The Vegas Golden Knights, set to take on the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of their second-round series Wednesday, recalled seven players to the taxi squad. Carl Dahlstrom, Jack Dugan, Cody Glass, Kaedan Korczak, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jimmy Schuldt and Logan Thompson have all been brought up. Glass and Thompson were on the ice with the rest of the team at practice, while the others are likely just serving as “Black Aces” for the team.
Jesse Granger of The Athletic tweets that both Mattias Janmark and Robin Lehner are game-time decisions for Wednesday’s match, explaining why the other two are practicing. Of course, the team will also be without Ryan Reaves for the next two thanks to a suspension for his antics in Game 1. Glass, 22, has played in just a single playoff game thus far and saw fewer than 13 minutes of ice time in it. The sixth-overall pick from 2017 has yet to really establish himself as a regular at the NHL level, with just 22 points in 66 career games.
Some of the other names will draw interest if even just as examples of how well the Golden Knights staff has built up the depth of the organization. Players like Dugan, a fifth-round pick who scored 33 points in his first AHL season, or Korczak, a second-rounder who looked excellent in his first year of professional hockey, are going to challenge for playing time in the NHL at some point in the near future.
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