lightsout

Keep Fast, Puljujarvi, and Stepan or Pauly, but not both. Staal if he's going for a year to year deal and cheap enough. The rest of the FA can walk as far as I'm concerned. Go after a physical forward who will be able to be tough on the boards and will sell out to clear space. Get our top 4 D locked down long term.

So after a night of sleep, I have clarity. We don't drop a game to Florida with Svech and Patches playing. We don't struggle scoring when our skilled wingers + Aho aren't having to set each other up because Svech and Patches are feeding them instead. We need to add a threat offensively, get healthy, then see where we stand. If you overreact and start throwing the baby out with the bathwater, you're just gonna set yourself back.

I'm getting poo faced. Will return to this tomorrow

I mean Jordan's initial poke was fuging nothing. It trailed slightly and touched a skate and dude fuging fell, instantly draws a trip. Meanwhile we get slashed at all fuging game, got dudes taking runs at people, got dudes fuging holding long after the puck is moved. You either say "it's the playoffs and we let them play" or you call the poo straight. You don't fuging gift a team a soft penalty in a tie game in the final 2 minutes of play.

If I'm not mistaken, we got called for a penalty immediately after each of our goals didn't we?

Stick between the goalie's legs there. I mean fug if that's not interfering with movement what is?

Such a fuging chicken poo call. Goddamn these refs dude.

Yeah that's the only thing I can think. He hasn't been firm since he got dinged up. Sucks

No clean looks for them. In front of everything. Don't fug this chance up

Jordan is a giant but goddamn if he don't pull up from destroying people. If he's not going to use his frame on the boards, he needs to keep his ass net front and give us room at least

FAST! Let's fuging go

We're getting absolutely mugged all the way down the ice. Jesus Christ.

I'm so tired of seeing our guys get ran and hip checked into oblivion. Start. Running. Their. poo.

So timeout at 5 minute mark and then it's balls to the wall right?

Keep shooting. Bob has to feel pressure the rest of the way.

I'm so sick of having pucks just sail by guys. Slot, on the boards, corners, point. I get they're tired but Florida has more control than us and that's absolutely making a difference.

I don't want a single one of you first period doomers to get hope now. You stay pessimistic the rest of this game. It's working lol

Hard to blame Freddie when the man was left alone on the doorstep. Slight adjustment to get centered and it slips under the pad. But it doesn't matter anyway. Lot of hockey left to play. 2 goal lead is the third worst lead in hockey

That goal was just the sort of thing we've failed to do this entire series save for like, two of our goals.

Aho getting boxed for EXACTLY what Florida has done this whole series with absolutely no call is just lol

The V has that power. Wait what?

That was a flop. Jesus Christ that's a routine push

Here's the reality, and it's the first time I'll have questioned Rod's coaching possibly. The boys have worked hard as hell. They've absolutely given the effort. Nobody with two functioning eyes can in good faith say they haven't. So we're struggling. Either A) Bob is a god, B) Florida is a better hockey team or C) our strategy/lines aren't working. Now, multiple of these can be true simultaneously but the reality is this. If we roll the same lines and the same game plan in game 4, then Rod failed. Period. Even if we win, it's not a winning strategy for the series. If we mix it up and still lose? Then so be it. But you HAVE to try something new

Martinook - Aho - Teravainen Noesen - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis Drury - Staal - Fast There's no reason that as our first three lines couldn't work. Marty can get to the dirty areas well and has shown that.