Palat / Johnson / Kucherov vs Glendening's line
Namestnikov / Filppula / Callahan vs Zetterberg's line
Killorn / Stamkos / Drouin vs Datsyuk's line
Paquette / Boyle / Brown vs whoever
We underestimated Detroit's speed and they are bigger more physical than us with Abdelkader and Smith in the lineup. They also make less mistakes and turnovers. Detroit is healthy and we underestimated them...that is an excellent team we are facing. Their Centers match up real well against our Centers.
What I don't like is that Cooper went back to the same lineup that dominated games one and two and CLEARLY forgot that we were facing a different team since they added Abdelkader and Smith. Cooper has to solve the Red Wings riddle with Abdelkader/Smith in the lineup ... he has to adjust his lineup to solve the problem.
Namestnikov / Filppula / Callahan vs Zetterberg's line
Killorn / Stamkos / Drouin vs Datsyuk's line
Paquette / Boyle / Brown vs whoever
We underestimated Detroit's speed and they are bigger more physical than us with Abdelkader and Smith in the lineup. They also make less mistakes and turnovers. Detroit is healthy and we underestimated them...that is an excellent team we are facing. Their Centers match up real well against our Centers.
What I don't like is that Cooper went back to the same lineup that dominated games one and two and CLEARLY forgot that we were facing a different team since they added Abdelkader and Smith. Cooper has to solve the Red Wings riddle with Abdelkader/Smith in the lineup ... he has to adjust his lineup to solve the problem.