Shattenkirk got benched at even strength. Thank God. He keeps screwing up. Young kids are showing something in Chytil and Howden. DeAngelo does look better. Pionk is a little shaky but he looks like a keeper. Hopefully, thickhead Gorton deals Namestnikov soon and Andersson is up.
The offense looks different, the defense still looks the same. Quinn has a lot of work to do with this defense.
If Shattenkirk, McQuaid and Staal are going to play this bad, I would prefer to see Hajek, DeAngelo and Bigras in there. Those three are making DeAngelo look like a norris candidate.
This is the lineup I want to see. This is a rebuild. Not the garbage Gorton is putting out there. Namestnikov out. McLeod out. Spooner out. Staal out. Smith out. McqQuaid splits with Pionk and DeAngelo. Try to move Shattenkirk but it's doubtful. Kreider-Zibanejad-Chytil Vesey-Hayes-Fast Buchnevich-Howden-Zucc Lafontaine-Andersson-Lettieri Skjei-Bigras Hajek-Pionk/McQuaid Lindgren-McQuaid/DeAngelo Now that is a freakin rebuild.