Watched the game late last night. No one really looked bad at all really. That's because we were playing a team that Norfolk may beat. Anyway, after reading the game day thread during the game yesterday I paid special attention to a few players in particular.
Fowler: Fowler was very good. He stopped pinching after we got up 2-0 and I don't see anything wrong with that. He had two bad shifts and both were with less then 5 minutes to go when we were up 5-0.
Silfverberg: Was by far the best game I've seen him play in a while. I still have my doubts if he'll ever be a top 6 player, but he was solid tonight. Hopefully he's on the rise and his improvement isn't just due to playing Buffalo.
Etem: Like I said earlier, no one was horrible but if someone asked me who the worst player on the ice was (for us), it would be Etem. He had one really good shift, and another okay one. Other then that it was the same old Etem. No vision at all. He needs to go to AHL. I actually hope they send him down and call up someone from Norfolk to replace him.
Other notes:
Kesler continues to just be amazing. Still hate that line combination though.
DSP was better, but still not that great.
I thought Vatanen/Stoner were great together (aside from their PK ability)
Andersen should be starter. He's simply better right now.
Lindholm/Beauchemin are clearly our best pairing right now.
I still don't like BB's decision about the PK. I hate that he's just using regular D pairs on the PK. I preferred when he had 4 go to defenseman on the PK. Vatanen should not be on the PK, ever.
