This team has no chemistry on the ice as it is anyways outside of the top line so we can throw anyone out there and it'll be the same no matter what at this point
This lack of chemistry is probably derived from rarely playing with the same players from game to game (or often even shift to shift).
I’ve loved what Monty has done with the defense, but offensively his coaching decisions have been a nightmare with little to no consistency.
It doesn’t help that the team only has three, maybe four (Spezza) reliable scorers. It’s great to have 15 or 16 NHL quality forwards, but as we all noted in the offseason, the lack of scoring depth is killing us. Monty needs to settle down the forwards. Nill needs to add another scorer or two.
All the bitching going on lately has really boiled into those two things, in my opinion. Players are being forced to fill roles that don’t suit their skills - surprise, surprise when they don’t meet expectations. Some are overperforming expectations (Shore, Dickinson), while others aren’t living up to them (Janmark, Nichushkin, Faksa). That’s just the nature of the game.