Well, those D-pairings might have made sense in theory, but boy did they not make sense in practice. Grossman is perfect - the guy you want to be sitting rather than a rookie. That's about it. I guess he did some things that were ok, but the first 2 goals were from a direct turnover by him.
Elliott seemed like Hiller out there tonight. I will chalk it up to first game nerves.
The entire team seemed disjointed.
I do like the PK a lot more - so much more pressure. I do like how they are putting more pressure on the puck carriers on zone entries, but then they just seemed lost at times too.
From top to bottom, this team didn't seem right. Lots of kinks to iron out by the looks of it. Better be worked out soon - every game counts so much.
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