Not a good day yesterday. Expected Hank to give up a few and be a little rusty but it didn't help that Toronto spotted the Bruins a goal right in the beginning. Just one of those days... our rusty goalie plays for the first time in 7+ weeks, we're coming off clinching and going into the building of a desperate team playing for their lives.. it had all the makings of a let down. Hank did get better as the game wore on.
Right back at it today, though. Talbot goes today and I think he'll get one more start in one of the two games that comprise our last b2b. Hank will get the rest of them which gives him 7 total to get right.
Couple of other notes...
- Trying to get Skjei signed and to HFD ASAP so that they could possibly have him available during the playoffs as a spare defenseman.
- Marty has been skating recently and is probably getting pretty close to returning. We should see him by the end of the week, IMO.
Anyway.. fuck the Caps. We've been good at bouncing back this year so it's time to do it again.
#LGR
#SiF
#pekkarinne
Really playing bad hockey today.
I think it started 8-10 games ago when they went into that scoring draught. They won, but were winning 1-0, 2-1 games and struggling offensively. Then the injuries to Klein and St Louis. Now with Hank coming back with them not scoring and with some injuries ... it is a potentially worrisome time.
I would agree with this and you can make all of the excuses you want about injuries and scheduling but we're witnessing stretches of fundamentally bad hockey with a ton of unforced errors and turnovers that can easily be avoided. Why try to clear the puck through a defender in your end or make a risky or blind pass when all you need to do is fire the puck up the boards?