Mercer absolutely sucked tonight. If this kid is gonna fail to deliver some secondary scoring AND be junk on defense, well...
It seems like Jack's mojo has been missing ever since that whole penalty box trash talk incident last year. It never looks like he's having fun anymore, the bigger players never miss an opportunity to throw him around/down, and he's constantly trying to force things. And then on top of that you wonder what affect his shoulder history is having on his game both physically and mentally.
Anyway, this game doesn't mean a ton in the grand scheme of things. They played nowhere near a good game (which I'm not surprised about given the circumstances) and somehow it was still somewhat competitive. This team has a ton of potential.