The news of the day out of downtown Rochester is that Ville Koistinen is likely done for the season with a knee injury, Jason Garrison is likely to be called up on Friday, and that A.J. Thelen has been brought in from the Florida Everblades for extra help on defense.

Koistinen probably hurt his knee during a shift on Tuesday night where he first kicked the puck like a soccer ball and then followed it up by trying to jump over and through a check along the back boards.  He almost made it but his legs were smashed against the boards and I don’t think he played after that.  According to Kevin O. he tore his ACL.

Apparently Bryan Allen is questionable for the Panthers game on Friday which is why Garrison will likely be called up.

Thelen was a first round draft pick of the Minnesota Wild in 2004 but never made it very far in their system.  The Wild blog  “Hockey Wilderness” wrote that many consider Thelen to be one of the biggest draft busts in Wild history.  Based on his stats he seems to be more of an offensive defenseman.

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