It's nice to see this group rebound. This should be a 4-game winning streak as the Flint loss was more unfortunate than anything, but 3-0-1 last 4. In the 3 wins they've allowed 2 goals, 3 goals & 2 goals. The defensive breakdowns have been cut down drastically as have the turnovers.
Offensively they've been finding the net consistently led by the top line, but they are getting good minutes from all 4 lines. Even the lines not scoring much are giving them good minutes & spending time in the offensive zone. The back pressure in transition has also been noticeably better. Not seeing many 3on2s against or goals where you think the D got left out to dry by the Fs.
They aren't out of the woods & 3 of the 4 came against teams not competing, but to me that doesn't matter. It's about progress & signs they are figuring it out. Tonight was the best example of it vs an incredibly structured, smart & well coached team. Not making bad mistakes, not taking stupid penalties, not being selfish & making smart, winning plays.
It looks like the team is buying in to how they have to play to win. Energetic, Physical, relentless & playing as a team. Thats what's nice to see because those couple weeks were damn near unwatchable. They are still gonna have their ups & downs, but if they play like this most nights I'll leave most games pretty happy.
PP still stinks. 17/19 need to play more, but Letang's urgency has clearly woken the team up a bit & whatever he's been working on in practice has been working. Hopefully he sticks with this even when they add a new assistant.
Have absolutely 0 confidence in them winning in London. Best team in the OHL if not CHL & even without Cowan, Dickinson, Bonk, Halutennen they've beaten WSR, KIT & smoked Erie tonight. They are a tier above everyone else, but if we can keep it close that would be nice & give the team some confidence with them playing 2 times shortly after the break.
