First Period
Miss in the net.
Hughes with a good defensive play.
Jean with a great pass, but Kristo didn't finish.
Miss gives up a soft goal to Newbury. Out of position completely on the short side as Noob was coming from the right.
Miss almost gave up another softie. He will be an NHLer when I will be an NHLer.
Hartford on PP. jean with a hard shot, but the goalie slides to stop it.
Newbury coughed up the puck in front of his own net to Powe, but he couldn't convert.
Nicolls with a hard shot.
Two on one, but Hrivik couldn't get the pass to Nicholls.
Adam Erne gave Jonathan Drouin a concussion tonight on an awful hit from behind into the boards tonight. Both are Tampa Bay prospects (and both are probably going to be very good players).
Was the hit/injury serious?
Canada and US could be losing 2 very important players for the WJC.
2 quick thoughts: 1) Really like the MINN grittiness. Thought that was missing last yr 2) Skjei might not be best NCAA dman, but he’s close.
The progress Skjei has made in just a year is spectacular.
How has Skjei's physical play been? I remember him not being much of a contact player his draft year, or last year.
He's not physical like McIlrath, but I saw him throw a couple of big open ice hits last season.
The progress Skjei has made in just a year is spectacular.
The good/weird thing is that our fanbase didn't overreact for once. He had an up and down year. I expected more *****ing about his play, but I guess there were other things to complain about.
It's great to see the improvement he's made. He looks like he did pre-NCAA. Awesome to see. Watching the kid skate is a joy.
The good/weird thing is that our fanbase didn't overreact for once. He had an up and down year. I expected more *****ing about his play, but I guess there were other things to complain about.
It's great to see the improvement he's made. He looks like he did pre-NCAA. Awesome to see. Watching the kid skate is a joy.
I was under the impression that he wasn't bad, he just got stuck behind a lot of good older players.
A rookie defenseman in a new and tougher league than he was used to. Didn't overreact because he was a freshman.
If he was getting scratched this season, it would be concerning.
Sweeeeet.
I wonder if he's a gopher next year, with the progress he's made.
Leave him in college. Let him develop, he's only 19.
Leave him in college. Let him develop, he's only 19.