RDOilerfan Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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Is this whole Kassian playing well with McDavid just a mirage? The guy scored again. 4 goals in 4 games. Like I know McDavid will make ANY player look better but he's scoring some good goals. Last night he drives to the net hard, deflects in a McDavid feed. The previous game he one times a McDavid pass. The pass was decent but it was hoping a touch so you needed some skill to pick it up. The previous game he rips a Leon pass from a high danger scoring spot and puts it far side. It was a good shot. He's big, fast, makes some plays, has some skill, rocks guys when needed, mucks in the corners, creates some space for McDavid. Basically everything Lucic was supposed to do. I don't know if he can keep it up but right now, Nuge - McDavid- Kassian looks like a pretty freaking good line. You have the skilled, fast guy on one side that McDavid needs and the garbage man who can skate and play a bit on the other.
The other benefit is it allows the team to play Leon on his own line which the team desperately needs. I don't know what happened to him but something clicked in with Leon and he is realizing he can be a dominate player. He is playing on another level.
Another really good game for Koskinen. The first goal was just a dumb mistake goal as he didn't play it well at all but he got the win, made some BIG saves and you can't argue with a .946% for the game. Over his last 9 games, 6 wins, 1 loss, 2 OT losses. In that time, he was bad against the Leafs and had a .750, had a .870 against the Islanders but won and part of that was the Isles didn't get a lot of shots and he was decent. BUt other than those 2 games, his loses % was .921. Over his last 9 games, that's a .921%. That's pretty good. Hopefully that's a sign that he's going to be alright for next season.
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