What do we do now??????? ...next week.

Shit now the 2 players that were battling it out for the final spot for the forward on the roster are playing great. Marcel and Nigel are playing some great hockey out on the ice right now, and what happens when players come back from injury. There is no way that Sather will send Nigel to the minors after being the leading goal getter on the team and essentially has been the Rangers offense since he was recalled from Hartford. On the other hand Hossa is starting to check on and is playing well with Jagr and Gomez. Yea there are no problems on the roster until all 3 of the injuries are gone but still its something to start thinking about. When Avery returns he most likely will rejoin Drury and Shanny on the second line or at worse bump Hollweg (although he is playing great as well) back down to the fourth to play with Betts and Orr. So then the lines look like this:
Hossa-Gomez-Jagr
Avery/Dawes-Drury-Shanahan
Dawes/Avery-Dubinsky-Prucha
Hollweg-Betts-Orr

Thats all well and good, but that seems like a pretty set lineup. Who loses playing time when Straka comes back? He is most likely headed to the first line to play with Jagr and Gomez, which leaves Hossa in limbo. Ok so now we can either have him play with Jagr and Gomez and move Straka to the second line or the third and then bump Dawes out of the lineup. The lines then could look like this:
Straka/Hossa-Gomez-Jagr
Avery/Dawes-Drury-Shanahan
Dawes/Avery-Dubinsky-Prucha
Hollweg/Hossa-Betts-Orr/Hollweg

This is already becoming a clusterfuck of a lineup because the players that most likely will sit are the ones that are most noticeible on the ice as of right now, and noticable for the good things not the bad things. Chances are Hossa has earned a spot and Hollweg and Orr will do what they did for most of last year and switch off games depending on hardhitter or fighter is needed. However if Hollweg can keep playing the way he is playing and start putting the puck into the net Renney is going to have a huge headache on his hands unless someone else gets hurt. Which is not something you want to see in hockey ever... but it is part of the game. Once Callahan return after that unless Dawes is still leading the team in points he most likely will have lost his spot and will see Hartford again. Even though he deserves the spot on the roster barring him falling apart all of a sudden. Hossa Hollweg and Orr will all split time on the 4th line and Hossa won't be as affective as he is being now, niether will Hollweg but inorder to get more ice time without putting the biscuit in the basket would be more injuries. Avery is already hitting in practice to get back into game shape so he will be back next week forcing Strudwick from the lineup who has been pretty much a ghost as a forward so far, I imagine Pock would have been a better choice for that but he is in the minors and most likely won't see the NHL unless traded the rest of the year. Callahan will most likely be back in 2 weeks or so, maybe a little longer, which then bumps a question mark from the lineup and Straka will be back in 4 weeks which then bumps another question mark from the lineup.

Well the good news the Rangers have a lot of depth at the forward position this year... The problem is which ones should play? I wouldn't want to be Renney right now.