For the Blues to compete, these might be the big hurdles:
1)Special teams HAS to get better, the two teams are presently too far apart on this and it's the Blues who need to close the gap. This includes continuing to stay out of the box and not fall for Marchands crap.
2)Goal tending.... Binner likely has to match Rask, another tall mountain to climb.
3)Bottom six will likely need to out play their bottom 6.
Bubba...do you concur?
I don't think you can get #1.....just not enough firepower.
I think you can get #2 and #3........let's see if it's enough.
I have been waiting for the other shoe to drop, but I think Binnington is the real deal. I think it's more likely that Rask melts down.....he's prone to it.
griffin
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