Chirps from Center Ice

Few things to touch on today:

• Tim Leone reported today that Dany Sabourin has been sidelined with a knee injury and is having surgery. As a result, he is out the next 2-3 months. He also made mention of the fact that Braden Holtby will not start tomorrow when the Bears play the Devils in Atlantic City. Instead, Todd Ford will likely get the nod Hershey in net and Jared DiMichiel has been recalled from the ECHL.
• Mark Letestu is also scheduled for surgery to repair his knee. He will be out 4-6 weeks. In case you have been so snowed in by this weather you haven’t heard, Dustin Jeffrey and Eric Tangradi are up in Pittsburgh.
• As a result of the Jeffrey / Tangradi promotion, Patrick Kileen, Ben Street and Nick Petersen have been recalled from The Nail. Bombulie updated today that Thiessen isn’t “quite” ready to play this weekend, but will be back no later than this Monday. This means that Killeen will see at least one game. My guess is probably Monday in Atlantic City vs. the Devils.
• It’s been all over the place, but Tim Campbell up in Winnipeg reports that Sami Salo will probably dress for the Manitoba Moose this weekend on a conditioning stint. Here are his numbers courtesy of hockeydb.com.
• The Razor may be a Duck. (towards the bottom)
• Your weekly Patrick Williams fix.
• Check out this find from Tim McManus:

http://twitter.com/#!/PSPhantoms/status/33231121835622400

Quite a find. Pens need to gather it, quickly, because you will get left behind in this division if you stumble one bit. Let’s face it, Wilkes-Barre has been the steadiest team in the East Division all year, while Hershey, Charlotte, Norfolk and Binghamton have all traded positions almost on a weekly basis. I am not saying that if we lose a few games here and there that the bottom will fall out and we’ll be golfing in April, however.

Let’s Go Pens!