Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Erat Out Because of Lower-Body Injury

The Predators didn't dress Martin Erat on Monday night against the Florida Panthers due to a lower-body injury. Erat reportedly suffered the injury over the weekend, but the Predators' coaching staff do not think that the injury is too serious, expecting to have Erat back in the line-up by Thursday.

The Predators are having a pretty tough go of the stretch run with some injuries, already having Jason Arnott, Denis Grebeshkov and Joel Ward out on a regular basis. Nashville did manage to pull out a win over Florida, which keeps them firmly in the playoff picture, but how long is that going to last?

ImplicationsCurrently, Erat is a member of Stuart's Draft team, which sits well out of the money at the moment. Erat is scheduled to be a big part of Nashville's drive in the playoffs, which puts him in Box 2 of the Playoff Pool, a pretty good box for Western Conference players. I have a feeling that Nashville won't be a favourite to go very far, which means Erat likely won't be taken many times.

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