Off to the Windy City and the Jackets are searching for some answers and a bit of momentum into another big week for the boys in Union Blue.
7:00pm EST, United Center
Fox Sports Ohio, High Definition
After a severe calling out by Scott Arniel, the Jackets have no choice but to start showing up. Scott Howson’s hands are freed tonight at midnight and should the Jackets lose another ugly game, I would not be surprised to see a move made.
At this point SOMETHING has to happen… a healthy scratch of a top 6 forward plus the call-up of someone from Springfield would be a nice, minor-shake-up. Or maybe there’s a trade ready to be made, God only knows who is being shopped at this point, or who would be brought in for that matter.
The Blackhawks are without Patrick Kane tonight according to Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune. The Jackets will catch another break, in that starting goaltender Corey Crawford is ill and will not play tonight either… although Marian Hossa is back *gulp*
The Dispatch points out that Mathieu Garon is the “player to watch” tonight, and I couldn’t agree more. After 5 solid appearances/starts, Garon had a rough outing on Thursday night, but can hardly be blamed for all the goals the Jackets gave up that night.
Regardless of tonight’s performance by Garon, I believe that Mason get’s his first start in over a week, tomorrow night at home against the Wild… but time will tell.
Go Jackets.
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