Guess tomorrow's line-up

With 16 forwards heading to Battlefords and La Ronge, it's going to be interesting to see which guys actually play. Safe to say we'll see a different line-up for each game as Larry tries to get a look at everyone in regular season action.

The first three lines are more or less set in stone with Dommett-Calkins-Adamyk, Duzan-Hoffman-Mysiorek, Gourley-King-Exner.

After that you have Benn (LW/C), Taylor (C), Wasden (RW), Gerwing (LW), Penner (C/RW), Kissick (RW) and Long (LW) in the mix on the fourth line. Obviously the first three are the returning players, but it would be a little hard to make the final cuts if the new kids all sat in the press box.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to construct the fourth line we'll see against Battlefords. Players must be in their natural positions listed above. Go!!!

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Estevan defeated Melville 6-4 in the first SJ game of the season last night at Melville Stadium. I have a dish, so I wasn't able to watch it on Access, but I did listen to Craig Stein online (great work as always Steiner). Estevan led 3-0 at one point in the second, although Melville had a PP marker called back for being kicked in that sounded like it might have been legit.

On that note, I want to say that Melville has the best-named rookies in the league. Godric Tham. Roger Tagoona. Nuff said.

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I was going to write a brief tribute to Pat Burns in this space after hearing reports he had passed away this morning. Except now it's becoming clear that someone jumped the gun. All the media outlets who reported this have pulled their stories, and numerous reports are now saying Pat is in fact alive.

This from Bob McKenzie on twitter: 

1.  TSNBobMcKenzie 
   
   This from a member of the Burns family: "Pat is surprised to learn he's dead." Pat Burns, as of this moment, is still alive.
    TSNBobMcKenzie 
   
     
   Typical. If Pat were able, he'd call me, say, "Tell those f****** I'm not dead yet" cuz he'd do that after stories of how sick he was.
   It's not the first time this has happened with a reported death, but it's much more likely to happen now that news explodes instantly on twitter. I can only imagine what Pat's family was going through this morning. I don't know where this originated, but this is where the mainstream media has to take a hard look at its pack mentality. Don't report something because someone else did, check it out yourself and report it if it's accurate.
   OK, I'll step down from the pulpit now.
   EDIT: McKenzie says Burns called him and said this: "Here we go again. They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead. I'm not dead, far f------ from it. They've had me dead since June. Tell them I'm alive. Set them straight."