Apparently, Jason Williams will not be back until Tuesday night in St. Louis at the earliest. So, rather than call someone up from Grand Rapids, Mike Babcock has decided to play Brett Lebda as a forward instead of as a defenseman this weekend. According to Ansar Khan, Babcock, “would rather have both Lebda and Andreas Lilja in the lineup than anyone who’s currently in Grand Rapids.”
Interesting decision. Lebda has a lot of speed, and sometimes seems almost like a forward already, so it should work well. I like it.
Khan also says Dominik Hasek will start Friday night in Minnesota, which means we’ll have the same question about goaltending we had last week: who will start Saturday, Joey MacDonald or Dom? If it’s Joey, I hope the team will give him better support this time around.