so i only got to watch half the game, as my GCL f'd up (watching it delayed) and then saw the score when trying to re-connect.
few things i noted in the period and a half that i saw.
- it was hilarious how many times, maybe 4, that cammalleri lost the puck to st. loius, like it seemed just too easy for st. loius to know where #13 was planning to do
- cammalleri has looked bad, but i don't know if he's that much to blame. He's a small trigger man. He shouldn't be the guy bringing the puck into the offensive zone, he won't be the guy in the corners winning back the puck, and he's not a gifted playmaker. He's a guy who can find some open space and snipe goals. He is not in any position on any line on this team to be successful.
- Backlund has played well, probably best flame out there in the time i got to watch. He just is doing everything right, and looks like a NHL player. Yet, i'm still unclear as to what role and what linemates would make him a successful NHL'er.
- this team needs high skill players, that want the puck on their stick and have patience with it. The only player on the team that has that right now is hudler. Tanguay, and his better version huselius, are exactly what this team needs more of, it's NOT just size/"truculence".
- i'm buying a two-four to myself on trade deadline, calling in sick, and getting ripped.... that will be my additional "hockey highlight" of the year, aside from the olympics...
- Accelerate the rebuild, without trading bluechip prospects or high draft picks, please make this team better as soon as possible. I want to watch this team be relevant again, while i'm young enough to enjoy it. 2 years of getting past the first round in almost 25 years is painful.
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