The middle lines didn't generate anything tonight. It's hard to do it when the opposition is playing some prime dead puck style and is allowed to do things like hold a guy (the Jobst play in the corner just before the ENGA comes to mind) but they do not generate much speed and are not getting to the net without the puck as one would expect from a team playing the way the Bears play. I had hopes they would hold serve with the first goal winning the game, but their margins are too slim to both play poorly defensively that they have to lean hard on Subban AND also let in a goal that probably Subbie wants back.
Overall, it was a frustrating night.
