I'm not worried about Desharnais, who looked good in pre-season, but Forbort hasn't looked good at any point in a Canuck uniform. Definitely a pro scouting miss, and I actually wonder if Brannstrom looks better there if the coaches don't like the off-hand pairing.
On the other hand, I've been worried about Silovs since he was getting exposed by those long point shots against Edmonton, and this is a terrible game to have these issues show up again after a fairly solid pre-season. I can't see them trading Lankinen when Demko's healthy.
Re: Pettersson, I actually thought he had a lot more pop in the first period and looked like his old self. After he passed up that glorious slot opportunity by passing the puck to a heavily covered DeBrusk, he was a non-factor to bad - didn't like his play in the last half of the 3rd when we were down.
With all that said, I like that Ray emphasized October is sloppy hockey.