Thursday practice update
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Thursday’s practice notes:
Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen both went through a full practice in Frisco and looked pretty good. Coach Marc Crawford said a decision will be made on them tomorrow, and listed them as questionable. Crawford said he doesn’t expect either Modano or Lehtinen to be ready to play both games of the back-to-back set this Friday and Saturday.
Brad Richards (groin), James Neal (groin) and Brenden Morrow (hip flexor) did not practice today so they could rest their injuries, but Crawford said they were all expected to play tomorrow.
Crawford said both Marty Turco and Alex Auld will play in the back-to-back, but he wouldn’t say which guy would play which game.
The Stars could be up for a tough decision on the forwards when Modano and Lehtinen come off IR and Steve Ott returns from the suspension. They’ll be up to 15 forwards, including Francis Wathier who obviously would go back to the AHL. That gets it to 14 forwards. If the Stars opt to carry 13 then another one would need to go.
