I don't think I could handle losing to the Panthers in the playoffs.
Granted I think we would beat them in 7 games, if we lost I wouldn't leave my house for a month.
Argh, some puck luck I feel would do wonders for Cally's confidence. Nice play still though.
Cally just cannot score this year, feel bad for him.
Or we should filter slumping players through his line. Now that Names is going, let's bump him down to Killer's spot, and move Callahan up with 18-91. Then once Cally is going, we take whoever else is playing poorly.
I'm kidding of course. But the crazy thing is, it would probably work. There's a lot of evidence now to suggest that Drej is a really rare type of player.
Even an empty netter at this point would help. Lol
It's def not play or effort. Some of those were good shots Fluery had to fight off and it caused some rebounds. Just need a few games from him to score and he is good.
Callahan is not playing poorly though. His offensive game has been severely snake bitten this season and nothing has gone right for him in terms of production. He was great last night doing everything. Just alas no points to show for it.
We should have a line of Palat - Johnson - Callahan since all 3 of these guys need to get going and all have dealt with injuries. So I am all for a Pallahan reunion lol. But flip and Cally have been good together.
Yeah, he had a very good game last night.
I wouldn't mind seeing 86-9-24 have a run. Kuch used to play a lot of LW for us, pre-TKO. I just think someone needs to replace Killer on that line, and I'm not sure who should get the call. Maybe Cally, maybe even a guy like Brown to do the dirty work, and who's played well with Kucherov in the past.
I think Killer is "okay" on that line, but I think it needs more of a spark. That's not really his game. Maybe Marchessault. Then we could reunite KFC on the third line and all would be right with the world. Flip is playing really well again. Reduced minutes/responsibility suits him.
Yeah thought the 2nd line was meh last night and they almost cost the game in the last 10 seconds. I loved Phil's reaction calling them stupid lol.
Cally needs a few games like Palat had against Colorado production wise to get confidence back. He played 20 mins last night well earned but could not find the score sheet. Telling tale of his season.
I would also prefer brown over Paquette on the 3rd line. Brown - Flip - Cally were actually productive and looked great earlier.
Cally's best moments lately are on the PK. I know you're not going to like this, but he's been kind of useless on the PP this year. I mean, yeah, every now and again he screens the goalie nicely, but he's not winning possession in the corners, or really contributing in any meaningful way.
I like that his role is changing to more of a defensive specialist. I think he's more valuable to us that way. Where offense is concerned, we have better options. But he's the go-to guy for big blocks and big hits, and he can chip in a goal now and again too. But if I have a choice between Cally on the PP or Cally on the PK, I'll take the PK all day long.