I really think Peters needs to reward the guys who by and large have brought it every game.
the list is short but he needs to lean on these guys especially against a very good leafs team
Lindholm
Johnny Hockey
Thachuk
Bennett
Backlund
and naturally need to get Mony going too
I think you need those as your top 6, figure out where each fits and run with it. They have been your best forwards and you need to deploy them as such.
Same with defense, the pacific is still close and we aren't out of it yet, but we need to figure out what we have on the back end. Reward the guys who are playing well, get what we can out of the rookies now before they hit the wall, which will definitely happen.
Bottom line: Smith needs to be better, or else we are nowhere near the playoffs
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