 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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I knew it would be a tough game as the Devils are rolling but I thought Skinner would have a bounce back game. He did the opposite, I thought he was awful. Second goalie he decided to do his Smith impression with the puck. I felt that was a back breaker. 3rd goal he loses an edge and can't make a save. 4th goal doesn't handle the shot well then loses track of the puck. It's a goalies job to track pucks and he didn't. 5th goal goes through him. It would have been a tough save but that's your job.
I thought the defense as a whole was lousy. Actually the only guy I thought was OK was Neimo but he didn't play much.
McLeod played over 19 mins, 2:31 of that was special teams. So that's over 16 mins 5 on 5. WHY? He had the one chance where me missed a wide open net. Other than that, I don't notice him a ton. Just because your parents are in the stand, doesn't mean you play a guy to the determent of the team. I am hopeful for the guy but like I said in another thread, when he is on the ice, not a lot good happens. Thankfully he's not a train wreck but usually it's a whole lot of meh when he is on the ice. They need him to bring more.
Ryan and Holloway just are out there for giving the big guys a break it seems. Ryan can win a faceoff but other than that not much happens. Holloway is just not ready which is fine. I assume once Benson is ready to go, they will send Holloway down and give him a look.
Hat tip to JP because I thought he was good last night. No shots but he was a key contributor on both goals. MORE PLEASE!! He makes 3 mill, they need him to be a factor most nights.
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