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Originally Posted by Camronius
I dunno, I saw a few comments in the game threads suggesting both Bart and Brouwer had good games. Did no one else notice that every time we were hemmed in, or there was a chance against, it was the 4th line and the 3rd defensive pairing. I get that, that's effectively our "worst" 5-man unit... but it doesn't really change that they were on for almost every chance against.
Maybe that's more of a coaching issue, that that unit is out there together so much....I don't know. I just can't agree that they had good games. They made desperate exciting plays because they had to, they either turned it over, lost position or otherwise that made for these thrilling spontaneous plays... I wouldn't call that a good game. Hamonic had a GOOD game, he quietly and effectively shut down people all night and didn't cause me to choke on my heart... (same goes for Smith).
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I noticed. I remember in the first period when the fourth line and third pairing were out and got hemmed into our zone and had to ice the puck. I was convinced that since Anaheim would have the chance to change and get Getzlaf on the ice against our weakest competition they would score.
I'm not saying "Brouwer was so good we should look to put him on the first line!" But he had a 58.33% CF and from the eye test the fourth line had a couple really good chances to score as well.
Sure, they had their gaffs. No one played a perfect game, but he still did better than I expected.