Jackson Blake has found some new legs. Good line tinkering by Rod. I can't say I would have thought to put him on the first line. I thought for sure he had hit that rookie wall, but he looks engaged and is making things happen. Every game he has at least 2 plays where it looks like he's for sure going to score a goal. The one goal he scored was really soft by Tarasov, but he also could have scored another, and Tarasov was absolutely bailing Columbus out left and right. I really thought their defense was better.
This game was not as close as the score indicated. They got really fortunate with their goals, scoring on seemingly every meaningful chance they had and then some. Hockey is a sport of bounces and the bounces went in their favor for the most part. I'll take it as we got really lucky in my opinion against Dallas the other night.
Wonder if we will end up making an acquisition. I think we will, but I don't expect a big game hunting type move. Robinson and Roslovic have been way better than imagined this year. We really don't need to do anything, which is an ideal place to be in at this time of year. We keep talking about forwards, but I do hope we snag a 7D for the inevitable injury. I don't want to see any Ty Smith in the playoffs.