[Cali Panthers Fan]

Hamilton had zero compete level tonight, especially in his own zone. Lift a stick or two. Move a body from screening the goalie. Just awful effort from him. You have to sit him since reducing his minutes hasn't done much.

Hiller was ok for most of the game, but really poor in the 3rd period. Just about every scoring chance for the Rangers after the 1st period went in the net. Not nearly good enough. Nice to see Ortio get the net for some minutes so he's less nervous tomorrow night. Let's hope we get some above average goaltending for once.

Also, people have been saying that the top line has been good, but I've been pretty underwhelmed by Monahan so far. Not generating consistent offense and he's been kind of poor in his own zone so far this year. We really need him to step up, especially defensively.

Bennett was as little sloppy defensively, but he gets a pass because of how hard he was driving the offense after the 1st period. He still needs to work on things, but he's really on the verge of breaking out in a big way.

I really liked the game from just about everyone else tonight. They pushed the play and controlled things for most of the game. It's unfortunate that a few players are dragging the team down so badly.

BTW, very impressed with the game of Derek Grant. Much more cerebral than I thought he would be. He gets to stay in the lineup for the time being.