Kyle Wellwood Looks For Answers

Centre Kyle Wellwood has been the latest scapegoat for Leaf Nation during their latest slump. Just before Kyle returned, the talk in Leafland was the spark he was going to bring to the lineup when he returned from his injury. Wellwood sustained a mysterious "lower body injury" that took a suspiciously long time to recover from; he was supposed to be back early in the season but didn't return until almost quarterway through the season. Unfortunately, when he returned, there was a controversy at the centre position. At the time, the tall Kazak Nik Antropov occupied the number two centre spot; Wellwood was supposed to fill that slot when he returned. Therefore, Paul Maurice was forced to move Antropov to the wing while he was on his unbelievable hot streak. Since Wellwood's readdition to the lineup neither Antropov or Wellwood have been the same. Kyle has been a healthy scratch the last two games but was placed on a line centering the tall cans, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Nikolai Antropov. Head coach Paul Maurice hopes this will give the spark he needs so he can get back to his normal point-per-game production.