Boys played much better. Cooley was dialed in which is awesome.
Always good to see the boys get rewarded. It's going to be a long season and it's unlikely to have many wins so anytime they can play well and get rewarded for it should help the mental side of things. Hard to play well when everything around you is so negative.
Not sure why people had an issue with what Maloney said. Honestly didn't seem like he said much. Said they need to get faster. I agree. He knows fans want to see youth injected now but they're not going to put their young guys in bad spots because they think it is bad for development. I agree with that too. He also mentioned that the team will continue to get younger, we just need to exercise some patience. He said they have a plan and they aren't deviating from it, which is good cause the plan has been to make this team younger. He came across as calm and reasonable, which is a trait I want in my management. Fans are panicky chicken littles, if our management was like that I'd be concerned.
I also like that it was just a quick interview between periods. Much better than calling a State of the Union press conference to say nothing like some other general manager.
