AfroThunder396
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Overall we didn't even play THAT poorly, not nearly as bad as the Caps game. It was just a few huge mistakes. We handed them three different 5-star opportunities on a platter and they cashed in on all of them. Otherwise shots were pretty even.
Bratt and Sharangovich both earned their benching but both responded well afterwards.
Tatar had his worst game as a Devil.
Zacha *looks* like the best forward on the roster right now. Maybe he's just been in the right place at the right time during the small sample size of this season, but right now it just seems like he's making the right decisions. I want to look a little deeper into the stats and see if this is actually true.
Siegenthaler was pretty atrocious. Thank God Subban is off the PP.
I loved seeing Johnsson willing to drop the gloves.
The bottom-6 really needs work. Geertsen is an idiot and a penalty machine who provides nothing, McLeod is allergic to the puck, Kuokkanen looks lost, Gauthier sucks. Vesey has been decent.
I'm not mad at Mercer, all young players make mistakes, but it makes me laugh how the broadcast team keeps going out of their way to mention multiple times every game how amazing he is defensively while watch him make horrible decision after horrible decision in the neutral zone. It's fine, he'll learn and get better and all young players go through this, but listening to Steve and Dano contiunue to reinforce this false narrative every game makes me laugh.
Bratt and Sharangovich both earned their benching but both responded well afterwards.
Tatar had his worst game as a Devil.
Zacha *looks* like the best forward on the roster right now. Maybe he's just been in the right place at the right time during the small sample size of this season, but right now it just seems like he's making the right decisions. I want to look a little deeper into the stats and see if this is actually true.
Siegenthaler was pretty atrocious. Thank God Subban is off the PP.
I loved seeing Johnsson willing to drop the gloves.
The bottom-6 really needs work. Geertsen is an idiot and a penalty machine who provides nothing, McLeod is allergic to the puck, Kuokkanen looks lost, Gauthier sucks. Vesey has been decent.
I'm not mad at Mercer, all young players make mistakes, but it makes me laugh how the broadcast team keeps going out of their way to mention multiple times every game how amazing he is defensively while watch him make horrible decision after horrible decision in the neutral zone. It's fine, he'll learn and get better and all young players go through this, but listening to Steve and Dano contiunue to reinforce this false narrative every game makes me laugh.