Replacement*
Checked out
The bottom line is that if this team wants to take the next step then all of these guys need to work hard in all 3 zones. Nail hasn't produced much of anything this year so his gaffs are magnified. Eberle assisted on a pair of goals last night so he helped us get 2 and cost us 1. Nail on the other hand got no points to offset the GA. That said I might be in the minority here but I REALLY didn't like that pass from Hall and I blame him at least as much as I blame Nail for that GA.
Nails gaffes are magnified because his GA is the worst for any forward in the NHL. By a wide margin.
For some reason some junk has crept into his game. Of course he's been better offensively this year but I'm seeing less sound play and less good decision making. He's often jumping the play more than he used to. Not sure whats up with that. Could be that last year he had more desperation to play sound defensively because he knew his offensive game was screwed with his shoulder.