The thing you're missing is that we spend A LOT of time typically in our defensive zone and cannot handle a forecheck because we aren't good in ANY aspect defensively. That affects us offensively because instead of having a transition offense we become a dump and race to the bench to change team. Instead of even dumping and chasing or working the puck into the zone, this team typically flies to the bench as soon as the puck is out of the defensive zone because the defense as a whole is so bad that they've exhausted themselves and need a change. That obviously affects our ability to have a productive offense. The defense can be bad enough that it affects our offense, and that's what's happening here.And guess what Prod...IT DOESN'T MATTER because we cannot score against good defensive teams. You guys are complaining about pointless stuff. Who cares when we don't score.
Focus on the real issue not the sideshow.
Glass, Moore, Stalberg, Etem, Hayes, Lindberg, Fast, Megna (although he has played well), Kreider. This is the focus. Some have no business playing at all. Others need to wake the F up or we have ZERO SHOT to do anything. And we need to add another scorer BADLY.
That's the real issue not should McIlrath play over Girardi as we score no goals and the D plays well the past 5 games or so.


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