Datsyuk
Kindl
Eaves
This is going to be short and sweet because I have had one **** suck of a day.
BAD
Cleary - ****ing useless
Franzen - He scored a goal, but a 5-on-3 that I could have put in the net. Nigh useless.
Quincey - Useless; completely screened Howard on the Falling Down goal, and otherwise does nothing productive. He's the defensive equivalent of Samuelsson.
Smith - Other than the fight, he was not good; any time he was under pressure, he coughed the puck up. Made some slick outlet passes, but those were under absolutely no pressure.
Ericsson - Not good either.
Zetterberg - Rough game, but not without effort.
GOOD
Datsyuk - Was the best player on the ice even being injured. What does that tell anyone else here?
Eaves - Brocrush played hard all game; forechecked like a madman, but didn't have much to show for it and only played 10 minutes.
Kindl - Involved in the play offensively, and other than the one defensive breakdown with White played a solid game.
- Tootoo needs more ice time. Jared Boll is a complete waste of "idiot," and that's saying a lot. Tootoo might need to tone down the charging a little bit, but the rest of his game is exactly what the Wings need.
MEH
Everyone else. Incredibly lackluster performance on the 2nd-half on a back-to-back... unfortunately, it was with the same team as the 1st half.
I'm surprised they even scored on the 5-on-3. The powerplay is still ****ing terrible; the point-men are too far apart, and there is very little movement. You can't take point shots if you don't get the PKers moving, because... wait for it.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
THE SHOTS GET BLOCKED.
**** me, I never played anything beyond D3 college hockey, and I'm pulling my hair out watching these guys.