Today was an off day for the Pirates except for goaltender’s Jhonas Enroth and David Leggio, who were working with Sabres goaltending coach Jim Corsi. TJ Brennan, who has been a healthy scratch the last two games was also on the ice taking shots.
With the recall of Luke Adam and Colin Stuart, the Pirates have only 11 forwards, but they’re playing the waiting game to see what happens with the Sabres after Wednesday night’s game before making any decision on bringing somebody in from the ECHL.
It’s a pretty simple equation. If Drew Stafford is cleared to return for Friday’s game against Toronto than he’ll take the Rob Niedermayer’s spot in the lineup as he recovers from arthroscopic knee surgery, and either Stuart or Adam will return to Portland. Tim Connolly and Jochen Hecht are more day-to-day, but again, if either one is able to go on Friday than the Pirates won’t need to bring anybody in from ECHL.
It could make for interesting situation for Portland with Thanksgiving on Thursday and the Pirates getting ready for a busy weekend where they’ll be playing three games in three days for only the second time this season.
