puck7x Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Gratton was called up from Hamilton and will play tomorrow versus the leafs. (according to a poster on another board who heard it on CKAC) THANK YOU JULIEN! About time Gratton got the call up , he's dominating the AHL (sure it wont translate completely to the NHL though... ) . Plus he's a gritty "in your face" type player , similar to Begin kind of... Love this move! Plus who knows... Maybe Ward will be conditioned enough to play in the game too? I'm liking the habs lineup more and more... Bulis - Koivu - Ryder Dagenais - Ribeiro - Zednik Sundstrom - Juneau - Dackell Langdon - Gratton - Ward/Kilger Extra : Audette Injured : Begin , Perreault (still injured?) thats my guess for the lineup on Saturday , I think CJ will finally show some balls and scratch Audette. I think that if Dagenais struggles (or cant keep up) with his line that Gratton will be moved into his position. If Ward is called up , I bet kilger sits... Anyways we'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeppa Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 I like that move! It's nice to see Gratton get a shot now when Begins out for some time. With Ward eventually in the lineup, our 4th line look really solid... Destroy the Laffs! :hlogo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl.roberts Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Good News! Let's hope he gets a few minutes out there, eh? http://www.habsworld.net/show_news.php?id=221 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs77 Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Bulis-Koivu-Ryder Zednik-Ribeiro-Dagenais Sundstrum-Juneau-Dackell Langdon-Gratton-Ward Perreault, Audette, Kilger (Begin) Souray-Quintal Markov-Breezer Bouillon-Rivet Komisarek Theodore Garon If Ward and Brisebois are ready to return, Gratton's callup means someone has to put on waivers to bring down the roster to 23. Will it be Audette or Kilger? Kilger if I had to guess. The only other option is a trade before the deadline tonight at midnight... holidays trade freeze. Stay tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck7x Posted December 19, 2003 Author Share Posted December 19, 2003 Originally posted by Habs77If Ward and Brisebois are ready to return, Gratton's callup means someone has to put on waivers to bring down the roster to 23. Will it be Audette or Kilger? Kilger if I had to guess. The only other option is a trade before the deadline tonight at midnight... holidays trade freeze. Stay tuned Perreault is injured , so I dunno... Maybe we'll put him on IR to make the roster limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsaku Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Very good move by the organization. Hopefully he can stick around and be lethal with Begin! This guy will be a fan favorite no doubt if he can translate his AHL success into the NHL(minus the 70 points of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 I agree, it’s a great move by our organization. I have to say that we could have only dreamt about it last season. It’s a very good example for each player in Hamilton. You play great, you get your well deserved reward. Also, I think that this guy is very underrated and he is not much worse than Mike Ribeiro… Well, we’ll see tomorrow what he is worth of :ghg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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