Player Notes in the Draft (Feb 19)

A minor ankle tweak was enough to keep Anaheim defenseman Hampus Lindholm out of the lineup for the game against the Lightning on Wednesday night. Lindholm was a game-time decision for the Ducks, which suggests that the injury isn't too serious and that his day-to-day status will stay just that.

The 21-year old Swede belongs to Stuart in the draft this year, but Stuart's team hasn't been doing quite so well.  His team finished Wednesday night in 17th position, already 9 points behind his brother, Benson, who zipped past him earlier in the year.

Another defenseman injured on Wednesday night, as Minnesota's Jared Spurgeon left the game in Calgary after taking a puck to the face in the 1st period.  He was unable to return to the game and now his status for Friday's game in Edmonton is now questionable.  There hasn't been many more updates on his situation, but there is a good likelihood that he has to go through a battery of tests, before he can play again.

Spurgeon's injury just adds to the woes of Allan, who moved back into 23rd place after Wednesday night's action.  Allan is only 1 point out of 22nd, but now sits 10 points back of 21st.  What an awful season for Allan and his team.

Seven NHL games on Thursday night, which means there are 14 goalies going, all of which appear to be in the pool, so there are lots of points to be had.

Out of the 23 pool teams, 12 teams have goalies going, while Stuart and Tony have both of their goalies on the go tonight.

The notable projected starters tonight are more injury replacements, as Curtis McElhinney (Stuart) will be in the net for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Cam Talbot (Brian) will get the start for the New York Rangers and Ray Emery (Tony) will go for the Philadelphia Flyers.  All three goalies were Week Eighteen Waiver Draft picks and for good reason, I'd think is fair to say.

An updated list of injuries can be found here.