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With Travis Moen and Kent Huskins not available until Saturday in Vancouver and Kaspar being sent on the Worcester courtesy shuttle, the Sharks will let Brad Staubitz live another day and have promoted Jamie McGinn. Mike and I discussed why McGinn hadn’t been called up with a long term roster spot up for grabs, he is certainly the best player in Worcester. I think this is definitely the right play by DW here.

So, can we expect Marleau to slide back down to the 3rd line? It might be the best option to keep the Sharks running for the rest of the regular season and gives McLellan a stronger three line look that he desires.

McGinn/Thornton/Seto
Clowe/Pavs/Michalek
Moen/Marleau/Cheech
Lemiuex/Plihal/Shelley

I would assume that when Grier, Goc, JR and maybe even Mitchell are healthy, then the four guys to sit would be Plihal, Lemieux, McGinn and Shelley. Having Goc to win face offs could be what gives him the edge over Shelley for a playoff series.

As for Kent Huskins, this guy isn’t a total scrub and we should expect, if he’s healthy, he’s going to play and McLellan will be able to give people a day off down the stretch here if their banged up. Depth is key for the Cup run – and Huskins has been there before.

One more thing I want to say about Travis Moen – recent history will show that Doug Wilson doesn’t acquire guys he’s not interested in trying to lock up in the offseason. DW is totally locked in on Moen and I’m expecting that he’s going to zero in on locking him up to a 3 year deal before the man can hit free agency. Just a hunch….but we should consider getting used to Moen in Teal….and his arrival could spell the departure of Grier in the offseason….