Toronto is flipping through the rulebook desperately looking for a rule to site to make this a goal.
Sure as hell seems like they tried, huh?
I thought Z played well tonight, and the staff must have liked it too, because he led them in even strength TOI. He was involved offensively and moving his feet. They'll cut his ice if they don't like how he's playing, which they did last game. He definitely got away with that boarding call though. Graves will almost certainly come out of the lineup if/when Cole comes back, just look at the TOI. He basically disappeared in the third period. I'm not sure Cole is all that close, even if he is skating.
EJ has gone back to looking slow after having a burst in January. He's been awesome on the PK though.
The only reason that game didn't end in regulation was Markstrom. Shouldn't have made it that far.
I agree...I'm not sure what other people are watching to make them think he had a bad game, I loved the way he moved the puck and he was playing with confidence and it showed. Sure he took some penalties but that's going to happen the way he plays. A lot of the canucks tonight looked like George-Michael Bluth trying to catch something the way they kept turning into the boards as they were about to get hit. I think the refs got tired of it and just stopped calling it after awhile. Gotta be aware out there.
People are quick to forget that Cole was a complete trainwreck from mid-december until his injury (it was certainly a beauchemin-like stretch). If the Avs coaching staff just decide to sub-him in for Zadorov when he's back healthy, they are doing it wrong.
I'm not really sold on Graves yet. I mean, he's come up and filled in admirably for a call-up but I'm not ready to pencil him in as a regular just yet.
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I think Nemeth has been fine. He’s been important to the PK turning it around. I’m not sure it’s a coincidence that the PK has improved without Cole. I think he’s pretty overrated as a PK guy and was letting a lot of seam passes through.
Absolutely agree again. Nemeth has his faults but for the most part the 'hate' on here is overblown and unwarranted. He's a bottom pairing d-man that plays a safe game while limiting his mistakes and he playing within his means. I like the amount of ice-time they've given him this year, it's right where it should be and where he's most effective.