Maybe Sutter sees something I am not, but I'm not seeing a lot about the lineup that gives me hope of going on a run. Top line with Dube is good some nights and really good others. The 2nd line has good shifts. The 3rd line is defensively sound but isn't scoring as much as having a 30g guy should. 4th line just chews up time. AT worst they are outmatched, at best they spend time in the O-zone wearing down the D.
Yes, you can blame some of that in the D not moving the puck efficiently, but I'm not seeing much chemistry or UMPH in anything we throw out there. A bad shift by Ruzicka and he gets the boot off the lines, but I'm not sure what you expect with that present 4th line. It's not scoring. It's not defending. IMHO, one of the worst lines in the league on most nights.
When we lose one like the game against OTT, Sutter says we were dominant and the guys were gassed. When we lose to DET, he says we were in it but didn't get a timely goal. It's a always looking for the next goal game. If it's not working most nights, why are we staying exactly the same.