Excellent game from the team from near top to bottom. Weathered the storm in the first 10 minutes then just played a solid quiet boring road game. Oilers obviously missing their franchise tonight which of course changes the game DRASTICALLY but thats out our control and we managed perfectly
-DeSmith played like Demko, nuff said. Gave the guys confidence
-Zadorov has really impressed me more n more since the trade. Didnt like his first 10-15 games with us at all
-Cole quiet confidence game. Moved the puck well, didnt get rattled by pressure
-Bottom 6 forwards shutdown Draisatl which is really a game changer.
-Not every game can we expect Miller, Brock Boeser and Pettersson to contribute, and great when the bottom 6 can fill in, esp considering they also shutdown Draistal. And our top guys didnt have bad games defensively which is what you can hope for if theyre not putting pucks in the net. Brock Boeser imo is having his best season and its not cause of only the 40 goals, hes very well rounded defensively, passing, back checking, and tonight power forwarded the puck to the net at one point lol
-Hughes can be forgiven for not having his best game once in a while. Oilers knew how to pressure him in the d zone and that is when he makes his mistakes. I hope hes aware of it and same with the coaches and they can work on that to make his game even better for the playoffs
-I think Allvin and JR did a great job of surrounding our top guys with real contributers this last year. This team would be nowhere without Hronek, Soucy, Cole, Zadorov, Blueger, Suter, Lafferty, DeSmith, Etc. Individually take one of those guys out, yes, the team would still be good, but bringing in so many good pieces has pushed this team to a new direction we havent seen in over ten years
Man I love this team