I was hoping Demko would get the win, this was his finest performance all year. Big saves in big moments.
Glad to see one more Petey bomb. I would hate for the year to have finished on such a big drought. That should be a nice reminder to the Calder voters.
Pearson making a great case to stick around. Granlund faffing about. Edler looked great. Leivo, Gaudette, Virtanen, Eriksson, Schaller invisible. Beagle steady. Hutton had a few of those "whoa now" moments. Stecher solid.
I was hoping for Bo to win the faceoff-off with O'Reilly (almost came away with most FO wins), but oh well. Still a massive year-long performance from our future captain.
Rafferty with that one nice shift but my god, that return pass to Boeser has to go closer to the wheelhouse. It's an easy one time goal, but instead Boeser has to corral it for a split second. Seems to be the case with him-- of the little I've seen of his game, Brogan's passing hasn't been NHL quality.
Quinn Hughes is absolute magic, you can tell the big 3 is going to be a force in the future. Really hoping we'd see his first goal tonight, though goals evidently aren't his bread and butter. Came as advertised -- separates from defenders with his unbelievable skating, and has high IQ playmaking. Remarkable shift in overtime. I need to see a gif of that one dangle where he must have gone forehand, backhand, forehand, spin, find opening.
Shame the season had to end here for Boeser, he looked unchained. Lots of his attempts blocked though.
And that's a wrap on the season. If Binnington gets the Calder that will be the last straw regarding my faith in the awards process. I already don't take the Jack Adams or Selke seriously, and the Norris has a bit of a black eye on it from Doughty's win, so it would be a shame if the other awards were to become such a sham too (and I'm pretty biased against Corey Perry winning the Hart when the players themselves gave MVP to Danny). Not to knock Jordan's performance, but I just can't fathom qualifying for votes in this day and age with 32 games. Even the Hamburglar didn't get so much as a sniff when he went 20-1-2 back in 2014-15
Lots to look forward to. The draft at home should be fun, but I'm more interested in the free agency. There's a lot of sculpting that can be done, and that's just within our own FA's. I want to see Edler, Motte, Leivo, and Hutton back. I think the ship has sailed on Goldobin. And for gods sake get Granlund and Pouliot off this team once and for all. Then I think we'll really start to turn the corner.