Perhaps the most interesting news last week about the Lake Erie Monsters happened off the ice with the signings of veterans Manny Malhotra and Jan Hejda to player tryout contracts. Because what happened on the ice for the Monsters was, for one of the few times so far this season, not so impressive.
The Monsters (13-6-1-2) managed only one win in three games, splitting a two-game home series with the lowly Iowa Wild and losing for the second consecutive week on the road in Grand Rapids.
The Malhotra and Hejda signings, along with Kerby Rychel and Justin Falk getting sent back to Cleveland, will hopefully inject a little life into the suddenly lackluster Monsters.