DrEasy
Out rumptackling
The downgrade from DeMelo to Englund is huge. But I'm told not to worry, it's really easy to replace DeMelo in free agency!The truly awful players tonight were too numerous to detail, but there were a few standouts:
Hainsey makes the last days of Oduya looks like Lidstrom in his prime. Dude now moves like a pregnant water buffalo, with the hands and puck sense to match. His regression in the second half of the season has been breathtakingly fast.
Englund is a black hole with the puck - zero skill. He's physical, but has zero hockey sense to go along with his poor hands.
This new guy - Jayce whatever - is just a replacement level scrub. No hands, no hockey sense, a black hole possession wise. The puck would literally have to bounce off his backside in order for him to score.
Replacing Namestnikov and DeMelo with Jayce and Englund shows you just how painfully thin our roster is. Even taking two very average NHL players off our team, and subbing in two AHL scrubs, makes us significantly worse.