They PLAY small. They have the least physical defense in the NHL. How many garbage goals does the other team get in front from the net not being cleared? Kronwall has forgotten who he was it seems, physically and just about everything else.
I was wrong about Marchenko. I thought he looked god awful the first batch of games then all of a sudden he looks like one of our best the last 3-4 games. He can make good passes, and he is super active in the o-zone. He sees open ice he's going for it, I love it. Draws a player with him to open up the middle or he'll take a pass. He gets outmuscled in corners and needs to be a bit harder on the puck.
Larkin's goal was hilarious, he knew Anderson was going to save the wraparound.
Kindl is such love hate. That guy can move the puck really well. BUT, how many times does he blindly flick the puck somewhere instead of being hit, it's ridiculous. He's a big dude too. Turnover machine but the puck is always on his stick it seems.
I'm done with Howard. He didn't have an awful game but he doesn't look confident to me, at all. He's almost lethargic. The SJ game was on him and this one he didn't look great to me either. It's almost a different feel for me watching a game with Petr in there. He has a swagger and confidence and you know he's good for something amazing every game. Much different feel.
Oh well, they got two. A lot more to be said in frustration but we got 2 and we are starting to look GOOD actually. Out possessing tough physical opponents.