I could see them pairing up on the top line and PP1 in Springfield with Alexandrov likely in the NHL this season.Dean and Bolduc looked good together on goal #5.
Zherenko stole the show tonight, he was excellent.
He looked great all game! I hope Hofer takes over the #1 Blues' job from Binner, then, in a year or 2, Zherenko becomes the back-up.Zherenko is in mid-season form.
Thoughts:
- Zherenko deserved the shutout. He was phenominal tonight.
- Great overall team physicality.
- The Dean/Bolduc play had shades of Thomas/Kyrou.
- Loof was our best D and he's a lot bigger than he's listed. Very Jackman-esque game from him. The Wild weren't even testing his side late in the game.
Feel like they brought 3 intending to play 2 last year. Don’t want to dress zamboni guy I guess.Kinda crazy that they brought 3 goalies to a 2 game tournament. Guess they're going to have 2 periods per goalie? Rough for the guy who gets the single period
Our roster doesn't have many extra bodies that wouldn't have played last night. I would imagine Will Cranley probably next to start if not Zherenko, and Colton Ellis is pulling third string duties.I watched the game last night (scouting the opposition ). Very impressed with Zherenko - Wallstedt who? Since he played last night the Hawks will probably get the 2nd goalie -who is that and what should I expect from him?
Will the lineup be the same except the goalie or are there some guys who didn't get in the game last night we should probably see tonight?
There was some speculation if Bedard would play only one game this weekend or both - still don't know the answer to that but it looks like he's in the lineup tonight - centering Nick Lardis and Colton Dach.
I watched the game last night (scouting the opposition ). Very impressed with Zherenko - Wallstedt who? Since he played last night the Hawks will probably get the 2nd goalie -who is that and what should I expect from him?
Will the lineup be the same except the goalie or are there some guys who didn't get in the game last night we should probably see tonight?
There was some speculation if Bedard would play only one game this weekend or both - still don't know the answer to that but it looks like he's in the lineup tonight - centering Nick Lardis and Colton Dach.
I believe we brought Cranley and Ellis as our other goalies, so I'd expect to see them split time. I like Ellis from what I have seen in juniors and camps. But he has not done well in his pro career, playing in the ECHL and not lighting it up. Cranley is just turning pro this year. They will both be in the ECHL this year unless they prove something and we loan them out. We went out and signed M alcom Subbann to be the AHL 1B/backup to Zherenko. So dthe Blues didn't have much faith in either of those guys.
Both have the tools to be special. Cranley is big and athletic. Ellis is ridiculously athletic and not small. But they can't seem to find consistency (Ellis as a pro, and Canley struggled a bit with that in the OHL). You can chase Cranley pretty easy as he goes on tilt after a bad goal. I honestly don't know why Ellis puts up crap stats as I don't watch much ECHL or his few AHL games.
The rest of the linup should be the same. We may swap 2 D to give everyone reps, but nobody you need to look out for particularly.
"I'm getting to old for this" Will Bitten (Probably)Man Bitten was heated pretty much from puck drop. I didn't notice what pissed him off so bad but he kept screaming at perrott? After that fight