By: David Alter

Ron Wilson had some advice for defenseman Cody Franson,who will make his season debut against the Calgary Flames tomorrow night.

“He’s going to play the next game and the rest is up to him” said Wilson.  “He put a lot of pressure on himself talking (to the media) this week so now he has to perform.”

3:13-3:20 about Franson.

Cody Franson was vocal about not playing.  What really bothered him was how he found out about sitting out the first two games by watching a video of a Wilson scrum similar to thix ones.  Clearly, Wilson that he didn’t really appreciate the the comments.

Tim Connolly missed practice again, he will not play.  It’s still not clear as to who comes out of the lineup in place of Franson, but based on the minutes, expect it to be Jake Gardiner.

Projected forward lines against Calgary.

MacArthur-Grabovski-Kulemin

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel

Frattin-Lombardi-Armstrong

Steckel-Dupuis-Brown

Defenseman

Phaneuf-Gunnarsson

Liles-Schenn

Franson-Komisarek (Gardiner Likely Sitting)

Goaltending

Reimer

Gustavsson