That was embarrassing. It would be one thing if we lost a close, hard-fought game, but it looked like most of the team gave up in the 3rd period. Simply embarrassing.
We've still got the series lead though. I would think this team has enough intestinal fortitude to get their act together for Saturday.
They were smothering Crosby and Malkin and daring us to beat them with the rest of our team. Since Staal and TK didnt' get anything going = shutout
If I could do the lines: Malkin-Crosby-Guerin Kunitz-Staal-Kennedy Dupuis-Talbot-Satan/Sykora Whoever's left.
That second line there was humming after the trade and I was SO PISSED when they broke it up just because Crosby came back from injury. That first line means that they have to chase down our two best players on the ice at once, and all Guerin has to do is pick up the junk in front of the net. Bill's the trailer and power forward, he doesn't need to skate with them to make a play, just have him crash the net. That way, you actually have two lines that are offensive threats. The third line is a speed/defensive/energy line. Sykora or Satan add the threat of scoring, but don't really need them to, and since they're not, who cares? The fourth line might see two shifts a period.
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We've still got the series lead though. I would think this team has enough intestinal fortitude to get their act together for Saturday.
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If I could do the lines:
Malkin-Crosby-Guerin
Kunitz-Staal-Kennedy
Dupuis-Talbot-Satan/Sykora
Whoever's left.
That second line there was humming after the trade and I was SO PISSED when they broke it up just because Crosby came back from injury. That first line means that they have to chase down our two best players on the ice at once, and all Guerin has to do is pick up the junk in front of the net. Bill's the trailer and power forward, he doesn't need to skate with them to make a play, just have him crash the net. That way, you actually have two lines that are offensive threats. The third line is a speed/defensive/energy line. Sykora or Satan add the threat of scoring, but don't really need them to, and since they're not, who cares? The fourth line might see two shifts a period.
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