I was at the game last night and Z Par did play a limited # of shifts. He was not playing his usual center position and as I found out talking w/ JP Parise at the game he has a dinged wrist and can't take a faceoff right now. That being said he was still out there on the PP and pen kill, as well as 5-5. In his limited playing time he really stood out. His deflection of P Martin's pass was right on the money. (a great looking play btw) He was named #1 star of the game again. I would be shocked if he didn't make the club this year.
btw, the condor (barry tallackson) was playing and I'm not trying to be mean here, but really looked out of place out there. He had one scoring chance but still continues to play much smaller than he is. Also in talking w/ JP he told me that Jordan said he feels like he'll be able to pick up this season where he left off last season, which will be a big help to our young defense.