Heard on Barn Burner (thanks to Scorpion) that he's the first Russian foward the team has had since...Oleg frickin' Saprykin. Wild. Already seems like a great fit. Literally have never seen a russian hockey player laugh and smile as much as he does. Infectious!
For 120+ games, this team didn't have a top line. Against Boston it did. All three players looked great, and Huberdeau specifically looked like a superstar again, for the first time.
This is a legitimate 'breath of fresh air' for the organization, including right in the locker room it seems. It is a one game sample size, so who knows? However, the counter-argument is that everything starts with a one-game sample size.
Man that's a happy locker room !!! Good to see. Get some swagger going .
Who knows? If we get a goalie , run.support maybe we CAN squeak in ? We'd deserve.it.
I hope no one in that locker room takes a shift off or their team mates who are speaking that forbidden word for granted.
But get on a bit of a roll here, and get to the front of that race, and suddenly everyone's mindset changes. Confidence is a funny thing. So is having a clear goal and determination.
So, at least one team, and probably two, will have a strong finish to the season such that the actual playoff bar will be in the 92-93 range. That seems to be how it always goes. If your team is one of the ones that has that run you've got a shot. If you keep just playing steady .570 hockey, you don't.
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