[GranteedEV]

Honestly it's easy to look at that game and say we got goalie'd but there were a lot of things I didn't like

- not a lot of speed through the middle of the ice. Admittedly the Sharks with a limited roster chose to clog things up but you really see the limitations of Monahan and Lindholm in particular in games like this. I'd have liked to see more from Dube and Backlund too, in that area. Seemed too many breakouts were going through our wingers.

- Hanifin's lack of footspeed. That should NEVER be something to complain about for a guy billed as a strong skating defenseman. Tanev and Kylington backcheck like crazy when they get caught out of position, Hanifin just gives up on the play. Frustrating. Even an old Gio would give you more hustle on some of those sequences and he was washed up. The Sharks 1st and 3rd goals just really make you wonder why Hanifin is always being praised for his speed.

- Zadorov's first pass. I was groaning so hard ten seconds before the GWG because he coughed up the puck to two unchecked Sharks for no discernable reason. It won't show up in the replays but that turnover caused the goal.

- Markstrom's positioning on the GWG. Not saying it wasn't a deflection, but from that angle it should have just hit him.

- Sutter using the 3rd pair with the 4th line. There is literally only one player on that five man unit capable of taking over a shift and it's the corpse of Monahan. If you really wanna roll all the lines and pairs, at least don't combine that combination. At least when Valimaki is back in we'll have added some skill. Can we please get Phillips called up? And inject Duehr into the lineup? Lewis and Richardson and Zadorov... they're filler players. I have to believe we can do better.