Good to hear. We will never know for sure, but the whole thing seems fishy to me. With that said I'm happy he's starting tonight. Gets him at least 1 game of playoff like hockey.
Kind of goes without saying, but scoring first is huge for us tonight. Get the opportunity to play with a lead.
Getting Lemieux back may give them a bit of a lift. He's a physical, high intensity player. Hopefully he adds some much needed energy and intensity to their play. Be a pest and play on the borderline.
I might've put Kravtsov in and bumped Lemieux down for Fogarty to try and add some skill but whatever.
I love having Lemieux back and Im very high on him. Just worried about his history as a penalty machine in a series where the refs have put guys in the box for looking at them wrong.
Love the period. Hate that we didnt score. You know CAR came out saying just weather the storm to start and play our game. We need to sustain this. Big guys are skating tonight, first time all series.
Yeah, I don't trust Smith at all, but that hit was sweet. Really strong period. I feel it now even more than I did before the game, we need the first goal. If the Canes score first they'll win this game. If we score first I think we give ourselves a good shot to win. I really hope we do win this game. It will be nice for the kids, and Shes, to get a taste of a playoff type win, and get another game of experience.
Getting through the first few minutes of the 2nd is big as the Rangers tend to come out lax and give up goals for some reason.
Whatever. Have to say I'm just not all that impressed with Trouba. He needs to be alot better next year.
