StCapps wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:30 am
Smitty-48 wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:10 am
Muzzin out for a month with a broken hand
Fuck this shit
Well there goes the playoffs.
I wouldn't say that, they are apparently getting both Rielly & Ceci back in March
They can't use it as an excuse, they can make the playoffs if they play right
There's only Florida in their way, and it's not like Florida doesn't have problems
They need to beat Florida tomorrow night, no more room for error, they simply have to stop shitting the bed
Their problems really all start up ice, with the constant turning the puck over one and done rushes
They've shown that they can play a puck management game against the St. Louis, Pittsburgh & Tampa
It really comes down to can they string those efforts together rather than only in a Shame Game
If they play right, the confidence will come and they will score enough to make it
If they don't play right, having Muzzin wouldn't have made any difference anyways, he can't save them
Basically the Big Four have to earn their pay at this point, they have no more wriggle room to swan about
In terms of the defence, it's always rested on Reilly not Muzzin
Like if Rielly is not fully healed and back on his game, then they were screwed all along
You're not getting very far in any playoff without your 1D playing big minutes like a stud, that's on Rielly
If he's not even capable of doing that down the stretch run to get them in, then this wasn't going anywhere at all