Gaudreau appears to have placed a lot of pressure on himself and is over thinking, almost trying too hard.
Monohan, I thought looked better last night actually. Not great, but better. Should have scored the tying goal.
Giordano, Stajan, Frolik, Backlund, Ferland, and Engelland all positively stood out for me at times.
Brodie was meh, and Bennet was very meh, super very meh. This especially disappoints me as he was late round pick for me in my hockey pool. Thought he'd break out this year. Not even close in the first 5.
I thought Tkachuk was here to stay. Last night could have changed that for me. He's got to realize there's some pretty hungry guys playing pretty good hockey in Stockton at the moment.
None of this matters if the special teams don't start performing. And, at this point, I'll take average.
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