Curiosity - Alfredson vs the sharks

Disco Volante
10-18-2003, 11:43 PM
How come Alfredson just played 11:51 against San Jose? Actually less than Van Allen... He had shifts until the end so it's not that he got hurt...

Thx!

Other Dave
10-19-2003, 04:32 AM
Maybe he caught the flu from Volchenkov?

Other Dave

Puck
10-19-2003, 05:49 AM
Alfredsson has a chronic hip-pointer problem. This was also a back-to-back game. As long as the Sens were ahead, the coach probably figured he would spare his captain. Martin probably does a better job of managing Alfie's physical health than Alfie does himself. If Alfie was hurting, you'll never hear about it officially.

Other Dave
10-19-2003, 09:55 AM
The other thing is, the Sens spent almost half the game on the PK, where Alfie doesn't have a regular spot. Since 26-14-18 was playing so well, the other three lines had to split the remaining even-strength ice time.

Other Dave