Trash performance by a team that hasn’t been good for 10 games now. Lots of bad performances by a lot of players tonight. Markstrom badly out-dueled by Murray. Backlund was straight terrible on both sides of the ice. I’m a big fan of this guy, but there’s a reason why I call him “Mr. Can’t Hit the Net....” because he can’t hit the damn net. Dube is not a center at this level yet. Monahan’s line was surprisingly good, but zero finish.
The pairings of Mangiapane-Dube, Backlund- Coleman needs to be split. These are not good pairings. Either that or Treliving has to make a move to create a new look and create new energy or the season is going to slowly but surely slip away. The rest of the west has caught up so there has to be more urgency here.
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