Lineup changes I would make:
Fanta out for Valimaki.
Fanta is just too slow and their speed is killing us.
Janko out for Dube.
Janko is terrible. Has been for all of 2019 IMO. The guy is not a good NHL centerman.
You can't take out Brody, Neal or Monahan. The problem is that they are all getting owned in this series. Johnny is taking a lot of heat but to me the problem is Monahan. Johnny needs an NHL centerman that can skate. Monahan and Neal look impossibly slow out there.
Peters needs to go down to three lines. Janko Neal and Monahan need less than 8 minutes of ice a game. Move Bennett up to the top line, move Lindholm to the middle.
None of that will help us win this series. The Avs are way better. But at least we can lose with some dignity.
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