Utterly brutal loss to Vancouver. Should have that game under control despite not having a couple of our top players. Vancouver's roster is a serious re-build, tons of guys who have never played at the NLL level.
Del Bianco looked a little shaky compared to last season, but our fourth quarter was an offensive disaster. It's like the Roughnecks got back on their heels and fell into forcing low percentage shots with tons of clock rather than working the ball on set plays. Bold is a decent goalie, you need to take away his line of sight.
Dobbie came to play, was worried about him being in game shape with the short camp. Loewen looked good, Duchy was solid. Defensively we struggled to keep the ball outside in the second half.
I know I'm a broken record on this, but Malawsky has to be able to coach them out of these regressions. This pattern is getting old.
Overall game product lacked a little something last night, new in-game host and the crowd was a bit light. Was happy to see some young guys in the roster, we need to keep refreshing the core.
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