Forwards:
Backlund: A+ - aces
Tkachuk: A- - very good but needs to rein himself in and make better decisions sometimes
Versteeg: A - value for dollar, creative
Gaudreau: A - A+ performance post injury erases a sluggish start
Frolik: B+ - solid
Monahan: C+ - bouncing back from a slow start
Brouwer: C - moments but largely unspectacular
Bennett: B- - developing
Ferland: A - above my expectations
Chiasson: B - good job with an assignment arguably above his pay grade
Hathaway: A - a positive influence on the team and guys who used to do the same job
Stajan: B- - solid
F. Hamilton: C- - meh
Bouma: D - just doesn't do the same things that earned his contract
Vey: D
Shinkaruk: C-
Defense:
Hamilton: A - very good
Giordano: B+ - trending up after a bad start
Brodie: C- - playing better but seeing lack of comfort on the opposite side
Wideman: B+ - underrated here
Engelland: A - above expectations this year
Jokipakka: C - fine.
Kulak: C - ok, unspectacular
* Don't understand why people bothered rating Grossmann
Goalies:
Johnson: A- - I don't let the overall body of work be swayed by the kind of goals that have happened the last few games
Elliott: C - more a victim of circumstance early
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