Good point by Dean Brown during an "In the Box" segment:
Hoffman's goals-for are good, but he's causing quite a number of chances against lately. Moving him off the Zibby-Ryan line isn't punishment per se, it's about limiting the liability of his presence on the ice by putting him with Legwand and hopefully away from a top D pairing.
Good news about Cole. It's something, at least.
Here's one other little thing we can look forward to when playing Detroit tonight: we won't see the Golden Gawd playing for the other team.
Mrazek says he's starting in goal -- another uphill climb for the Senators as he's been very good of late.
He's been hit and miss. Strong against PIT and TB, weak against NYI and SJ. Hopefully his last start after getting lit up by the Isles has shaken some of his confidence.
And also:
Cole isn't playing tonight but didn't rule out Thursday.
Mrazek says he's starting in goal -- another uphill climb for the Senators as he's been very good of late.
I think you'll see Hoffman back with Zibby-Ryan very quickly, as that line needs his speed and ZSmith isn't exactly quick on his skates. That said, all this line tinkering, after leaving them together for 95% of the time on the streak, smells like the same ol' same ol' from whoever the bench boss is (Paddock, Hartsburg, Clouston, MacLean.....juggle juggle juggle). If you want to make a change on LW, bring up Shane Prince! He did very well before the left coast trip exchange that sent him back and brought up Puempel.