Second Line Center

DG has lost this team.

Yea goodnight. Blow it up.

TB lost 6-3 Could get to within 7!

More Krebs please.

Byram leads the team in TOI 8 mins

Tampa down 4-2 to Calgary.

I made my lines thinking he won’t play tonight the 2nd in a back to back if they’re trading him - maybe? If he plays and stays on the team: Greenway - Thompson - Tuch Skinner - Krebs - VO Benson - Cozens - JPP

This is what I’d do bc we don’t have a top line at the moment. Greenway - Thompson - Rousek Skinner - Krebs - Tuch Benson - Cozens - JPP Shuffle in game if needed. I need Thompson away from Skinner it feels like teams have just figured out how to play them. And if Krebs is getting a bigger role then give it to him.

Tage 8 goals since Jan 1. 4 of them in 2 games. We don’t have a top line. This is stunning. And the coach needs to figure it the freak out bc we can’t go into off season suddenly needing a whole new top line. Which imo could easily be JJ-Cozens-Quinn. Cozens is at least responding to coach that wants him to play D. I don’t think he’s a bad 2 way forward. The opposite actually. Tage looks broken. Robinson played 16 freaking minutes tonight. He was actually decent. Which is to say - now go get good versions of that guy bc we clearly freaking need it. Also - I think Power is starting to get it. Not a perfect game tonight but considering the competition I thought he was solid. Looking forward to a new top 4 on D. 5 and 6 should be Clifton and Joki.

Bizz is an unapologetic fan.

I don’t know what Skinner does to make anyone on this team better. Matthews has Marner. Get we get Tage a lite version of that?

Marner is their best player and it isn’t close.

Tage looks like he’s processing extremely poorly - like he’s hearing 5 different coaches telling him to do this do that more defense need to shoot do this and do that and it’s all screwing him up.

RJ and Clifton wtf

I’m sorry the story of this season isn’t goaltending. It isn’t injuries. We don’t have a top line.

When they tied it at 2, that's when you want to see Tage play like “we ain’t losing this game.” It would be on his body language, a shift or two where he dominates. We don’t have that guy right now.

Tuch has to be hurt. Has to be. 6 points since January and 2 were in one game.

How the heck did we only get 20 shots.

We never beat this team. Even without Hellebuyck. Unreal.

Winning out - as much as possible - is just absolutely vital to help show guys reluctance to maybe waive any NMCs to come here that this team is ready. These aren’t meaningless games. We need them to absolutely dominate down the stretch. Maybe it doesn’t matter. I’d like to think a statement needs to be made whether we get in or not.

It’s also possible Levi’s presence pushed UPL. Iron sharpens iron. Internal competition. You need to feel like everyone around you makes you want to be better.

Idk about a decline in competition. We just went 2-1 against Carolina Florida and Tampa and the 3rd goal scored by Florida was a 5 on 3 goal. And as far as teams sleep walking against us idk…I think we lost a game 1-0 to Vancouver who only managed 20 shots against us. I feel like if we bring it and a team wants to take the night off we will dominate that team. I’m hoping something really clicked in our core guys after the post game salute response.

That’s what they need to do. Big response from them the last few games.

Beat Tampa and we’re 9 out. I know there are teams around us but only within 3-5 points. Can’t worry about them. Beat Tampa. This is the last chance to at least make this interesting.