I also made it out to Wranglers game tonight and echo what Calgary Highlander said. Basha stood out in a positive way all night. Bruz was also good...he was the Wrangler's best defensemen and the only thing that will hold him back from the NHL is his skating. Stromgren continues to be skilled, but inconsistent. Hunt looked great...he was the best forward. Like Stromgren, Morton was quiet for long stretches of the game, but then he'd pop up out of nowhere and score a goal/create a scoring opportunity. Suniev was quiet and didn't do much out there.
Miromanov and Poirier were awful. Poirier is noticeable in a bad way because he keeps making the same mistakes and risky plays he was making as a rookie. There was one shift early in the game where he turned over the puck 3-4 times in the Wrangler's zone and neutral zone...absolutely brutal. The lack of growth in his game is really disappointing.
Miromanov did not look like someone that has spent more time in the NHL than the AHL for the past three seasons. He was making terrible reads the entire night.
As for lines, it looked like they were running these at ES:
Frk-Kerins-Hunt
Gridin-Morton-Stromgren
Basha-Bishop-Suniev
Bell-King-Silye
Cicek-Brzustewicz
Grushnikov-Miromanov
Kuznetsov-Poirier
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