I was away for the weekend but seeing the game recap on YT told me enough. Tarasov looked like ass, the defense was a gong show, and that play by Kent Johnson on the empty net goal irrationally felt like getting back at me for praising his confident play against Toronto.
Additionally, I read earlier in the thread that Gaudreau seems to get more of a pass than Laine for his poor play this season, so I'll just step up and loudly announce that I wish Johnny Gaudreau had never come here. He's not given us much at all to smile about since showing up, in fact he actually cost us a draft spot last season with his GWG against Pittsburgh, his play this season has been total dog water, he makes $9.75 MILLION per year to suck this hard, and his blasé demeanor during post-game interviews make me want to grab him by the neck and shake him and tell him, "well Johnny, maybe if you'd played harder/smarter/at all, maybe the other team wouldn't be the better team so damn often, now would they?!" He's 5'9 and 197 lbs, he plays like he's even smaller. Johnny Gaudreau is like if you were a kid at a store and you asked your mom for a Cam Atkinson and your mom says, "we already have a Cam Atkinson at home", except it's not Cam f***ing Atkinson, it's Johnny f***ing Gaudreau. I would take half a Cam Atkinson over a whole Johnny Gaudreau any day of the week.
...okay, I'm finished. That was cathartic. Sorry to those who like him, and I honestly don't *hate* him, at least not yet, but this has been simmering for a while.