Kaleb Toth is IN. Devan Wray, Tracey Keluksy and Steve Dietrich are OUT. Had a quick conversation with Troy Cordingley Friday afternoon to get the quick pre game skinny for Saturday’s tilt in Toronto, and got the word on the lineup.

Toth gets a shot at redemption, which you knew had to come after the jaw-dropping decision to sit the original Roughneck last week against Coldorado. In an interview earlier this week, Cordingley back-pedalled a bit, suggesting the move may have been due, in part, to a nagging hamstring injury, but the fact of the matter is the coach wanted to shake the team down to the core, and given the result last week, it was mission accomplished.

The case of Wray is a little more complicated. While he might have wanted to give D-Wray a shot, Cordingley told me he was so happy with the way the defense played last week, he didn’t want to mess with anything. Hard to fault that, given the way the D shut down Coldorado for three quarters, forcing turnover after turnover and turning the offense back with a run-out shot clock several times.

As for Kelusky and Dietrich, it’s another week on the sidelines with concussions, although both continue to make progress.

Now, Toronto is traditionally a little shop of horrors for the Roughnecks, but Cordingley remains optimistic. For him, it all comes down to passion. Last week the Riggers were able to bring that to their game, at least until the final 15 minutes.

Couple the strong starts we’re seen several times this season with a killer instinct that’ll prevent another 4th quarter of nervous sitting back, and it should add up to victory number 4.

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