The cadence of okish first period, atrocious second period, then a mad dash once they figure out that effort is required in the third needs to stop. Despite being down 2-0 in the first, I thought we were the slightly better team in the period. Then we decided to mope into the second and lose the game.
As predicted, if not for the goalie I think we steam roll them the rest of the series. The moment we actually started playing at a pace that matches a playoff level they couldn't touch us. There is a ton to build on after that 3rd period, and all the things they had to rest on (goaltending, defence, home ice) got exposed in that game.
We will win the series if we can just get below average goaltending and the odd save at the right time. Remains to be seen whether this organization will do the right thing and start Pickard or if they're going to choose to risk yet another playoff year on the garbage goalie that clearly can't get it done.
One positive is Walman. He was f***ing awesome, and is a gamer. He's a guy that can frustrate you at times, but he's not afraid to elevate in the playoffs. If he can inject just a little bit of that into the idiot wearing #2, we are laughing. Hope we can get him on a long term deal at a nice AAV.