I agree with what you have to say for the most part. I said in another post that I felt CJ made a mistake putting Zed out there so much. Players who know Claude, know that he is loyal to players who have put out for him in the past. No doubt, Zednick told Claude repeatedly that he was fine and CJ took him at his word. Next time players need to park the ego and admit when they are not 100%. Coaches are human and make mistakes just like players do. Other than that I felt CJ coached a great game and has the team firing on all cylinders.

Yes the number one line was shut down. Ottawa keyed on them and they were not able to deal with it. But I was happy to see the other lines, especially Ribs' pick up the slack. I think we have a VERY solid team. Let's keep this all in persepctive folks. We did not lose in Overtime to the Penguins last night. We lost to the class of the league. A team that I will now boldly predict is going to literally waltz it's way to a Stanley Cup this season. Ottawa is a powerhouse. We are NOT in the same class as them nor should we pretend to be. If not for Theo standing on his head we are not in Overtime. But we did alot of things right last night. We went toe to toe with them. However it is painfully obvious that we do not have the guns that Ottawa does yet.

We do need a couple more players and BG will get them. Streit is NOT the answer as a quarterback for the PP and we need a skilled center. Look for Streit to be eating hot dogs once Ivanis is healthy again (CJ will not keep dressing 7 dmen). By the way, even though Ivanis lost his fight to Cara ib the earlier game, we coudl have used him last night. Idiots like Neil and that hired goon McGratton were taking way too many liberties out there.