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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
TBH I blame the lineup decisions.
You're not going to win when you're dressing all of Hunt, Rooney, Lomberg, Klapka, Miromanov, and Hanley.
Team really missed Backlund, Zary, and Pachal IMO.
You lost two skilled forwards and replaced them with grinders instead of Kerins (and his 4 points in 5 NHL games) and scratched one of your most steady guys.
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I think they lose even with better line up decisions, but at least they'd be giving themselves a better shot with more appropriate slotting.
Miro in for Pachal against this opponent made no sense whatsoever. Huska chooses an Avs game to experiment?
I don't care what the advanced stats said, Kerins looked like an NHL producer, and I'll gladly be wrong about him being cut out for the NHL if they gave him a 15 game try out, but I'd bet he produces enough to warrant staying full time.
I didn't mind Klapka at all. He's a good 13th forward to have, and I don't mind him in a third line role.