I don't think we have the players to make those cross ice plays. Dube, Mangiapane, Kadri, Ritchie, Coleman aren't making those kind of plays. Sutter made a ton of bizarre bad decisions this year, but we were relying way too much on guys like Kadri, Dube, and Mangiapane to step up.
Mangiapane got a little better late.
Dube has 1 goal in his last 20 games. He's getting points by just being with Lindholm and Toffoli. He's a good 3rd liner. Mangiapane is incredibly streaky, relying on him will be tough.
I have no explanation for Kadri, other than he just seems whiny, and lazy defensively. He wants to do it all himself, and doesn't seem to want to use his linemates. Might be that he bought into his own hype from last year, playing on an avs team where he would have had a lot more space, who knows.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm not eliminating that.
I think the make up of the team plays a role in it. Is that 80% of the problem or 20% of the problem I don't know.
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I think it's 80%...