Was at game yesterday, pretty entertaining considering the early hour. Ovie’s feet did not arrive for this game, he was in glide mode for most of it, but his lob wedge of the puck from 1 side of the crease to the other in OT was genius and came very close to working, and he was grinning from ear to ear after the horn sounded ending OT
For such a highly-regarded phenom (and his goal came on a quite a shot), Petterson sure has a lot of trouble staying on his feet. Not saying he’s an egregious Euro flopper, but not saying he isn’t either.
Holtby played great. Lars missed a couple of layups. No one’s ever going to accuse Oshie of having separation speed. Kuzy looked pretty good. Stevie struggled, and the Hershey guys brought energy and determination, but not much possession. Couldn’t understand why Todd didn’t give Sgarbossa a shot in the shootout.
And I continue to be baffled at all the negging on Siegenthaler. He’s got a good stick, his skating enables him to break-up or hinder plays, and while his positional awareness still needs work, it continues to improve, and his PKing is really pretty good for a guy this young. If yesterday’s game is considered representative of his body of work, there’s more that’s encouraging than discouraging