It was a good win, shouldn't have been that exciting at the end.
Couts does not look good the past few games, especially defensively, I remember when he'd shut down any chance of a comeback, now he looks a step slow in terms of reaction. They're going to have to move him to LW, maybe as early as next year. I think it's hurting both TK and Farabee playing with him.
The Cates line was their best line, and should have played more. All three are improving as they play together, Cates had a number of scoring chances, including a post
Frost line wasn't as good as the last few games, and the Poehling line was meh, Laughton had the one goal, but the rest of his scoring was SH and empty net.
Zamula-Risto look as good as Andrae-Risto. York-Sanheim weren't their usual self.
Drysdale was OK but not as good as the last two games. Seeler struggled.
Kolosov was lights out, it looks like Ersson/Kolosov from now on, do they waive Fedotov and try to send him to the AHL to work on his game?
I think this team is young, and like a lot of young teams, they're more comfortable trying to come back from behind where there's less pressure than holding on to a lead. It wasn't that they were in a shell the third period, but you could see the panic, they'd try to just throw the puck out of the D-zone instead of calmly passing it to a teammate or an open spot, and get pucks intercepted. That's where experience matters. And when they got the puck to the O-zone, they struggled with the cycle, unlike the 1st two periods when they were a possession monster.
Laughton had a career game, but with luck this will simply up his price, he's not someone they should build around going forward.
