TheOriginalJez
Registered User
Which was a terrible showing. I don't like to sugarcoat. I still try to be relatively realistic about the team. 1st game of the season with a new center on a crucial role.
Defensemen are rotated because of injuries etc.
I think we can safely say Irwin won't be on the top pairing next time out and Bonino just played his first game back from an injury with a new team. Good enough? No, but let's not be hasty.
Yes we had to score on the 6-3, 6-4, but they had to score on that 5-3 and when we pulled Rinne so early too so in the end that evens out - for my money our 5 on 4 PP let us down more than anything else.