Nash is a ****ing beast. I _hated_ how he would drive to the net against us and when he was on team Canada. He just powers through defenders like they're traffic cones. Glad to see him doing it for us now.
Kreider looked bad. So did Hagelin but that's nothing new.
Pyatt has been a pleasant surpise. Don't see him keeping up his play but he's certainly carrying his weight. Voted him 3rd star.
CK needs to go back to the AHL and play 25 m a night in all situations and earn a call up .
NYR need to sign a player and fast or maybe give Kolarik a shot
Stepan got another point tonight, and people are still yelling at him as expected.
Fact of that matter is Stepan might end up being a player that isn't a gamebreaker but quietly produces a solid share. I'm ok with that for a 2C.
stepans progressing nicely as our new hf whipping boy
but i agree, ive never looked at him as any kind of gamebreaker, thats not his game hes always been a sturdy center who will, like you said quietly have a solid game. i think some people have lofty expectations of him.
me too. I was happy when the lockout ended and saw hockey as an excuse to be happy.
Cally & Step seems to be guys who are in a fog. It's the end of game three of forty eight. The team is slowly coming out of it. They'll be okay. Step showed some flashes of goodness early.
I'm with you man, my sport is back, I go to work tomorrow in a better mood over bummed.
I noticed Cally tonight but not how I wanted too. Not worried though.
Overall, I think it was solid and happy for myself lol.
I voted Nash just because he was taking over the game at times but just not scoring. That still built or kept momentum. But obviously Gaborik is more than deserving.
On a side note...I really thought Kreider looked better other than his penalty. His defense was still streaky, however, there were times in his own end where he was reading plays well when the puck was away from him....there was one play in the 1st (I think it was the 1st) where he saw a man open in the slot and he moved away from his point man to pick him up. He is getting there. I thought he had more jump in his step. I like the USA line. However, I think with Pyatt's success tonight, I think it ends up being Hagelin-Boyle-Kreider.
We saw it tonight and it wasn't there. And that line really got a jolt when Pyatt stepped in for Kreider which doesn't help Kreider's outlook right now.
Still a long way for this team to go, even though we beat a top team in the conference.
Lundvist is just not sharp now and I'm getting worried as to when he's gonna get it together.
And the rest of the team besides Pyatt has been a letdown. Stepan, Kreider, and Hagelin in particular are three guys who were supposed to continue to improve and they just are kinda invisible right now. I know Stepan has three assists but he goes long stretches doing nothing.
The team in general is also still making too many mistakes, like on bad line changes. And what the heck is up with the power play?
Some of those things need to be fixed before this team will be a real contender.
