Following a full morning skate, head coach Darryl Sutter spoke about his lineup and tonight's match-up in Dallas. Here's a quick recap on what the bench boss had to say heading into tonight's battle:
ON GENERATING MORE OFFENCE
"You've got guys that you're counting on to produce some offence that aren't getting scoring chances. It's not so much scoring chances - it's o-zone time, possession game. You look at Naz and look at Lindy's line, they've really struggled with that the last two games. They need to bump it up again."
ON NICK RITCHIE SKATING WITH NAZEM KADRI AND JONATHAN HUBERDEAU
"I know from knowing him that he's not a guy that sits on the bench and plays well. You can't really slot him in to that eight, nine minute role. He's got to play higher up and if he does, if he's on his game, then he's effective. Otherwise he's not in. That's the way you have to use him so we wanted to give him a good opportunity."
ON THE FOCUS IN TONIGHT'S GAME
"We've got to get back to that pace, work game again. That's really important."
