[TheChief]

Removing Bennett from Backlund's line tonight was absolutely Addition by Subtraction.


John and Sean basically are useless at 5on5 so its only right to saddle them with the only other useless 5 on 5 player we have in Bennett.


Last night was the return of our true best player, Backlund. Here's hoping he can continue the trend forward.


I thought Gio had a howler of a game. Unreal how far he has fallen. I think they should look at dropping him to the third pairing with Nesterov and bring Valimaki up with Andersson (and give them 2nd pairing minutes) leaving Hanifin and Tanev as your TOP pairing.



I also don't think Gio should see any more PP time at all, start the transition to Hanifin.




I think Ward needs to think outside the box when it comes to John at least. Sean is useless unless he is on the rush on on the PP. He is a liability everywhere else on the ice...much the same with Bennett.


I think you try to double shift Johnny more. I think that would help him at 5 on 5 get more looks.