- Hasn't Andrew Shaw been everything you want in Andrew Shaw, lately? I'm loving him on the fourth line where offensive expectations are lower and he can be a pain in the ass pretty much full time, which is exactly as it should be. Throw in his reliable knack for tip-ins and tap-ins on the PP and he's more self-actualized than Eleanor Roosevelt.
- How is it that Rozsival ended up evens tonight after being so far out to lunch on practically every shift?
- Special Teams were less than special tonight to the point where one has to wonder how long Quenneville can persist with Versteeg playing on both the PP and PK. Joel, meet Antoine Vermette; he was killing penalties when Versteeg was in Midget hockey.
- It's hilarious and fortunate that Ondrej Pavelic can make highlight reel saves all night until it really matters and, only when it really matters, cough up a hairball.
- Whether he's actually injured or not Johnny Oduya should be granted a two week vacay every winter. Send him to Thailand for all I care but, when he returns he's outstanding, so please continue.
- I guess we're going to have to endure a game or two with the new guys, Baun and Paliotta. Common sense would suggest that the opportune time to do this would be now, whilst Nordstrom is banged up, but when has common sense prevailed when the lineup card is filled out?
- As I suggested, above, The Hawks didn't look like they deserved to win tonight, yet neither did The Jets. Take the points and scram, I say. Nashville and St. Lewis are not yet out of reach, so let's hope the lads don't give themselves too much credit for this win and put their shoulders to the wheel tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment