Insanity

Any news on Petry or Rutta?

As long as Hextall is running the ship Carter will play. Hextall pretty much forced Sully's hand to play McGinn Carter Kapanen (Hextall's vision for a 3rd line) until it tanked and he had to give away both wingers. It's not insanity, it's stupidity from the front office. Reports from Rossi and a few others showed that Sullivan had to basically beg Hextall to keep O'Connor up and tried for months to bring up some other guys, but Hextall refused.

Silky soft stubborn sullivan.

Petry and Rutta were both full participants in practice today

I haven't heard those reports, but if true it's just another addition to the long list of reasons Hextall should be gone. I still don't think Sullivan is without his share of blame, no reason to have Carter out there taking D-zone face-offs constantly and to defend in critical moments of the game, but I also don't doubt Hextall has a lot to do with Carter being in the lineup. Same with the part about O'Connor. Crazy if this whole time Sullivan not playing young players is because of Hextall. He really is the worst GM in this league and I don't even think it's close. Completely incompetent at his job.