I think they need to put Miller back on Bo's line........let them be the first line and put Jake with Petey and Boes and get more favourable matchups as the second line.
This where Demko needs to step up. Marky has done a great job of stopping the bleeding for the last 60 games or so. They're reeling, they need Demko to close the door.
Who the hell comes out when Rous is healthy? Leivo? Do they try to trade him? Gaud down to Utica? LE?
What a great problem to have.
Miller Petey Boes
Ferland Bo Pearson
Rous Sutter Virtanen
Schaller Beagle Motte
Leivo
AG
LE
That's a heckuva bottom 6
I probably wouldn't call a solid two way, full time NHL player a miss, nor would I call a dman who had one of the best 20 year old seasons in Liiga history and who was one of the top rookie scorers in the ahl before injury a miss either.
Couldn't stand him, but it's hard to fault him for making the best out of a roster in the very early days of a transitional period for the team. He didn't have much to work with.
If that's how it played out, he'd certainly own a good chunk of that. He's still a solid player on a relatively cheap contract. He was signed for depth, not to be a core, go to player.