Our boys played a decent game, but there is still much to clean up. Stolarz was tremendous, but once again we allowed a team to have far too much puck possession in our end, in the third period, which has the opportunity to be dangerous. However, we did play prevent d pretty well, and despite all of the possession, we really didn't give up much in the way of dangerous opportunities. We need to be more disciplined, and take less penalties as well. 10:12 a game short-handed isn't great... We are also second last in net penalties drawn.
It's nice to see the PP and PK clicking, and I thought that Domi and Robertson had some nice moments in the game. Robertson's effort probably keeps him in the lineup for now, but at some point, all that matters is some production. Holmberg I thought was the weakest of the forwards, outside of Reaves. Patches had a really nice game, and OEL is far better than I could have ever expected. He seems to have found his Arizona form again, where people thought he was a star D.
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@HellasLEAF thinks, Boston is NOT an excellent team, despite our prior record against them, and we all saw that tonight. Their depth scoring is even worse than ours, and their D, while big, isn't particularly mobile. There is a solid chance they don't make the playoffs this year. A good win against a rival is always great, but I wouldn't get too excited about one game, against a struggling team.
It's a win, we are second in the Atlantic, despite a relatively rough start to the year, so I'll take it.
The next two games are Detroit and Montreal... games that in theory we should win, but this group never makes it easy. Hopefully we do take those wins, and take steps towards being a good team, with the right mental preparation. We need the depth to start to step up, and shoulder some of the offensive load.
