Just got home from the game, did the cameras catch Anderson giving the business to Zegras along the wall in the third? Dropped him, roughed him up a bit, was not well received by the Ducks. Anderson was a target for the rest of the game.
Turcotte is just pure dogged pursuit. Needs time to work on his positioning, no problem having him marinate for half a year.
Anderson-Dolan is definitely polished enough to be here full time.
Lemieux was the teams best player from start to finish. Angled well on the forecheck, consistently funneled pucks to the crease, busted his ass on the backcheck. Very impressive game.
Wagners goal was a beaut, but he was the anti Lemieux, took some bizarre and ineffective routes to loose pucks, had tunnel vision and telegraphed every pass. I am not as down on his as most, be was really struggling.
Kupari sure likes to watch games from up close...
Vilardi was fighting thru a bum right leg, hoping its just a charley horse as I can't imagine they would have let him carry in if it was a concern. He took laps and talked with the trainer during every timeout in the third.
Tkachev was very quiet tonight, didn't handle rougher treatment very well.
