Watched the game on delay tonight and was quite pleased with Dickinson's performance. Once he started to get more regular shifts late in the first and then on starting the second, he really seemed to settle in.
I thought he made a concerted effort to play a focused defensive game tonight--playing well positionally, using his body and stick effectively, and not going wandering much. A very disciplined game, which can't be easy for him coming from playing a more adventurous, offensive-minded role for London.
He did well under pressure, even if you could occasionally see those moments creep in of indecision, but again, a concerted effort to just make the smart, often simple play, and that was really beneficial to the team when they were under the cosh in their own zone--he did well to ease pressure and get the puck moving so it could get out of the zone. And I still am enamored by his size/skating combo.
Of course, the whole game was pretty much dominated by Canada, so it was hard to take much out of Halttunen's performance (he's only ever going to be so effective playing without the puck). Still very dangerous on the power play even though opponents are clearly onto him and game-planning for him.