File this under WTF took so long.
http://gocheckers.com/articles/transactions/canes-recal-zykov-checkers-recall-booth
http://gocheckers.com/articles/transactions/canes-recal-zykov-checkers-recall-booth
He will play like 5 minutes with Nordstrom and Ryan and 0:00 on the PP. But at least they finally called him up which should have happened 2 months ago.
This will be an interesting case study in Wild Bill Peters future. If he does the Bill Peters Special and staples Zykov to the bench on a fourth line with 5 minutes of ice time I think he is dumber than he looks. Peters would be smart to play Zykov in all situations, especially the power play and let the big guy get dirty in front of the net. At this point in the season, you have to see what you have in Zykov, and the only way to do that is to give the a kid a chance to succeed. But all things being equal, it would be so "Canesy" to let him rot on the fourth line with that offensive dynamo Nordstrom playing alongside him.
And he's not playing the Rangers. So why invite him up?
You have to wonder just who the heck made the decision to call up Zykov. It doesn't sound like Peters is all that chuffed about it and you know darned well Francis didn't do it.
Ricky Olczyk is still an assistant GM as is the Checkers coach so they can have input on callups.
Well, he better make a hat trick in his 5 minute audition if he wants to stick around.
He didn’t last time and had two games to do it in.
Well, DiGiuseppe and Nordstrom have both scored twice as many goals this year as our AHL goaltender. And Stempniak has matched that.
How can any of them sit?
He did score in his game and a half with the Canes (got hurt in the 2nd game). So, his NHL goal scoring rate is 54.6 per season. That not good enough for you?