@Hivemind, i thought ovie was awful. Show some leadership and hustle and help on the backcheck. In third period, there was a Cap playing like a captain, but it wasn’t #8.
Twice Oshie broke up good chances with really strong, committed backcheck. Ovie’s final shift, the one where Giroux scored, was abysmal. 3 caps got beat to the 50-50 puck by giroux.
At least Ness , oshie, and djoos were skating hard.
65 was trying hard too, but seems to have lost his confidence with the puck right now. Giveaways in all three zones, soft play along the boards, just tentative and second-guessing himself.
Carlson, in the 1st period, was dreadful.
Grubs didn’t play well either. Last two goals were stoppable, and he didn’t cover himself in glory on the shortie either.
Only 1 game, but pretty embarrassing all the way around. Forwards needed to do more to help out this young D corps.