Ill take the point, they just lost their captain and his replacement stepped off a plane and onto the ice basically. Nash just does not impress me a lot of the time. He doesn't use his size at all, he is not close to a guy that can take over a game. Why people raved about him and he commands the salary he commands is simply beyond me.
The only goal I'd really blame on Hank is the penalty shot (surprisingly enough), because he left his legs wide open. I don't mind sitting him though, because the defense seems to play better in front of Talbot.
Defense was terrible all night. Nash bonehead play not picking up anyone at the end, strahlman on the second goal was facing hank with his back to the play and finally turned around as the puck was going in and even McDonagh was getting beat all night by guys skating passed him. Kreider is playing on eggshells as every time he bumps into someone they go down and refs hand go up. Would like to see kreider with richards and St. Louis and get him away from stepan who is awful and nash who is back to the ballerina spin moves again. Put hags with those 2 as he couldn't put the puck in the ocean anyway. This is another game that you come away from shaking your head how the hell didn't we win it. And AV how about getting the guy in with 11 or 12 wins or whatever it is in the nets who seems to be throwing a shutout almost every game he's in there. Hank should not be getting both games on back to backs anymore this season.
Why the hell was Miller sent back to Hartford? He does nothing but prove that he can play at this level every time they bring him up, and all they do is send him back down.
This organization has these dumb love affairs with players who suck most of the time. Before it was Christensen. Now it is Boyle. I can't believe this assclown wasn't dealt for some kind of pick. Miller is better than he is with his eyes closed.
From the AHL: “A player must be on an AHL roster at 3 ET Wed. to be eligible to be sent down from the NHL the rest of the season.”
If MZA is back tomorrow night I think Miller stays down. If MZA is not back then I bet Miller is back up to play on the 3rd line. They don't see much value in having Miller play on the 4th line up here, and I can't say that is crazy. Last night happened because of what I posted above. If he isn't back up tomorrow night if MZA is out still, then I will be angry.
It is clear now that the most three valuable players on this team are: 1. Lundqvist 2. McDonagh 3. MZA
