Good to see that the fellow Ducks fans here don't see Sami's situation as bad as I did after watching the last two games. I've seen his every game in FEL and the national team as well as almost every NHL game, and I haven't seen him making that many bad passes in one game before. A goal would help. A lot.
His play in D-zone is better than ever (minus the "falling down without any apparent reason", hello Bobby Ryan) and the breakout passes are still there, but the amount of mistakes has risen during this road trip. It's really interesting to see how he handles the physical teams we have up next, Flyers and Bruins. In FEL he only played better when the games got tougher and was just flying in playoffs before getting injured. It's a mental thing, and he is a fighter. Bring on the physical play, and you'll see he likes it.
So there's light at the end of the tunnel. It's only a flashlight and the tunnel is long and scary, but there's light. At the end of the tunnel I wish to see Sami return to his old scoring form showcased here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6-PPkzFFc
And the criticism on Fowler: hey, I think the "kid" is doing a great job with those minutes. Let's not forget he is actually 6 months younger than our rookie Sami over here... They both have the same amount of pro hockey experience. How many teams have to give top minutes to someone that young anyway? We have Fowler (21), Lindholm (19) and Vatanen (22) playing +/- 20 mins a game. It's because of the injury situation, but considering the Ducks are 9-3-0 with 7 road games 4-3-0 with this defence, I have to say our D is doing pretty well! Our division is the toughest in NHL (3 out of top 4 teams from PD).