Last night was far from perfect but it's still something to build on so let's hope the team does that.
Curies to see the lineup though I think we won't it know until closer to the game.
Sustr deserves to be scratched after last night. Giving Dotchin a chance should be a no-brainer.I'm hoping to see Koekkoek and/or Dotchin. If Coop wanted to roll 11/7 tonight I would not be opposed to it.
Sustr deserves to be scratched after last night. Giving Dotchin a chance should be a no-brainer.
Another Must Win Game.
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I don't think Sustr was alone responsible for any of the goals scored on us although he was really soft in front of the net on Pysyk's goal. But he did make some very bad plays in our own zone. Our defense wasn't great but Sustr was clearly the worst defenseman out there.Sure, if you need to blame someone for the goals even though non were directly on him. Dotchin doesn't deserve a chance, Koekkoek does. With Girardi, Coburn and now Stralman playing defense first we need a puck mover in the lineup.
Sustr deserves to be scratched after last night. Giving Dotchin a chance should be a no-brainer.
Sustr wasn't "promoted" - he was sheltered and Hedman was tasked with babysitting him. He only played 12 minutes.I'm not holding my breath. Sustr was almost immediately promoted to top line with Hedman for the rest of the night. The only thing harder than watching him mess up on TV is seeing it happen in real life. That's when everything plays like like that scene in Saving Private Ryan where everything turns black and white, there's no sound and all you can see is disaster slowly unfolding at about half speed. Twice the guy tried to play the puck and it got us trapped into our zone. First to a player (I think it was Point on an outlet pass) but he was surrounded and there was an immediate turnover. Then at another time he punches the puck straight to a Panther defender at the blue line and I'm ready to pull my hair out. My favorite blunder was in the 1st period where he tried to leave the defensive zone too early and there's a turnover and suddenly he's backtracking and take a penalty.
Sustr wasn't "promoted" - he was sheltered and Hedman was tasked with babysitting him. He only played 12 minutes.
Sustr needs to sit. Coburn played on the right side for YEARS in Phily on their first pairing. Coburn on the right side > Sustr on the right side.
Hedman - Girardi
Sergachev - Stralman
Koekkoek - Coburn
Sustr wasn't "promoted" - he was sheltered and Hedman was tasked with babysitting him. He only played 12 minutes.
If Girardi is going to be your #1 PK guy on the right and you have Stralman as #2, you don't need Sustr. Dotchin can play his easy, sheltered minutes with Hedman making him look good. But we need either Sergachev to take off his training wheels and start playing or put Koekkoek in because our puck movement sucked.