Like, I'm seriously at the point for the first time in a while where I don't even have much of a problem with our 4th line or our 3rd line. We spent years experimenting with guys on those lines that couldn't even score 20 points a year on the 3rd line.
And I don't really have much of a problem with who's played on our 3rd and 4th lines this year, at least when we're close to healthy. Outside of when Geertsen is on it, that's a no-go for me.
We really need relief at the goalie position. I think only Hedberg was allowed to play this many games (when Marty was injured in 2013) and suck this bad without them trying somebody else.
Yeah, all of Marty, Cory and Kinkaid at the end started to play almost or as bad as Blackwood right now, but they weren't allowed to play this many games, no matter who was back there. Kinkaid stunk up the joint in 2016 when Cory was injured and we wound up calling up Wedgewood and I never even thought we'd see Wedgewood in an NHL game ever, but that's why he came up in 15-16. When Marty started stinking it up early in 10-11 and 11-12, they'd put Hedberg in. And Marty benched his own damn self when it got this bad around January of 2011. It only lasted a week, but he never sunk nearly as low after he returned as he had gotten before he benched himself, that's for sure. His best hockey that year came after that, although his glove hand still had trouble that year.
When Cory started stinking up the joint starting in the fall of 2016, Hynes started playing Kinkaid more than he was. He never really made him the starter, but he was definitely giving him games he wouldn't have otherwise played if Cory wasn't playing poorly.
We even gave Ken Appleby and Eddie Lack starts in 2018 when Kinkaid wasn't all that great. Then when Cory came back and was miserable, they hardly played him cause Kinkaid was so hot. He didn't play until the regular season finale after we had clinched a spot.
When Cory looked terrible early in 2018-2019, we kept going back to Kinkaid and would barely play him.
When Kinkaid started stinking up the joint, we let Blackwood play some games. That's how Blackwood got his start.