dtones520
Registered User
Datsyuk and Zetterberg are both + players producing over a PPG this year, all while centering their own line. So why would you put Pavs back on Hank's wing when it hasn't worked in 3+ years? He iced Cleary-Filppula-Samuelsson as our second line FFS.
Yeah Holland isn't doing his job well enough but Babcock hasnt shown why he's such an elite this coach this year. He's completely sucked this year. I wouldn't fire him right now, but if a good coach is available in the off season I'd STRONGLY consider it.
Maybe he was trying to spark something or give us a dominant line for a game. They had 13 shots on goal and both of our goals, so putting them together did work. The problem is that outside of Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Brunner, no one is producing offensively and frankly no one is working hard enough right now. Filppula has been riding the coat tails of Datayuk all year, so maybe giving him his own line to center was an attempt to get him going on his own.