[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Alright so I don't know how anyone else felt, but that was probably a top 3 most frustrating Heat game I've ever watched. I gotta hand it to the Marlies, their sticks were all in the right places and gave the Heat absolutely NOTHING.

The Good:

- Not much to be honest. There were maybe a handful of players that were half decent tonight. The only good players IMO were Testwuide, Tuzzolino, Reinhart, Nemisz, Bancks, and Byron. Others that had their moments, but weren't that noticeable were Horak, Rheault, and Sylvester.
- Guys, I'd be hard pressed to find something good to say about this game, so I'll mention the only thing that truly impressed me tonight: Reinhart and Nemisz's chemistry. I'm starting to see a bit of a pattern emerging. First, Nemisz and Baertschi's chemistry in the NHL resulted in Baertschi scoring three goals (two of which came as a direct result of Nemisz's hard work). Now, Nemisz and Reinhart have found instant chemistry as well and they're doing very well together; tonight was no different. They were discussing set plays with eachother before faceoffs. A couple of times those plays resulted in fairly good chances.

The Bad:

- Lots. Too much to talk about.
- There were far too many floaters tonight. Aliu, Desbiens, Kolanos, and Walter were big time floating tonight.
- There were two goals that Irving probably should have had tonight. Right from the start, Irving looked shaky and it basically stayed that way throughout the game. I will, however, say that he did make a few good saves on breakaways.
- Connelly was without a doubt the worst player on the ice tonight. He was a slow, constantly behind the play, couldn't hold the line, Marlies were shrugging him off the puck like he was a fly, and then if he got hit he would spear or slash them in retaliation. Just an awful game by him.
- To top it off, Ward took Breen off of Wilson's line and put him with Carson and paired Wilson and Connelly. This is never a good idea because Wilson and Connelly are the two weakest defensemen we have.
- Breen struggled all night as well. He was just no match for the tenacity of speed of the Marlies. He also made a couple of completely bone-headed plays where he turned the puck over in his own zone (one of those turnovers was the reason for the first Marlies goal).

Oh well, hopefully they put this game behind them. They have two days off and three days of practice before they play again. They need to rest, watch video, and find out how to crack this Marlies PK because at this rate, the Heat are never going to score a PP goal on them.

I also think it was a bad move by Ward to take Piskula out and put Carson in. Carson was ok, but he made way too many mistakes. And I hate to say it, but PL3 needs to be put back and Aliu should be taken back out (unless he can pick up his game).

In sum, this game was frustrating as hell to watch. I hope I never have to see that again.

P.S. For all you people on CP that want the Flames to pick up Kadri in a trade, you have no idea.