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Defenseman Tim Gleason will return to the Canes lineup tonight against the Rangers but Niclas Wallin will miss at least one more game. Both Gleason and Wallin were at the morning skate at the RBC Center. The Canes reassigned defenseman Bryan Rodney to Albany (AHL) on Sunday. Gleason took a puck in the face during the Washington Capitals game Dec. 11, requiring 30 stitches. He returned to the game, scoring a shorthanded goal, and played the next night in Ottawa, but post-concussion type symptoms have kept him out of the last three games. "We want to be a little careful about putting both (Gleason and Wallin) both in the same night," Canes coach Paul Maurice said. "We don't want to dress seven defense. We feel we'll need all four lines." Wallin has not played since the Vancouver game on Dec. 5, missing the last seven games. He is still two games shy of playing his 500th game for the Canes.