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At this point I think it's safe to say it's best if the team loses (although I'll never cheer for losses, it irritates me too much).

I thought our young guys and Gio were great tonight (Brodie and Hamilton were just okay, but not bad). That's the positive news. Monahan seemed to be getting engaged physically a lot more than usual tonight. I've really liked his game the past few games.

Plain and simple, the veteran guys who got it done last year are not cutting it this year. Hudler and Wideman are the two biggest culprits, but Russell, Jones, Stajan, and Bollig need to go. We can replace these guys through free agency, Stockton, and the draft.

My dream scenario would be to draft one of the Finns and sign Lucic. I also wouldn't mind re-signing Ramo and also going after one of Ward or Raanta.

Gaudreau-Monahan-Laine/Puljujarvi
Lucic-Bennett-Frolik
Ferland-Backlund-Bouma
Colborne-???-???

Brodie-Giordano
Hamilton-???
Smid-Engelland

Ramo
Ward/Raanta

EDIT - Just wanted to say my scenario did not take the salary cap into consideration as I don't have the time or patience to figure it out.