Rad’s back checking was pathetic and he should be ashamed, especially in a playoff game. However, offensively everyone loses the puck and misses the net. You could do a low light real of the best players in the game and make them look bad in the offensive zone. Preds need this guy’s puck skills. Coach needs to kick him in the ass a little bit. Maybe you bench him to send a message, but ultimately, you want him on the ice.

And you think he needs MORE ice time? You have a player who is being very lazy, and its cost you goals… the last thing you want to do is give him MORE ice time. I don’t think anyone would question that he does have offensive talent, but if hes costing your team more goals then hes scoring hes no good to you.

Please don’t panic. Just be prepared for Radulov to continue to play poorly and for Nashville to exit stage left.

Rads is a creative player, who sets up unorthodox scoring chances (i.e. forecheck turnovers, blind passes from the boards to the circle)

Our other forwards havent been in position enough to take advantage of his playing style.

He had 5 pts in a game 5 series against Detroit; I’m not about to panic.

Here’s a novel thought: get him off the 2nd line with Legwand and rookie bourque, and let him play with Erat on the 1st line. 2 best puck handlers on the team. Bump SK74 to whatever line his brother is playing on.

Erat and Rads could also jumpstart Mike Fisher who was our 2nd leading goal scorer in reg ssn and hasn’t registered a goal in 7 playoff games.

The only positive I can take from these 2 games is that oir PP seems to have waken up.

Look for Rinne to return to form back in Nashville Wednesday.