Once again, our power play let’s us down. How many times have we said that over the last two years?
-Take Gio off the first pp. How many times do we have to watch a patented Gio windup, then hear the glass rattle behind the net? Replace with Andersson, who actually appears to be the only one timer option (calling James Neal?????)
- The drop pass. Oh my god. Half the powerplay is spent with Gio collecting the puck behind the net, strolling out to our blue line, then dropping it back. It didn’t work last year, it’s not working this year, and it won’t work next year. Other teams aren’t stupid, they are countering it.
- 2nd powerplay. Even worse. Ryan, as warmed by Canes fans, might be Bill Peters illigetimate son. He’s soft, weak, and has limited offensive acumen. 3 minutes of pp time? Tf?
- Bennett has deserved powerplay time. He’s one of the only players who has given a f the last few games.
- Czarnik was brought in for his powerplay skills. Give him a shot instead of Lindholm on the top unit, it can’t hurt at this point.
The rest of the game speaks for itself. Awful effort from 90 percent of the skaters. Rittich was fantastic again, shame it was wasted.
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