Sigh.
Oh well. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the next cuts.
Good thing its only preseason
I hate to micromanage but I seriously wish we could get these guys sufficiently motivated. I confess I didn't hear the entire thing because "dad stuff" i.e making dinner and tucking in lil Sunny but every time I heard we were pretty much getting owned.
It really bothers me and it bothers me even more that our PP managed to go 0/5
91 had a rough game. To be expected that he'll have a few of those after missing so much time.
How did Girardi look? Heard he made some nice plays defensively and obviously set up the 1st goal.
From what Mishkin was saying on the radio, Girardi sounded like he had a pretty good game for the most part. Some good defensive plays, blocked 2 shots and got the assist. He's done better in the two preseason games than I thought he would. He did have the lowest TOI for defensemen at 14:35, but that might just be the key to him being effective. Don't overload him with heavy minutes and perhaps he'll do okay.
Sergachev actually had the second highest TOI 19:50 among the defensemen with 1 shot, 1 hit, 1 block and 1 takeaway so the coaches should have been able to get a really good look at him. Strålman had team high TOI of 21:12 with 4 shots, 2 hits and a block, all of which are good signs since he's coming back from injury. The top two forwards for TOI were Kucherov with 20:07 and Palat with 20:05.
I was at the game and I can comment a bit on the Russian players
Vasy was pretty good, he made one highlight reel save and was otherwise sharp. Two goals he let in were top corner snipes and one was a redirect in front of the net.
Sergachev played a decent game, I only noticed one bad d zone pass and he got rocked a couple times. Decent skating and puck control, I wish he would shoot more on PP.
Volkov had a rough game, he tried very hard but he turned the puck over a lot.
Namestnikov was invisible until the mid third.
Kucherov was creative as always. Once he turned the puck over in front of the net but immediately took it back.
From what Mishkin was saying on the radio, Girardi sounded like he had a pretty good game for the most part. Some good defensive plays, blocked 2 shots and got the assist. He's done better in the two preseason games than I thought he would. He did have the lowest TOI for defensemen at 14:35, but that might just be the key to him being effective. Don't overload him with heavy minutes and perhaps he'll do okay.
From what Mishkin was saying on the radio, Girardi sounded like he had a pretty good game for the most part. Some good defensive plays, blocked 2 shots and got the assist. He's done better in the two preseason games than I thought he would. He did have the lowest TOI for defensemen at 14:35, but that might just be the key to him being effective. Don't overload him with heavy minutes and perhaps he'll do okay.
Sergachev actually had the second highest TOI 19:50 among the defensemen with 1 shot, 1 hit, 1 block and 1 takeaway so the coaches should have been able to get a really good look at him. Strålman had team high TOI of 21:12 with 4 shots, 2 hits and a block, all of which are good signs since he's coming back from injury. The top two forwards for TOI were Kucherov with 20:07 and Palat with 20:05.
. Too many people get hung up on this corsi factIf Mishkin was saying a good game along with any Bolts Fans that may of Listened to the game, We should be happy that things seem to be going well so far.But, how was his corsi?
. Too many people get hung up on this corsi factIf Mishkin was saying a good game along with any Bolts Fans that may of Listened to the game, We should be happy that things seem to be going well so far.
. Too many people get hung up on this corsi factIf Mishkin was saying a good game along with any Bolts Fans that may of Listened to the game, We should be happy that things seem to be going well so far.
The "we got to be better" mantra has already started and it's only preseason.
How did Girardi look? Heard he made some nice plays defensively and obviously set up the 1st goal.