They need depth forwards also. playing a bottom line of Sislo Loktionov Boucher is terrible. Playing Stephen Gionta on the 2nd line and getting almost 16 minutes a night will be sure to lose you games.
There's been some really bad roster moves the past two years and they're now screwed because DeBoer isn't changing his system to make up for the new set of players.
2nd game of a back to back (shock) and we still would have won if the right calls were made. Hated the team in the first, midway through the 2nd they work up, 3rd was all refs
He's a good coach and his system is successful in the NHL, but he doesn't fucking change anything to account for the strengths and weaknesses of his teams. Thats why we have Gionta playing 16 minutes a night. Thats why our system relies on sound defense with 4 guys (Fayne, Gelinas, Zidlicky, and Merrill) who need to play easy assignments and easy minutes.
You can't try to win games 2-1 when your personnel is likely to give up 2 goals a game due to mistakes.