Thoughts on the game:
-Kylington and Valimaki both played well tonight. Really good to see.
-Tkachuk was creative and annoying and interesting again. Really, I thought he looked awesome out there.
-Gaudreau also looked good. His hands looked midseason form and I can't wait to see how his season goes.
-Coleman is fast and showed off some nice hands.
-Lucic was really engaged and played like a powerhouse
-Tanev is so damn reliably good every shift
-Vladar cost them this one, but I loved that big save to keep them within one though and after the first he looked mostly good. Played the puck a lot too.
-Zadorov has not been impressive. Still waiting for him to play well. He misses passes by 5 feet... frustrating to watch.
-Stone makes big mistakes and I am hoping we get a starting 6 with Valimaki and Kylington in it.
-I have liked Duehr every game going back to the rookie games
-Backlund was so much better tonight. Give the other vets another game too before making predictions, they know they are the team... just warming up
-Gawdin might make this team
Fun game tonight, I enjoyed it.
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