Huet to start; Havlat off 1st PP
Cristobal Huet starts in goal tonight against Nashville with Denis Savard saying after the morning skate that he might continue to alternate Huet and Khabibulin for the time being.
"Why not?" Savvy said. "Probably for a little bit, I might alternate, I don't know that. But tonight, to me, it's the right call to do. I felt it's (Huet's) turn to come out in front of his new fans and go from there."
As for the 0-for-8 power play, Martin Havlat will come off the first unit on the left side, to be replaced by the right-handed shooting Dustin Byfuglien.
"It's got nothing to do with Marty," Savvy said. "It's just his (left-handed) stick on that side of the ice, he's not a threat. We feel we have a lot more success with Buff in that position.
"Our power play is going to be good tonight, I guarantee that."
Defenseman Aaron Johnson was recalled from Rockford with Niklas Hjalmarsson still out with sore ribs. Not only will Johnson play tonight, he'll be paired with Brian Campbell.
Duncan Keith skated with Brent Sopel this morning while Brent Seabrook was with Jordan Hendry.
Matt Walker sits.
Well guess I was wrong, after Havlat scored a goal on the PP playing down low, they stuck him back at the point for the remainder of the game.
Tim, can you please ask Savard & Co. what the rationale is for having one of the team's most offensively gifted forwards playing so far away from the goal?
Ray Charles could have seen Havlat was out of place on the point! It took Savard & Co. two games to realize this!?
It should have taken two minutes.