"The idea here is rolling with the same blue line, expecting different results. At what point does doing that border on insanity? Simon Benoit and Philippe Myers need to sit. They have been liabilities on the ice far too often. The goaltending hasn't been good enough to bail out some of these miscues. So, a more defensively reliable option is necessary."
"Perhaps it's time to give a guy like Henry Thrun a shot. Even veteran Matt Benning could bring a little more grit than Benoit or Myers. The fact of the situation is that Craig Berube somehow hopes Saturday night's game was an aberration. A more focused group could produce different outcomes. Perhaps that's right. But then again, how many times do you have to try the same thing before you shift strategies?"
"If there's one move that makes sense right now, it's getting Nick Robertson on the top line. Yes, the guy that many of us chirped that would be traded all summer. Personally, it's not that I don't like Robertson. It's just that, theoretically, other forwards like Dakota Joshua had made Robertson redundant. Calle Jarnkrok, Max Domi, and Bobby McMann were all ahead of Robertson on the depth chart."
The Toronto Maple Leafs face the Boston Bruins in a rematch after a 5-3 loss in which former prospect Fraser Minten scored the decisive goal. The team practiced with identical defense pairs while adjusting forward lines, and Mermis will start with Stolarz and Hildeby mentioned. Critics argue Simon Benoit and Philippe Myers have been defensive liabilities and should be benched in favor of defensively reliable options such as Henry Thrun or veteran Matt Benning. Craig Berube appears to treat the previous loss as an aberration, hoping the same blue line yields different results. Nick Robertson is receiving a look on the top line despite earlier roster depth making him seem redundant.
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