Q had a weird thing about Pirri. When Stan made some comments about how Pirri had a bright future here, Q said "well I'm gonna try Saad at center first," which turned out to be a miserable failure, as anyone could have told anyone. People were worried he'd never get a fair chance here, myself included. But if he keeps scoring, they kind of have to keep him up!

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They assigned Nordstrom to Rockford. No corresponding call-up yet (though you'd suppose it would be Hayes), possible they just don't carry a third scratch on the road trip.

Kid has energy-forward potential, but not with that build. Load up on Beef-a-Roo while you're down there.

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I agree.

He seems to have a really good hockey IQ though. He'll be back.