Lerby, 21, is a Swedish defenseman who has spent the last three seasons with Malmo Redhawks in the Swedish Elite League. Lerby, who had five gaols and 16 assists (21 points) in 47 games this year, will stay in Malmo next season before joining the Flames for the 2020-21 season.
Hanley spent most of the season in the AHL, where he had eight goals and 20 assists (28 points) in 60 games. Hanley played 16 games with Dallas and has just six assists in 38 career NHL games—tonight will be his first career NHL playoff game.
This is a bizarre punishment that we have never seen before but Kadri has effectively been suspended for three-to-five games. William Nylander moved to centre in Game 3 with Kadri suspended and they will likely stick with the same lineup in Game 4 after winning 3-2 last night.
Kadri was not at the Maple Leafs morning skate and head coach Mike Babcock said the centre would not be available vs. the Lightning. Babcock added that there may be a press release regarding Kadri’s injury, which suggests he could miss some time. This would obviously be a huge loss heading into the playoffs if that is the case but we update any further information as it is provided.
Backlund was rested on Monday but is expected to replace Sean Monahan in the lineup on Wednesday.
Stone has been out since November 11th because of complications with a blood clot in his arm. Stone hasn’t been able to crack the Flames lineup lately so he’ll go to Stockton to get back up to game speed.
Kadri suffered a concussion early in Tuesday’s game in St. Louis and will not play Thursday vs. the Capitals. William Nylander will move to centre on the third line and Andreas Johnsson will replace him on the top power-play unit.
Coleman missed the last four games with an upper-body injury but will play Tuesday vs. the Penguins. Coleman has been held pointless in his last six games but has a quality campaign, scoring 18 goals on 155 shots (11.6 SH%) with 11 assists (29 points) in 55 games.
