Kid line was invisible, they didn't meet expectations and were stuck in their zones for 1-2 minutes a couple times. Sedins are still playing really well but none of their linemates know what to do other than skate as far away as they can from those two. Burrows knows what to do on that line and should be back there, it works, maybe someone else will work later but we need to win games right now. I thought our 4th line is doing pretty good, everyone's going to cry and whine because well their corsi probably isn't that good but they have a ton of ice-time in the offensive zone. They wear opponents down and as a 4th line, they don't get stuck in their own zone. Probably our 2nd best line this game and have been our most consistent this season.
Sutter can't be our leading scorer if we want to win, he's done more than enough so far and we need the Sedins to get points, get Burrows on that line. Defensively, we are a better team than last year because we don't get stuck in our own end but I think losing Matthias and Richardson hurts offensively. Higgins was also a consistent 30+ point player. The problem with rookies like Virtanen, McCann and young players like Baertschi and Horvat is that they are still inconsistent which means we don't have consistent veterans who don't make mistakes. That's why I think Virtanen and McCann both should go down, if we have to keep one, keep McCann because he has shown he can score and his shot looks like one of the better ones in the NHL.
Get Burrows with the Sedins, Baertschi, Sutter, and Hansen, 3rd line of McCann/Virtanen, Horvat, Vrbata.
California teams are starting to get their act together and this short lead we have on them isn't going to last if we let them catch up so this team has to get as many wins as they can early because they disappear late.
