Had to watch the recording as had other commitments.
The good:
-Offense turned a new leaf (D included in this). Short, crisp passes. Shot variety; fast puck movement. Got lots of high quality chances.
-Had more than a single line going; no line-o-matic
-1st period showed what this team can do; nevermind Murray robbing a few.
-Penguins star players were just names tonight
-Pen bandwagoners get to enjoy their 20 minute drive home
-CBJ chant kills the “woo” bull****. Energetic crowd; team gave reason for crowd to be in it.
The neutral:
-2nd line was very mixed bag. Many rushes ended up with no shots. Some difficulty maintaining possession in the zone. They had some shifts that showed “we’re starting to get it” that ended night with good goal.
-Could probably count this as “good”, but I personally found it annoying that Pitt ices it so frequently. I suppose kudos to us for forcing. 2nd period seemed to have a weird pace from it
-Puck luck; so many chancy deflections in our end that didn’t end up in our net. I believe teams create their own luck, though. Can’t get a lucky bounce if you don’t put it in the position to give you a lucky bounce
The bad:
-Despite strong game from majority of team, still have some stragglers. Need to find a way to make our 4th line contribute outside of just chewing up some icetime.
-Terrible towels need to be burned outside the arena. Seriously looks like you soaked up a particularly eggregious piss. I think it’s the same as taking off drawers with a giant skidmark and waving them about (no bias
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