1) Purcell was the best player on that line last night….Kopitar was the worst.

So, I don’t think you should put the lines lack of performance solely on him.

Where do you even come up with some of your stuff?

“Reappear in time to lose the puck”

Losing the puck is commonly referred to as a giveaway. Purcell has only 7 all season as compared to Smyth with 16 and Brown with 15.

2) Brown and Kopitar actually played together last year and it didn’t work.

Anyone else wonder why TM doesn’t go outside the box a little and try Brown on the left side with Kopi and Williams. He is clearly the most Smyth-like guy on the team and he would bring great energy and potential scoring to the line as well. He’ll battle in the corners, he’ll go to the net. He’ll do whatever it takes.

Instead, we have Teddy Purcell. He will hang around the perimeter, become invisible only to reappear in time to lose the puck and fan on a couple of shots. I think he will suck the energy out of that line and the team. Brown could ignite the line and the team.

Look at Chigago with Hossa coming back in. Hossa will play right wing, moving Patrick Kane to the left side. Eddie Olczyk, who played all three forward positions, says the change shouldn’t be a big issue for a player like Kane.

“It’s when you come out of your zone with the puck,” Olczyk said. “It’s a different look up the ice, but those three will be so creative with the puck, they will be all over the place.”

It’s not that tough and yet Brown wasn’t even a choice on the survey a few days ago. I had to check off “someone else” or whatever the option was.

Can I be the only one who sees this? Am I crazy? They could at least try it in practice!

Now, I’ll add to that… if Brown can’t switch sides, perhaps Williams could. We need those 3 together.

The Parse-Richardson-Simmonds line was the hardest working line. They’ve played two great games in a row and I think until our injured players come back, they need to stick together. All players work hard and that creates chances.

Frolov…I don’t know what to say. He and Purcell have done nothing for this team recently. Everyone says Frolov needs to be with “scorers”, but shouldn’t a good player make those around him better? When you put him on scoring lines, he drags them down. As each game passes, I lose a little more respect for Fro. When Fro was on a line with Simmonds, people said Simmonds was dragging him down, but it looks like just the opposite. Simmonds has been scoring in every situation he has been put in without Frolov. Coincidence?

I’d love to have Kovi, if Atlanta goes the trade route, Fro, Purcell, a prospect, and a pick…sign him 7 years, 8+ million a year and then watch us destroy the competition…let’s hope Atlanta can’t seal the deal.