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We know(and the team knows) that they can play much better than that. Not saying much, but when even your top guys have an off night, you won't do very well.

There are a few positives though. We scored on the PP which is good. Another night, another point for Gio. Pleased that Jones is contributing, might not last long but I'l take it while it lasts. Maybe he feels more under pressure for his place at the moment and is really trying to step up his game?

I will repeat what I said on Saturday though, with Hillers form slipping slightly and Ramo struggling on Saturday, you notice the difference.

Few things I will say about the goals. 1st goal, Wideman gets beaten far too easily by Boychuk, he has to make sure Boychuk is unable to shoot or do anything other than check back or dump the pump. Weak play by him and no way should Hiller be beaten from that angle either. Caught him unawares sure, but he's got to keep that near post covered better than that.

As for the 2nd, what was Gio doing? Watch him as Faulk winds up to shoot, he moves out of the way. You can see him actually twist his body so that he's side on to the shot. He's been amazing for us this season, but that was shocking.

3rd goal, the simple screen. I've felt too often that attackers have been able to get to the front of the net and screen Hiller without any d-man giving them a shove or making it difficult for them. Ok its a fast moving play, but I'd have liked Brodie to be a bit closer to the man in front there. Then for the 4th, Brodie was really sloppy with the puck, puts it on a plate for Gleason to tap in. I know it came at him quick, but these are the sort of mistakes he wasn't making until the last few games. His offence has dried up a bit in the last 2 as well. Hopefully he can get back on the points trail in this home stand.

As for Setoguchi, I'm sorry but as soon as we get bodies fit, he has to get waived. Its too much of a coincidence for me that we concede more often(or it seems like we do) when he's out on the ice. Combine that to his complete non-entity of a offensive threat(0 points, -7, 12 shots in 10 games, just over 1 a game, pitiful numbers) and I'm not sure what use he currently is. And its not like he's not had a decent shot. Plenty of PP time to get him going, 10 games, average amount of ice time. Compare him to Jooris who in the same number of games has 5 points and more shots. He is a waste of space currently and I'd rather see McGratton dress and play on the 4th line, allowing Jooris to replace Seto on the 3rd.

We went 4-2-0 in the last road trip, 3-2-0 this time around. Thats decent. Thankfully we don't have another trip of that length game wise until January. So hopefully the fatigue factor will be at a minimum. We need to hope some of the injured players like Ferland, Raymond and Colborne are fit to play soon, we could really do with the latter 2 back.

Hopeful we can beat the Coyotes, they seem to struggle away from home, although they have won their last 2 away games against the Ducks and Caps. After that, things could get really tough for us. Anahiem twice, Chicago, San Jose, New Jersey. The whole team is going to need to step it up for those games, won't get away with Florida type performances against the big boys in our conference.