With the injury bug biting the New Jersey Devils hard early in the season, the team made the decision to call up four player: first the return of Kevin Rooney and Egor Yakovlev followed a day later by the returning pair of John Quenneville and Eric Gryba. Yesterday’s practice (along with these lines and pairs courtesy of Amanda Stein) seem to indicate that Gryba will play tomorrow against the Nashville Predators over Yakovlev. Only one word comes to mind here: why?
As stated, Yakovlev was the first defender called up from Binghamton when it was determined that Steven Santini would be going on injured reserve with a broken jaw.