Don’t know how much patience can be left for Emberson at this point. His turnover last night killed our momentum late in the 2nd period, turned into 4 straight minutes of us looking like clowns (not all Embersons fault, but it snowballed from his play).
There’s only some ability there… but probably not enough reward for the risk of trotting him out there.
4 games, none of them b2b in the same situation, is far too early to decide.
Game one: Next to Nurse
Game two: Next to Kulak
Game three: Press boxed
Game four: Next to Kulak
That follows a preseason where he bounced between partners too.
They need to give the guy 2 weeks in the same role during games and practices to get his feet under him before they can make that call.
Hopefully Stecher is able to keep the 2nd pairing at just a smouldering embers level, vs. the all-out forest fir
e we saw during the first 3 games.