Just got back from the game and have come to the FINAL conclusion that Merrill is and always will be a 7th Dmen/ AHL player. Forget his plus/minus tonight, those stats are deceiving as hell. He contributed directly to a goal and both penalties were stupid ones. I don't want to see him ever again on the ice. On a positive note, DSP is REALLY impressing me since he was traded here. Though he isn't the fastest skater on the ice, he's a work horse looking for those dirty goals and has the hands for it. Glad Sislo finally broke the ice. Blandisi had some nice passes created the 2 goals in the 2nd period. All in all, not a bad game at all!
indeed on that bolded statement
I recall a game last season (pens I think) where devs were dealt a pretty bad loss and I'm pretty sure merrill was -4 just on that one night
but in this game I'd say his errors were not only more noticeable
but they were FAR more tied to goals against than that unfortunate -4 pens game
sorry I'm just on a tear on jm tonight
was just ranting in some other thread this week about his game breaking presence
if we didn't score all those goals tonight, we'd lose this one given the team's typical goal production
