Same problems/same players

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When a game is on the line, this team finds a way to lose. The goaltending has been excellent, outside of the Boston game the defense has held, and I'm not holding Isiah George responcible for being outmuscled on one play, he's also played very well. Cholowski has largely been solid with Hutton.

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The problems begin with the powerplay, and penalty killing both ranked 31st, and the same players who are too slow to react, backcheck, win pucks in corners, get sticks in lanes. And we are talking Cizikas, Pageau, Engvall, MacLean (who got his first vs Washington) and Dobson who is a ghost of the player he was a year ago (his shots found net/sticks every game) but now none of his shots find sticks or the net, and keeps making huge mistakes. Palmieri for every rebound inside the crease he finishes, does three things to give back goals as we saw twice in the third vs Caps, as their announcers said he got flat-footed on the 4-3 goal by Caps, or was caught on wrong side on tying goal. It's always something with those players, as Holmstrom vs Pageau out was the only difference between four goals vs one goal, as Roy plays Palmieri/Pageau like they are Bossy/Trottier, and always get beat or do things to swing the momemtum, while Lee has been better, Horvat looks largely lost, and a non-factor with Pageau as a winger.

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Roy knows he's been dealt a bad hand but the shots against cut should dramatically should mean some wins for a coach who all he can do is say his team played well knowing most of the names written here are thirty point players, as Martin/Fasching also eat minutes and provide virtually no offense. I don't know if Wahlstrom is to blame but considering who he plays with I don't blame him.

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