Let it be stated, for the record, that I was against reinserting Steve Ott in the lineup against the Chicago Blackhawks. It was nothing against Ott, I just felt that Ryan Reaves had done enough to warrant his own place in the lineup. How wrong I was.
Reaves had been a heavy hitter and wasn’t making any mistakes and basically doing his job. We all knew that Scottie Upshall and Kyle Brodziak were not going to exit the lineup so it came down to Ott vs Reaves in a certain way.