I thought Berra played a solid but not great game. You could obviously tell on some plays he wasn't totally comfortable on the ice. I think send him to the Heat to start a bunch of games to become acclimitized to the NA game. Also to note, Ramo can be sent down without clearing waivers.
I thought Gio was a rock all game and provided a calming presence on the blueline, just what you'd expect from your captain. Brodie is a straight up stud, period. He's always making the smart play, he's either driving the puck into the offensive zone by carrying the puck up the ice or he's making an excellent out of zone pass to gain entry into the oppositions territory. Wideman continued to impress with another solid effort and Russell looked good to. I actually thought SOB quietly had a solid game as well.
Bouma was a beast, I was so impressed with his game. Monahan had a typical effort, always in the right places at the right time. Stajan, Glencross and Stemps had a solid all around night, they were our most consistent line at generating chances. Knight also impressed me to, he got stronger as the game went on and hopefully that's a sign of things to come.
Sven showed flashes, but he's really had an underwhelming preseason IMO. Yes the expectations are high and they should be. Monahan to me looks much more polished overall, and Sven could learn a thing from him. He needs to bring it every shift and be consistent if he's going to be a star in this league. It's kind of puzzling to me really because he really does work hard, I'd say he needs to just relax and let the game come to him but he already looks to be kind of disengaged. I just hope the coaches work with him and support him because Baertschi is a guy that thrives off of confidence. Play him with top 6 minutes and with a guy like Cammy so he has an opportunity to succeed.
All in all, it was a decent game. Seems like we always fall behind early and the other team takes it's foot off the gas and we just keep coming. If we continue to work hard I think we may surprise some people this year.
I'm just going to keep on laughing. You said he had a huge ego and used the EA thing as "proof". Glencross is extremely humble and gives 110% every game it is who he is.
