An exciting game. Lots of stuff to talk about. Gonna basically copy/paste some stuff from my FB post
- Drouin
I am conflicted. Yes it was a clean hit. But after seeing some frustrating (and frustrated) behavior as of late from Jo, it was nice to see him take this fight for his teammate. Team spirit, which is not something you see from him. A far cry from him turning around and x-checking Luca on the way to the dressing room. While it may not have been the best choice I dont think we can point to this necessarily as the turning point - Jo does not contribute that much defensively to the team to lay the blame there. Hache lets not forget also is the one responsible for Gadoury being out right now. To his credit, he was beasting coming out of the box in OT and that led to the GWG.
- Connor Moynihan
His header into the ice looked pretty bad but we saw him in the pressbox later in the game so I dont think it was too serious but if I were a betting man I would say he is out with a concussion. Concussions have been a real problem for us this year.
- Vuic
Last night's fight was exactly what we needed from him but overall I am beginning to kind of hate Vuic's play. I get that he is an enforcer but he is looking to stir up **** at the wrong times. He kind of goes out there and looks for places to throw his weight around. A few games now he had already been ejected when we really needed him.
His foolishness almost cost us our first PP (which we scored on) and then later he was skating behind a CB player after the whistle fishing his stick between the guys legs to trip him up - just stupid nonense and he already has a target on his back as far as the refs are concerned.
Several times he was carrying the puck from the corner instead of being parked in front of the net where he belongs (man I miss Fournier).
IMO most nights he is a liability on the ice.
- Hardie
STUPID interference penalty at the start of the game. No need for this and this is becoming a trend for him. With Lovell out we need him on the ice.
- Murphy
Mr. Turnover. He had 3 soft turnovers in a very short time in the D and neutral zones last night at key moments that could have been costly...
- Misconducts
Maybe I havent been paying attention but is it normal for an auto-misconduct to be handed out along with the instigation penalty?
- Gadoury
Man I miss him on the ice, esp on the PP. I heard he skated at practice this week so hopefully he should be back really soon.
Edit:
- Fucale
Seems off his game. Two goals tonight looked like pretty soft ones right through his pads. He has been pulled twice in recent games. Hope he can right himself.
