Pretty ease to separate the good from the bad in this one. Nice to win but you can take little comfort in the way they did. Overall the teamwork, especially defensively, was shoddy for the most part. Goals were coming off fragmented plays that often were against the run of play. This team is not playing well and no lead seems safe.
Good
Myers - not perfect but wouldn't want to see our defense without him. Had some jump and scored a critical and nice goal. ( I say critical b/c the team was starting to get run out of the building at that point)
Hughes - hopefully players can begin to convert some of the sitters he is setting up. Especially in the first was controlling the play and getting the team off to a good start.
Levio - is becoming one of best forwards. Starting to show the shot he showed at times last year. Playing a good two way game
Roussel - you wonder what his stats would be if he had played all year. Won't keep up the present pace but his speed and smarts is getting him constant scoring chances.
Miller - great assist and great goal. Some other set ups were also real good. Makes some sloppy plays at times but right now one of the best forwards in the League
Bad
Benn - really having a difficult time picking up people around the net. At times couldn't blame him b/c puck was tied up in his end for long periods but he frequently seemed to just stop skating and as he just stood in front of his net doing nothing
Gaudette - play in his end is just not near good enough.
Ugly
Shaller - downhill trend accelerating. Work along the boards was particularly awful but then work every where else was poor as well. Seems like the real Scahller has emerged.
Beagle - just terrible. couldn't get there and when he did couldn't do anything. Skates like this and no way he can play at this level. Team would be better going with Graovac (and he isn't very good) and MacEwen is right now probably better than Schaller
Ferlund - cut him a break for being out but he looked lost.
Boeser - just real ugly. Somehow got 2 points but overall was very sluggish. Puck movement on the PP was horrid. Almost knew when he got the puck he was about to fumble it away or make a bad pass. Probably the worst forward on the team right now - certainly the slowest. Might want to move Roussel onto Pettersson line
Others
Virtanen - keep waiting for Vertanen to really assert himself but you have to be satisfied with a lot of his play. In a lot cases, he seems too deliberate and you like to see him jump a little quicker on the play and do things more at speed yet he is better at not making the grievous turnover and, in general, errorsin decision making. Hopefully going in the right direction.
Stecher - thought this was one of his better game. Was pushing the play through the mid ice better and angling check to the side boards decently
Tanev - one of his weakest game. Got better in the third but early he was getting shoved off the puck and letting players get inside position around the net. On PK was allowing the cross ice pass. Saddled with Benn and that combination was in trouble a lot.
Pettersson - I think obvious that he is not totally on his game. Had some bad lapses in his end and not very consistent at creating offense.
