We don't win without Myers/Edler. D was far from the issue last night. They gave up 2 goals, one of which was more on Marky. After the 1st ten minutes both teams played tight playoff hockey.
Throwing out two rookie D would be like being thrown into a pit of starving wolves. We'd guaranteed lose in 3 at that point. Not only that but it would destroy OJ/Raff's confidence. I would want Green fired immediately if he did that.
The actual problem and reason we lost is that our forwards didn't go to the hard areas as much as the Wild. You cause chaos you create pressure which leads to PPs, goals and opens up the ice for guys like Petey/Hughes. That's why I was advocating Mac/Virtanen inserted and stating that there's needs to be a serious emphasis on playing below the hash marks.