Both players have toured Essendons facilities

BOSTON -- The Bruins finished practice Monday with only one goaltender.And that goalie, prospect Malcolm Subban, had just arrived from Providence as the early saga of the Boston goal continued -- and it appeared Subban would be in goal for Tuesday nights home game against the Minnesota Wild.This all started when starter Tuukka Rask missed the second game of the season, with what was called general soreness. He then played in both the final game of the three-game, season-opening road trip and the home opener -- defeating both the Winnipeg Jets and New Jersey Devils.But Rask said he wasnt at one hundred percent, and Anthon Khudobin played in the 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens last Saturday, with Zane McIntyre on the bench as the recalled backup.McIntyre was sent back and Subban -- 0-3-1 with a 4.50 goals against average at Providence, yielding three goals on nine shots in one -- was brought up to join the team at Mondays practice.Then, Khudobin, expected to start Tuesday, suffered a hand or wrist injury, left the ice. One goal was guarded by a blue screen with holes in it for pucks.Subban, who gave up three goals on six shots in his only NHL game two seasons ago, was the last man standing.If we have to make adjustments and have some new personnel, well deal with it, said coach Claude Julien, who never likes to talk about who his goalie will be in the coming game.He also said, If hes going in goal, hell go in goal, its simple as that.Subban, a first-round draft pick in 2012, is 45-31-15 in 99 career games in the minor leagues.The Bruins, 3-2-0 heading into the finale of a three-game homestand before a four-game road trip (seven of their first 10 games are on the road), will face a Minnesota tam that picked up one of the possible four points in the New York Metropolitan Area over the weekend.The Wild (3-2-1) have allowed at least 30 shots on goal in five of their six games and are just making too many mistakes to satisfy new coach Bruce Boudreau. They gave up six goals, one into an empty net, in Sunday nights loss to the Islanders in Brooklyn.If you dont practice the same thing over and over early, you sometimes forget, and you start playing the game like shinny, Boudreau said after practice Monday. We had to go over some points that I think were starting to get away from us and bring everything back into focus.The Bruins swept the two-game series from the Wild each of the last two seasons. But Bostons home-ice troubles, which cost the Bruins a playoff spot last year, is again threatening to be a problem. The Bruins escaped with a 2-1 victory over New Jersey -- Patrice Bergeron scoring the winner with 1:15 left -- and then fell to the rival Canadiens.Juliens team, which has missed the playoffs the last two seasons, has allowed the first goal in all five games.I hope its not a habit, the coach said Saturday. Its certainly not what were looking for. 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The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. D-Day has arrived for prospective AFL players around the country with the national draft to take place at Sydneys Hordern Pavillion on Friday evening.Essendon are expected to take Sandringhams Andrew McGrath or North Ballarats Hugh McCluggage with the top pick in one of the most even drafts in recent memory.The Bombers have decided who they will select with the No.1 pick of Fridays national draft but are keeping their choice a closely guarded secret.Barring a late change of heart, it is likely McGrath or McCluggage - both gun midfielders - will join John Worsfolds effort to propel this years wooden spooner back up the ladder in 2017.McGrath announced himself as a potential No.1 pick in a stunning season where he captained TAC Cup side Sandringham and school team Brighton Grammar to premierships and co-captained Vic Metro to a national championship.Obviously that pick carries a bit of weight and expectation but its a massive honour too, McGrath said.If the cards were to fall that way Id be really humbled and privileged to accept that responsibility.Hopefully Id take it with both hands and represent myself and my club in the best possible way.Both players have toured Essendons facilities in recent weeks but say they are none the wiser as to the Bombers intentions.Theyre keeping their lips shut pretty tight, McCluggage said.I dont think anyone has much of an idea. Whattever happens, happens.ddddddddddddIve been pretty nervous ... its been a pretty big build-up over the last few weeks without school to keep your mind off things.So Im nervous but really excited at the same time to get stuck into things.Unlike recent years when the likes of Jacob Weitering, Paddy McCartin and Tom Boyd have announced themselves as the best young player in the land a long way out from the draft, the race to No.1 has been much closer for this draft class.Most other years No.1 has ben declared from about July, AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheahan said.So its been very tight at the top and then settled down to two or three most likely to go to Essendon.But clubs who dont have a first round pick need not despair, according to Sheahan.We think up the front that the midfielders are as good as any year but its down the back end that we reckon is special because our game is growing, he said.Were really buoyant about whats down the back. Weve seen the likes of Adam Goodes, Dane Swan, James Hird and Rory Sloane (go late) in years past.There have been some wonderful players and we think there are a bunch of players who could be taken down the back of this draft that will end up champions of the game, such is the depth of talent. ' ' '