I thought everyone came to play tonight... except the Backlund line. This team isn't good enough for one line to have an off night and they were invisible until the Ottawa tied up the game.
Mangiapane with the bad o-zone drop pass on the shift that led to the goal. Tkachuk invisible. Backlund terrible d-zone coverage on the first goal.
Also have had enough Lucic's d-zone turnovers, Nesterov blindly rimming the puck around the boards, Leivo's tunnel vision.
Just blow it up. Move on from Treliving. Get what you can get for Gaudreau, Monahan, Backlund, Giordano and maybe Tkachuk in the offseason and rebuild through the draft. Wanna see new blood like Phillips and Pelletier next season. Make sure our new players know how to play to right way and don't let the bad habits grow in the first place like they have with this core.
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