The Kingslayer
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A win is a win still lots of room for improvement
1. Varlamov is about the only reason we werent embarrassed after 20 minutes. Another very good game for him. Your best penalty killer is your goalie and the Kings went 0 for 6 tonight.
2. Matt Duchene had a solid game. Been a long time since I seen him use his lower body strength like that to shield the puck. He looked fast as hell tonight. I wonder if putting him back on the PK has boosted his confidence. Remember in his rookie year he played on the PK quite often. My favourite part about his game tonight he kept it simple and not a single spin move.
3. Our D. our D need help bad. EJ went beast after the 1st period but besides him I thought the D looked shaky, scared and couldnt make a damn outlet pass. Alot of giveaways in our zone especially early on. Please get Ray Bourque in here to teach Johnson a few things about getting pucks to the net.
4. Mitchell. Mitchell has been a pleasant surprise thus far. I dont agree with having him on the first PP unit but he was prolly our most consistent forward the entire game.
5. Stastny line. Hasnt been great in fact next to invisible 5 on 5. We really need this line to find it and find it quick. Not saying Duchene's line has been world beaters but they seem to have found some chemistry in the second half of the game.
6. Barrie was bad. I see alot of people on her defending him but the one and only goal that was scored against was on him. Rycroft illustrated it just fine. Its expected from a young Dman but still he needs to be better if he wants to justify staying in the lineup ahead of SOB and Hunwick.
7. Hope Downie isnt injured we can ill afford to lose anyone. Then again he didnt take any dumb penalties tonight....progress
8. Landeskog improved as the game went on. Period 1 alot of east west action and not enough North South. Passed up on a shot which isnt like him at all. That changed. He woke up late in that second period and went beast in the 3rd. Hitting, blocking shots and scoring goals. Thats what we need from our captain.
9. That 5 on 3 set up. I didnt mind the people out there but I thought they were misplaced. Personally I would have had Landeskog in front of the net and Duchene set up on his off wing.
10. Do not take the Jackets lightly. They schooled us and essentially killed our playoff hopes last year lets not forget that. Lets try playing a full 60 minutes of solid hockey instead of 25 minutes worth.
1. Varlamov is about the only reason we werent embarrassed after 20 minutes. Another very good game for him. Your best penalty killer is your goalie and the Kings went 0 for 6 tonight.
2. Matt Duchene had a solid game. Been a long time since I seen him use his lower body strength like that to shield the puck. He looked fast as hell tonight. I wonder if putting him back on the PK has boosted his confidence. Remember in his rookie year he played on the PK quite often. My favourite part about his game tonight he kept it simple and not a single spin move.
3. Our D. our D need help bad. EJ went beast after the 1st period but besides him I thought the D looked shaky, scared and couldnt make a damn outlet pass. Alot of giveaways in our zone especially early on. Please get Ray Bourque in here to teach Johnson a few things about getting pucks to the net.
4. Mitchell. Mitchell has been a pleasant surprise thus far. I dont agree with having him on the first PP unit but he was prolly our most consistent forward the entire game.
5. Stastny line. Hasnt been great in fact next to invisible 5 on 5. We really need this line to find it and find it quick. Not saying Duchene's line has been world beaters but they seem to have found some chemistry in the second half of the game.
6. Barrie was bad. I see alot of people on her defending him but the one and only goal that was scored against was on him. Rycroft illustrated it just fine. Its expected from a young Dman but still he needs to be better if he wants to justify staying in the lineup ahead of SOB and Hunwick.
7. Hope Downie isnt injured we can ill afford to lose anyone. Then again he didnt take any dumb penalties tonight....progress
8. Landeskog improved as the game went on. Period 1 alot of east west action and not enough North South. Passed up on a shot which isnt like him at all. That changed. He woke up late in that second period and went beast in the 3rd. Hitting, blocking shots and scoring goals. Thats what we need from our captain.
9. That 5 on 3 set up. I didnt mind the people out there but I thought they were misplaced. Personally I would have had Landeskog in front of the net and Duchene set up on his off wing.
10. Do not take the Jackets lightly. They schooled us and essentially killed our playoff hopes last year lets not forget that. Lets try playing a full 60 minutes of solid hockey instead of 25 minutes worth.