Sure winning is great but I don't like the fact that Kamenev had to sit tonight. I think he definitely showed enough to stay in the lineup and was making strides.
The guy they should have sat was Colin Wilson. Last game against Carolina, there was a play where the puck went behind the Hurricanes net and Wilson went to get it. As he circled the net, he saw Jost wide-ass open in the slot but chose to hang on to the puck and try to score himself. I would have benched him on that alone.
Either he didn't see him and he just sucks at hockey or he did see him but chose to try selfishly try and score on his own. My money is on the latter and I have no time for players like that.
That's a guy in a contract year trying to stay in the NHL instead of making the correct hockey play.
I think Wilson is just...ordinary. Whoever came up with the "Captain Average" nickname nailed it. There's no one aspect of his game that stands out. He's big, but doesn't necessarily throw his body around a lot. He's got decent, but not great, hands. His hockey sense is average at best. And I honestly think he takes some shifts off. He was a decent fill in and so I certainly don't lament the 4th rounder the Avs sacrificed for him, but I'll be plenty steamed if there's any talk whatsoever of extending him. He needs to go, and frankly I would like that to be before his contract expires. Just ship him off for whatever and put a farmhand in his place, like Greer.