Blackwood was amazing. And while he got some luck with posts and a crossbar, this wasn’t a volume shooting offensive performance from the Avs where everything was shot into his crest; he made some absolutely stunning saves. He single handedly made this game much more entertaining than it had any business being.
I thought Bordeleau had a good game; showed more motor and aggressiveness than I expected; had a couple rookie mistakes to clean up.
I know Benning gets lambasted ‘round here (not entirely unwarranted) but he was very good tonight. Frankly, if he was on that contract on a much better team they’d probably be really happy with him. Who am I kidding, he’s Matt Benning and destined to be any fanbase’s whipping boy.
Didn’t love Eklund’s performance tonight. Outside of a few handy plays around the net he didn’t leave much of a mark on the game. I can see why the org hasn’t rushed him to the show; as elusive as he can be he still gets pushed around a lot.
Sharks power play was absolutely impotent. Ima call it now: five forwards is going to be a failed experiment with a quickness; I absolutely won’t be surprised if the give up more then they get.
Zadina had some real nice moments; coulda had a few points with a couple of bounces.
Not that it’s a surprise but this game tells me it’s gonna be a real real long season; with most of it spent in the Sharks end. Two games in and it could not be any clearer how much the team depended on Karlsson to push the puck up the ice and generate offense. Anyone hoping/worried trading Karlsson was addition by subtraction should see now it was just subtraction by subtraction; however you are hoping this season