Can't blame him for the loss if he only allows 2. Doesn't matter how shit the goals are if it's only 2. He did his job.
So is Lafferty, play Lafferty at centre, send down Blandisi, keep Simon in.
Simon is too frustrating for me. Puck control and protection are above average, so Sid seems to like him because of it, but the rest of his skillset is so bad. 95% of the plays seem to die on his stick. His production away from Sid will be very telling.
As opposed to Blandisi who does...?
Great GDT!
PS- If Cizikas has another exceptional performance, I'm a gonna kill myself. I'm sick of his ####.
When the goals he lets in look like the 2 the Devils scored, it's really easy to blame him. The Zajac goal off his head, Murray left his post and was sliding across the crease to an imaginary opponent, then had to scramble back to attempt a flailing save.
It really is.
I mean Blandisi is an even better puck battler and puck retriever. He can also play both wing and centre, which makes him more versatile. Blandisi is also a good penalty killer, which Simon simply isn't. He's always working hard, Simon on the other hand shows up when he feels like it. He can either look good or look like an ECHLer. People forget Blandisi was a pretty good 4th liner for NJ before he got traded to Anaheim.
