Dineen said defenseman Jason Garrison will miss the next seven to 10 days after suffering what is thought to be an ankle/foot injury on Saturday against New Jersey. “That's a big hole in our lineup,'' Dineen said. At one point during that game, Florida was down to just three defensemen.
Weaver had his skate blown out after blocking a shot from Ilya Kovalchuk that was so hard, the rivets had to be replaced. While Weaver was in the locker room, Gudbranson came in after Steve Bernier's skate sliced Gudbrason's laces down the center of his boot. Then Garrison hobbled in.
“We were going to have to play Versteeg on defense,'' Weaver joked. Florida did actually use winger Mikael Samuelsson on defense for a time.