I hope Elliott gets back into the zone soon. He was strong against the Ducks at home but that last goal was shaky, followed up by two bad ones tonight. It was supposed to be his night off, so let's hope he just needs a few days.
Brouwer is really staking his reputation in this city on his playoff performance. Not to be overly dramatic, but I would prefer Hathaway on that line and Brouwer in the pressbox at this point. He's played himself into a role that I'm sure he's unhappy with but they gave him more than a reasonable opportunity on the first powerplay unit almost all season and on a line with at least one of Monahan, Versteeg, Bennett or Gaudreau up until a few games ago. At this point I am hoping that he's still dealing with a nagging injury because -even with relatively low expectations after the signing- I'm pretty disappointed in what he has brought this season.
The line up against LA is going to be very interesting to see! Hopefully they can win the last two and build back up that confidence!
I love this team
