up in the first Waiver Draft, Parrish has only registered 3 points.

It also looks like Larry will be without Peter Mueller for about a week (if not more), as he has been listed as out with a concussion. Mueller was not in the line-up for Phoenix, as they took on the Sharks on Thursday night and the injury report this morning suggests that he is suffering from a concussion. The minimum amount of time for that injury is a week and he will likely be re-evaluated some time before the weekend next week to work out his return timetable.

The Lightning again decided to let Steven Stamkos watch from the press box on Thursday night, as the team took on the Hurricanes. Stamkos, when scratched, is supposed to take notes about the game and then discuss them with the coaching staff after the match. Stamkos will also be dropped at the end of the week from Chris' team, which shouldn't come as a terrible surprise, as he's only registered 19 points in 45 games for the Lightning.

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