good team win.
defense played well overall. even DG, other than a few brutal give aways, play well late. with a steady goalie, this defense seems to look better to me.
love brady skjei. hes developing into a kid who can play both ways and love his acceleration and stride. when hes going, it looks effortless. i give him more pp time.
forwards as a group played good help defense all night.
i really think, with more opportunity, nik jensen can help. hes 6'3 and can fly. has good hands and can play in all situations- up and down the lineup. he was used on the pp last night to stand in front and can go from pp to 4th line checker. to me, having grabner and jensen out there makes us more dangerous with that speed. i would keep playing him.
pirri had a nice bounce back game.
mcd needs to be removed from the pp point for ever. his shot, and his slow delivery results in a block, deflection or flat out miss of the net 90% of the time. he plays the entire pp and has 1 ppg a year. not good enough. need to fix that soon. anyone but mcdonagh please. plus need him fresh 5v5 and the pk more than shooting creme puffs on the pp.
raanta doesnt give up ugly, bad, ill timed goals. period. he doesnt. play him until henrik figures stuff out.
raanta numbers continue to show he makes the easy saves, the occasional fantastic save and primarily gives the team a chance to win every time he suits up. henrik, recently, not so much.
maybe its just me, but every time raanta plays, the defense doesnt look bad. i mean its the same guys but either they play better for anti- doubtful or they look better because raanta doesnt give up weak goals ?
more raanta less henrik right now please.
