I don't really give a **** what Jackman has to say. Perron has been to the cup finals twice in 2 years. Tell me again how many times Jackman made it there?
The Maroon line with Fabbri did good in game 2 and everyone on the team played like **** in game 3. I just don't have faith in Sanford not to be his Winnipeg series self in game 4.
Perron was also healthy scratched for game 4 of the Cup Final last year because he wasn't doing anything and was running around being a liability.
I've been a big Perron supporter all year, but he has been actively hurting the team over the last 3 games. The refs have given him more leeway than I would have and I can't imagine that continues much longer. At this point, I'm pretty confident that dressing Perron is handing Boston a free PP. He is talented enough to still be a net positive despite that, but he hasn't been playing like that all series. I'm not confident he will tonight.
With all that said, scratching him is only an option if Thomas is ready, which seems almost impossibly unlikely. I want to see Sanford stay in at the expense of Fabbri, but I don't want to see Sanford and Fabbri in at the expense of Perron.
Realistically, Berube needs to have a 1 on 1 meeting with Perron and explain that we need him to produce, not to be an agitator. He needs to know in no uncertain terms that a stupid undisciplined penalty is going to cause him to get stapled to the bench. And for God's sake don't even breath on Rask, because all the officials have now watched the replay where he should have been the only one going to the box in game 3 for running Rask. They will be looking for any contact on the goalie to send Perron to the box,