Remember when McDavid was tired of getting pushed around, dropped his gloves, broke his hand and missed 5 weeks in Erie? Yeah, I'd prefer Johnston doesn't do that especially in Late March. Not that every fight results in a broken hand, I really think Maggio and Johnston should avoid that. I trust Cuylle to drop the gloves and have a "smart" fight. The inexperienced fighters not so much. It doesn't really seem to me that Wyatt really gets bumped around too much though. He keeps his head up and avoids collisions when he can, and has great vision out there. Maggio seems to be the one getting knocked around a lot lately, which is why I'd love to see him lined up with Cuylle or Zito. Not that I want Cuylle or Zito to fight, but guys know if they make that run at him, there's someone out there that could give them consequences.
Onuska the right call today, although Medina looked good. Pulling Onuska with a lead, then sitting him the following two games on a long roadtrip is poor goalie management if you expect him to have confidence and expect him to play well the rest of the season and lead us into playoffs. Let's face it, that 3rd Medina goal is weak. Perrott hasn't been outstanding lately, but he took a puck of his skate, lost it, then stayed in the play. Sure, he could have played that differently, but at the same time, Kerins shot was from the bottom of the face-off circle, on the far side of the dot and beat Medina short side on a weak shot. I know everyone in here wants better defense than what we have, but if our goalies can't save shots from that angle, it's not "just" a defense problem.
Whatever, we scored two more, got two points in a day where the Soo, Flint, and London (1pt in OT Loss) all failed to do so. IMO those are the only teams to worry about positioning with and the further we can distance them, the better. All three of them in action today as well. Kitchener/Flint at the Aud and London on the road in Guelph. Two big games I could see the low seeds walking away with, hopefully Windsor can do their part today and gain even more ground on London.
If we don't have Home Ice vs. the Soo or Flint I don't care, but Brochu or Not, I want the Spits to play the least number of games at Budweiser Gardens as possible. Unfortunately, that means Top Seed as London's basically 5 Games up in the division with 10 to go.