Boring game but still somethings to talk about.
Thought Russell and Byron were the only good vets, Russell seemed to handle the extra workload well and made smart plays all night. Byron's speed and vision were noticeable, saw him lay some hits too, which while they might not be that strong is still always nice to see.
Bollig and Seto were painful to watch at time. Bollig had some bad penalties and when he did get chances couldn't come close to hitting the net, though at least he had chances. Seto had maybe one chance, but more often than not had plays die on his stick. Whether it was losing control of the puck in open ice by himself on the powerplay or making passes to no where it was not a good night for him.
Liked what I saw from Bennett and the majority of the young defense against what was almost an opening day roster for the canucks. Bennett out muscled a couple canucks defenders multiple times and never quit on a play. I think you could tell the two games in two nights and lack of flow in the game hurt his performance though. For how young the defense was I thought they did well, Sieloff and Ramage standing out the most.
Would have liked to seen more from Granlund (although injury may have played a factor) and Reinhart. Neither were overly noticeable at all, in fact I didn't realize Granlund was playing till he took a penalty. Still waiting for a game where Reinhart sticks out and prove he should be in the convo for a spot, he seems to make one or two nice passes a game, but other than that I haven't seen enough. Liked BVB's simple game but made some hits, took a smart shot when he had the chance and was never noticeable in a bad way. Also thought Knight put in a decent performance with who he was playing with and the type of game that it was.
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