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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Gaskal needed the night off anyways.
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There’s enough embarrassing posts in this thread already, we don’t need an ATL.
Here’s my thoughts:
1. First line was bad. Really bad. Monahan is still great. Not tonight, but people need to relax. I’ve seen two people call for him to be scratched and one person demoted him to the third line. Everyone has bad games, even McDavid and Crosby have bad games. Shocking, I know, but it’s true.
2. Thank God for Lindholm because Noah Hanifin isn’t doing much to get me excited. That trade could look a lot worse so far. This might be where I agree with some of the negativity. He’s been extremely average so far, I don’t see much signs of anything there. Tonight in particular he was horrible. He needs to turn it around big time.
3. I don’t get the Neal hate. He’s been pretty much exactly as advertised. Once pucks start going in for him everyone will relax. He’s getting chances, he’s too good to not heat up eventually.
4. What does Derek Ryan add to the power play? Try Sam Bennett there. He’s earned a shot. I’d also like to see Dube back on that line.
5. Rittich with another solid outing. Starting to inspire a bit of confidence in our goaltending. Hopefully he pushes Smith to rebound.
Burn that tape and move on to Pittsburgh. And hey, Edmonton, Anaheim, and the Dodgers all lost tonight so it wasn’t all bad.