Let me be honest for a second here. I was going to use this space to write PLAY A PUCK-MOVING DEFENSEMAN ON THE THIRD PAIRING BECAUSE NEITHER JARED COWEN NOR MARK BOROWIECKI CAN HANDLE THE PUCK but really, that's all I had. We all can see it -- it was on display in a PRESEASON game vs. the hated Montreal Canadiens for heaven's sake -- and the numbers back it up. From Nichols' transcript of Bryan Murray's recent interview:
On whether there is any issue using an opening night pairing of Borowiecki and Cowen.