Vilardi playing well is helping Byfield. Both players have the potential to be possession monsters. We all wanted QB to play with a good winger, and it looks like he's got one.
Many around here were critical of Vilardi being sent down and converted to wing, but it looks like it was the right move.
I didn't see many people complaining solely about the conversion.
I saw plenty complaining about why he was buried and that he stayed there.
Fiala was straight beasting last night. He definitely had a chip on his shoulder against his former team.
Kings always have ex-players come in and score against them so this was nice to see the opposite for a change.
He was on an absolute
mission last night. Was nice to see.
Can definitely see the Minnesota criticisms about his inconsistency game-to-game though. One night, like last night, he can look like the best player in the league, beating anyone to any loose puck and winning every puck battle, generating danger shift after shift--other nights, he merely exists, maybe making one big play.
But last night, wow. I mentioned in the GDT that he must be built like a brick shithouse to absorb the amount of checks he does when he uses his entire back as a shield, once he has the puck the only King I've ever seen better at shielding it is Kopitar.