I was a defenseman and usually I am defensive of their play. (antanaclasis bonus: 80 points?) But he needs to go. I agree with whomever voted for Wilson. I want Wilson.

i agree with all of it, especially about the Duchene line. It was good tonight, but still…weird somehow.

Duchene needs to shoot the puck, geez. Less dekes bro.

Good to see the PP working well. They got set up easily. I wonder if it was more about their crappy PK or us working better? I have a hard time telling those things in hockey.

Quincey had a fantastic game at both ends.

That Svatos penalty at the end of the game was absolutely terrible, both in how he committed it and that he was on the ice in that situation. Seriously?

I would go all the time if I could afford it. I live 15-20 minutes away. Even the cheap seats seem expensive to me.

From being at the game and leaving with 2 minutes left here are my impressions:
1. cuminsky just skilled enough to play with the skilled guys and not physical enough to play down low. He was abused in the 1st period by Radim Vrbata…yea, that one.
2. Stewart is playing like a guy that wants to be sent down.
3. I think wolski is a guy that the coach needs to get on, on every game or he just doesn’t bring it.
4. after the first minute of the game I could have spent the next 55 minutes at the bar. I spent considerably less, but still logged impressive minutes.

I could see him benched or at least on a short leash Friday. His give a shit meter seemed stuck on 0 tonight.

Figures that the one night I go to an Avs game this season, the stadium is almost empty :(

Saying Svatos had a good game is a bit misleading, he made so many mental errors throughout the game before his chaos goal that I was just laughing.

Once we can get the good TJ and Tucker back, we’ll be much more threatening. Right now though, we’re only playing 3 lines. I mean, look at the minutes for that 4th line: dupuis (6:25), hensick (3:43), and koci (3:19). Anderson nearly played more in this game. Once we get TJ and Tucker back it’ll give us some extra spark across the board and allow a little more rest for the top dogs. Until then, there isn’t enough depth.

…had a quick look at yesterday’s stats. Geez, BW really got his ass kicked in the faceoff circle! He took 22 and lost 17 … I wonder how much better this team could be, if it had a center, who is actually really good at faceoffs.

Watching all their dirty, cheap hits made me feel physically ill- I thought for sure someone (probably Duchene because he got two hits to the head) was going to get carried off the ice on a stretcher. I’m not one for saying that the NHL needs to make a million more penalties to prevent any injuries ever, but shit like boarding needs to stop and the Coyotes need to get the memo. The way they played last night was an embaressment to hockey and that’s not even mentioning 15 falling on purpose so we’d get a penalty, and 4 totally giving up right before our empty net goal.

I thought Budaj played really well. The only problem I had with his play last night was his rebounds…Peter Budaj is GREAT at making the initial save, but he was leaving some fatty’s last night. The good part about that, however, was that it showed me how differently the defense plays this year, compared to last. If Budaj leaves those rebounds last year, they end up in the back of the net, because the D would be busy scrambling around, trying to find anything the resembles a puck…

THIS YEAR…Budaj leaves those rebounds, but someone was there to swat them away, whether it be (last night anyway) Cumiskey, Hannan had a couple swat always, even Hejduk had a couple.

As long as Budaj makes the initial save (which again, he is really good at), and the D continues to play like they did (for the most part)…then all should be well no matter who is in net.

As for the rest, I leave the summary to DDC

Bryzgalov brain freeze

Let’s be honest, it took me 3 replays to see how the puck actually went in.I wouldn’t have been able to stop that shot if I had 3 seconds to react.
It was a ‘reaction-type’ goal where most goalies have no hope against.

Fluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk

Wednesday night against the Coyotes is a sure fire recipie for the lowest attended game of the year. However, I didn’t think it was going to be THAT low. World Series was on and there was a Nuggets game on TV.

I think the larger picture is that the team isn’t identifiable for a large number of casual hockey fans in the city. They need to market the hell out of the kids. They should also being doing everything possible to convince Forsberg to come back, he’s worth at least 6000 tickets on his own.

- I’m not bothered by the attendance last night, given it was a Wednesday, and no matter how good they are, the Coyotes aren’t a sexy matchup…what bothered me was how DEAD the crowd was last night. Come on guys…at least cheer.

- Chris Stewart has to be the new guy in dog house. He played like complete crap last night. I don’t think he’s ever going to play consistently.

- Maybe that was the kind of game Budaj needs to build is confidence. However, him leaving those juicy rebounds out there last night still bothered me.

- it looks like fatigue was the main problem in San Jose and Vancouver.

- Great to see Highlander out there, but man, that visor…is going to take some getting used to.