Ugh. Bad loss. They're just finding ways to lose now. One step forward, two drunken stumbles back.
--I have never, ever seen three dumber hockey players than Virtanen, Puljuljarvi and Nurse. The NHL's all body no brain team. I swear to god if you stuck them in a round room and told them to piss in the corner they'd all die of ruptured bladders.
--I will never, ever get tired of seeing Mike Smith get scored on.
--Juolevi, bless his little heart. He's actually...looking not too too terribly bad lately. He'll never live down his draft position, but there might just *might* still be a potential NHL dman in there after all that's been said and hey, anything is better than nothing at this point. Just hope the management of this team is cleaned out so professionals might have a chance at rehabilitating the kid.
--Hoglander a bit quieter tonight. Still more involved in the play than most. I'd like to see Miller-Pettersson-Hoglander and Pearson (not that I'm wild about him, but nobody else stands out there either)-Horvat-Boeser for a game or two.
--Bottom six can all just f*** off for all I care.
--Pearson reminds me of late-stage Higgins without the sense of humour.
--Green sucks. But WD was still worse. Given a choice between them I'll still take Green, and I'm by no means a fan. Like so many others in a position of prominence in the corporate family, is clearly out of ideas. Should be part of the total housecleaning that can't come soon enough.
--Edler's decline is sad but inescapable. Love me some Eddie, but his time is obviously over. Next year I just hope he signs with a deep, vet team than could realistically thought to go the distance. Give him a shot to win one before he retires, because he'd still be serviceable as a 4/5 guy on Vegas or Tampa or somewhere like that.
--Goaltending second best again.
