I still don’t think our second line is where we need to be, scoring wise.
Frolik and his status up in the air, Backlund not getting pushed from Jankoswki as a second line center. Tkachuk not signed...and in general, that line was bad in the playoffs and just average in the regular season.
Top line came out hot but Mono and Lindholm cooled considerably later in the season.
As they started rolling last year, the confidence and swagger of the team showed, where they could show up for sometimes only 2 periods and dominate a game. Lead by Gio, sure.
Will that same swagger and confidence be there; of course it can’t be created in its own,it has to come from outplaying and obviously out scoring the opponent, but at times that total confidence carried them through some games.
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