This 12:30am first pre-season game was more fun and exciting than the vast majority of regular season games last year.
Really impressed with Czarnik, Ryan, and Hanifin. Didn't see enough of Neal quite yet, but he still had a couple really nice plays (no-look pass to Czarnik, give and go with Ryan come to mind).
Brodie and Gio looked great together once again. Hanifin and Hamonic looked solid while Noah's skating is going to be a lot of fun. Kulak and Stone did not look good.
Our PP and PK both looked miles better strategically than under the last coaching staff's direction. I love the quick downlow to slot passing on the PP that lead to Monahan's goal but almost clicked a couple other times as well.
Oh, and Tkachuk's shootout goal made my pants tight.
So much to like already!
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