Just got home. Thoughts on the night:
-Overall, not a bad game at all. Down Rinne, Weber, Klein, and Forsberg and we outshoot and largely outchance them. Not a bad showing IMO.
-Our PP was the worst I can remember seeing it tonight. Just...wow. Philly would clear it 5 times per PP. Just disgraceful.
-Best player for us tonight: Josi. I swear he never left the ice. Jumped into rushes and made some big defensive plays. He carries the puck up the ice as well as any defensemen I can remember us having, including Suter.
-Best forward: Wilson. A goal, a pipe, and a breakaway. Really looked like last year's Wilson.
-I didn't really notice Bartley, Ekholm, or Piskula, which is really all you can ask from those guys.
-Ellis still thinks he's in the OHL and plays at an OHL speed. He needs to figure out that NHLers are faster and stronger and stop getting clears blocked because he thinks he's back in juniors and can lightly tap it up the middle. I have a new whipping boy.
-Maz is the man.
-On one PP, we only had 4 on the ice for a solid 15 seconds. Not good by Trotz and co.
-Both of our goals were, frankly, weak ass five-hole shots. Not good by Mason.