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Face-offs and goalie play ... by MinnesotaFats

Certainly not the only areas that contributed to the woodshedding today, but I do think it's unsettling that we have original walk-ons manning arguably the two most important positions on the field. Doss has had some very good games, to be sure, but some of the goals he gives up are mind boggling and momentum draining. The face-off situation is simply abhorring. There's no more accurate way to describe it. Unless they start recruiting (and getting) elite players at those two positions, a title will never be forthcoming.