Sun 12/25/11 7:48 AM

Boris Valabik is minus-three in his first two games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL since returning from off-season knee surgery. "He's got to get in game shape and get some timing down, but I think he's done a good job for not having played in a long time," Baby Pens coach John Hynes said. "He understands the concepts we want to play with. I think he's on the road to recovery." Valabik has value in NHL fantasy pools when he plays as he is capable of picking up a lot of penalty minutes. The bad news is that he has not appeared in an NHL game since the 2009-10 season.