Only got to watch the last half of the game. The only thing that stuck out to me was how poor Marc Staal was at 5v5, how poor Sam and Joe were, and how anemic Girardi makes his partner. Beyond that, The offense was fantastic. Brassard is incredible, and Stepan looks awesome with Zucc. Really glad that AV finally broke up that line. Fast out of the top 6 is fantastic as well.
I assume AV stuck with these lines based on what I saw in the GDT:
Chris Kreider, Derick Brassard, Rick Nash
JT Miller, Derek Stepan, Mats Zuccarello
Eric Staal, Kevin Hayes, Jesper Fast
Tanner Glass, Dominic Moore, Viktor Stalberg
Those lines, for once, make sense:
- Nash and Zucc separated. They don't compliment eachother
- Stepan and Zucc are magic together.
- Hayes back at center and Staal on the wing is what's been needed. Our wing depth finally looks OK
- Very happy with Miller's development
- Stalberg on the 4th line actually makes that line hard to play against--he's clearly a 3rd liner