I expect this thread gets pretty busy over the next couple days. Dobson was obviously not 100%, Slaf was hurt since that hit in round 1, Ghule obviously. How many others?
Please MSL, insert Xhekaj and Gallagher into the lineup next game. Sit Struble and Kapanen. Play much bigger with them on the lineup and we are getting destroyed.
As we get shut out.... Sorry but a bullet on the second PP is really needed. One PP goal and this series was over. Honestly, could he really be worse defensively than our whole team looked hemmed in all game? I agree he isn't in game shape though. I honestly don't get allowing that to happen. Could he not have been sent down for conditioning at the very least?
We happen to be carrying a high scoring forward who needs to show he can still perform in the NHL. Would it not make sense to give Laine a chance to show he has something to offer? He knows he has no trade value as it stands. He has to be hungry to prove himself. I might be crazy but I would be giving him the nod.
So Markov is in town. Dress him tonight. He can't look any worse than our defence did in the last two games. I say Monty could have been better on a couple goals, but our d-core sucked on them all. It isn't lack of talent, it is about getting their heads out of their butts and playing proper coverage in their own end.
I just read that Thompson is playing with a concussion and that seems to be something that the league needs to look into. Few pucks to the head and he will be permanently damaged. He should not be playing at this point.
Just look at the teams record over the last month with and without wifi in the lineup. I think that speaks volumes of how the team plays with him on the ice.