okay, so we won. so what ?
as duncan put it: the worst part? The next three are at home, so everyone will once again be fooled into thinking it’s all OK. It isn’t all OK.
we did some good things last night, for sure. there was a nice hard forecheck, most notably by tangs who's speedy feet led directly to two goals. the PK looked halfway decent (forgetting about them getting one in the net). the PP was much less painful to watch (forgetting about the shorthanded tally). there was some emotion (thanks, preems, for taking a couple more stitches on our behalf). we held a lead to the final buzzer (forgetting, of course, about the two goal advantage we squandered in the second)... either way. two points under the "W" ? we'll take 'em...
don't kid yourself into thinking this team is "fixed." regehr still looked like he's skating in wet cement. hamrlik (three points aside) appeared to spend half the night playing for the wrong team, with the number of beautiful passes he delivered onto their sticks. iggy seemed to spend an outrageous amount of time sprawled out on the ice. clearing the zone, last night, meant 'lob it half-assed towards the blueline' or 'pass it haphazardly in any direction you think you see a guy in red.'... and how many penalties can one team take against a very potent powerplay team like the sharks ?? i blame that one on playfair (who, btw, looked fairly snappy in his unoffensive black suit with questionably non-ugly tie)...
i would like to see more of iggy with lombo. chuck tangs onto that line and let's see what happens...
oh, and ference had a rough game, ending up a team-worst -3... :(
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