Quotes show that they are thinking right, but they need to translate that into action.
Baertschi has steadily been improving in his overall play since his last scratch. I even didn't mind Backlund's effort last game. He was involved (at least more involved as compared to the other players) in the play.
They have to find a way to break out of the first period funk and take it one step at a time. Set the tone physically early. We have got players with wheels. Hopefully Jones gets his confidence up and gets more involved now that he scored last night.
They did breakout of the pretty long powerplay drought and are now looking better moving the puck around the zone and skating.
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