Monday morning skate

It's getting close to the playoffs, so the injury reports are just a little more sketchy.

Jere Lehtinen skated, but was clearly testing his leg (or knee or ankle) to make sure he was fine. Steve Ott did not skate, He was ``resting'' and is listed as a ``game-time decision.''

Mark Parrish worked out in a way that would indicate he's going to play tonight. But I am curious how this will affect lines.

Fistric is in again, so we will almost assuredly see:

Grossman-Robidas Sydor-Niskanen Fistric-Daley

Now, we'll probably see some shuffling on the lines, too.

If Ott can't play, would you move Sutherby or Lundqvist up to Ribeiro's line?

Or maybe you put Brunnstrom up there on the left side and let Parrish play on Modano's line. We'll see. I'm almost tempted to say you put together three strong lines and then sub in guys from the fourth line.

How about:

Lundqvist-Richards-Eriksson Sutherby-Riberio-Lehtinen Neal-Modano-Petersen

And then sub in Parrish, Barch and Brunnstrom?

_Mike Heika