Good points . The failed clearance around the boards from behind the goal line is a problem . Hunwick Polak Marincin . Sure . But Reilly and Zaitsev both need to be better against the top players . They force the puck up the board too often . We dont need to do that . 1 . Move your feet and give yourself more time when go get to a puck . 2 . if they are are stacked up on the strong side , switch to weak side D where you will get time , space and seams to pass through . center should come across early if the winger is pessuring weakside D for the outlet 3 . take any open ice your given . If you can skate like that , do it . It breaks down the offensive scheme . It has risks but zone exits are too valuable atm . The structure has been much better . It ' s the decision making that is the problem . Gardiner is the only guy we have capable of those decisions at that speed .