I thought Burns had a pretty rough go of it tonight - especially the first 2 periods. A lot of turnovers and poor decision making. I thought having Schmidt may have helped him relax out there, but he seemed off. Hopefully he doesn't miss time from that hit at the end.
The Petes in general seem to be a dirty/walk the very fine line of not dirty kinda team. Lots of extra slashes, spears, crosschecks that they tend to get away with.
He had maybe 4 or 5 shifts - so not really much material to work with. He was aggressive on one shift in the 3rd where he bear hugged and threw down ( I think it was Melee) but was a bit lost out there - which is understandable.
Ludwinski didn't play likely for one of a few reasons 1) he's going to be traded and are protecting an asset 2) he is waiting to see if he's going to be the 13th F for CAN 3) He's sick/hurt after selection camp 4) he was given a break. Figure he played Thur in NB, FRI in SOO, Oakville for the Team Canada stuff Sun-Wednesday - maybe he was just wiped.
Yeah that's no where near enough to get a read on someone in their debut.
Holy crap defence is gonna suck the next 2 games. Schmidt better have some extra smelling salts tonight he will need it
Interesting move playing ludwinski. Maybe they won’t be trading him. I think they’re taking it game by game.
I’m assuming they haven’t given up on this year, hence why they traded high assets for an OA, so I expected to see Ludwinski out there. Plus, it helps out the defence. They may still trade him but it is probably way to early to read the market and know that.
