Way to early to say if there is sustainable chemistry, but the Bennett-Ryan-Leivo line obviously looked good, and I think have more than enough talent to be a good 4th line. I also think Ritchie is showing enough to stick in the lineup, and he and one of Bennett or Lievo can rotate up the lineup. This would leave Nordstrom and Simon S out of luck.
Mangiapane and Dube have skill and tenacity to be great players under Daryl. I am excited to see them grow.
All of that is great, but to make a real difference to this team's fortunes, we need to see the stars really shine. Especially the Centers. Get them producing and this is a playoff team. If not, we'll miss out and big changes would be expected in the summer.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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