I start rittich and then just go with the hot hand tbh. It's rittich's job to lose.

Just incase anyone was worried we didnt win the Dougie trade

Wowwww big news. Treliving obviously knew.

he wants to come to Ottawa obv

Lineup for tonight:
Gaudreau-Ryan-Frolik
Tkachuk-Backlund-Lindholm
Neal-Monahan-Czarnik
Mangiapane-Jankowksi-Hathaway

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Fantenberg-Andersson


That 2nd line

Hopefully this wakes Monahan up a bit, he's been pretty ice cold since the ASG(-7, 4G in last 23 GP). Need to get him going for the playoffs.

Very interesting. Frolik seems to be out of the doghouse for now. Must be awkward for him that the coach kept scratching him, and the GM had an agreed trade at the deadline with him, but he’s still here. Top line now.

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see how they play together. Definitely a wake up call for the top line and pushing them to play outside their comfort zone.

If I was head coach:

Gaudreau-Backlund-Tkachuk
Mangiapane-Ryan-Lindholm
Neal-Monahan-Frolik
Czarnik-Jankowksi-Hathaway

I prefer keeping Ryan/Mang together because they've been so damn good this year. Give them a shot higher up in the lineup with a higher skilled guy and see what happens. I also like the 3rd line more with Fro there over Czarnik.

Only thing is I remember a Backlund quote where he was laughing he’s never in his career been in as many scrums every game as when Tkachuk joined his line. Gaudreau in scrums sounds like a bad idea, lel.

West is almost locked up

Gios Norris is almost locked up

Feels good men

First round exit almost locked up.

Feels real good men.