Update (8:01 PM): Ansar Khan has more. He says it’ll be a gamen time decision, depending on how Todd feels tomorrow. Bertuzzi is maintaining a humble attitude about it all, at least to the press, saying he understands that it’s about the team and that the concerns over disrupting a winning lineup are valid. However, Babcock told Khan,
“We didn’t acquire him not to play him. He’s a big body, he plays the game hard. But, you got to fit in like the team’s doing and you got to play hard within that system. If he’s ready to go, he’s in.”
“If he’s ready” refers both to Bertuzzi’s health and his motivation, I assume, given the, “you got to play hard within that system,” comment. So, the Wings are concerned about disrupting the roster too, but not so much that they won’t utilize him at the expense of the player they deem to be least valuble to the overall team effort. The problem is determing who that player is. The Wings’ depth is scary, eh? - Matt
Helene St. James has the latest. Basically, there’s nothing new. He feels fine, but his status for Game 3 is still unknown and that won’t change until after practice tomorrow. Either Babcock is having a hard time settling on an answer to the “Who sits?” question (Samuelsson, not Hudler, please), or Todd isn’t impressing in practice.